The Simple Solid Hooded Hexi Cardi

 

The Simple Hooded  Solid Hexagon Cardi 

Abbreviations:

BPDC- back post double crochet 

Ch- chain

Dc- double crochet 

Decrease - single crochet 2 together 

FPDC- front post double crochet

Sc- single crochet 

Slst- slip stitch 

St- stitch 

The Hexagon-Make 2:

• Ch 4, then join in the furthest chain from the hook to create a ring. If you prefer you can use the magic ring to begin instead.
• Round 1: Ch 3, then 2 dc into the center of the ring. Ch 2. *Then (3 dc, ch 2) five times into the center of the ring. Join to
  close the round in the third chain up with a slip stitch.
• Round 2: Ch 3 (counts as a dc). *Next, work a dc into each stitch across. Work (2dc, ch 2, 2 dc) into the corner ch2 space Repeat from * around, then join with a slst to the top of the ch3 to end the round
  
•  Round 3 and beyond: Repeat round 2 until the hexagons are the size you want them to be. I worked 11 rounds and then started the back filling and sleeve seam rounds. You can work two rounds in the same colour and then switch or whatever colour sequence you want. 

Seaming and Filling the back:

Depending on the size you want/ amount of room you need at the back you may have to work differently, but for this child sized cardi I did one sc row of black on each back side of the cardi, with the right side of my piece facing out and worked  the stitches the right side facing out as well (so you will have to turn your piece to make that possible to work left to right) and then I whip stitched with pink to close the back after also doing the same filling on the shoulder/arm in sc as well for Both sides to keep it even. Once the back and arm rows are worked then you can seam it together. 

My seams for my arms were Front loop only slst with pink through both sides until the desired amount of neck space, making sure to count stitches to keep it even on both sides. The unworked stitches on the front and back on both sides will become the base for your hood so keep that in mind. For this child sized one I made that portion measured 20 inches, but for an adult size you would want it to be at least 24inches for a proper sized hood.

I did one dc row on the bottom edge and left my front edge unworked until I finished my hood. 

The Hood: 

With the right side of the back of the cardigan face you, Attach yarn at the right side corner of the front flap, Ch3 Work a dc in each stitch across the front flap and back portion on your cardi (the 20-24 inches mentioned before), I chose to fasten off and change colours every round, but if you want to do the same colour you can just ch2 and turn and work a dc in same st and each stitch across, but if youre colour changing  just repeat the ch3 dc in each stitch until your hood measures half of the chosen width. So since mine was 20inches around, I did 10 inches in height. 

My last row of my hood I worked sc across in black and then I seamed it with whipstitch in pink to match the back seam. So keep that in mind when choosing what method to seam it.

But all you have to do is lay it flat and fold it in half , matching the corner of each flap to eachother to make a triangle and seam along the middle of the triangle and that’s your hood.

Sleeves repeat same on both sides 

The sleeves are worked in rounds and completely dependant on the length needed for how many rounds. 

 I 1 dc round of black to match up with the seams on the arms, and then 2 dc rounds of pink, 1 white 1 black, 1 pink. And once I was close to the length I needed I started the decrease rounds. 

Decrease rounds: mine started in white - I counted my stitches , divided that number by 2, and then minused 2 from that number to determine how many sc between decreases. The number I got was 11 sc, dc and then that left me with 44 stitches around, and on the next sc round of white I did 4 decreases, which left me with 40 where I fastened the white , grabbed my black and did 5 decreases and ended with 35 stitches around before making my cuff. 

This could be confusing and will be totally dependent on the size of your hexagons but you can use that formula of dividing the total stitches by the desired amount of decreases and -2.  

At the end of my black sc round I left a really long tail for sewing my cuff on 

Cuff- make two 

You could work the cuff in a round if you want but I want a dramatic puff so I made mine separate and sewed them on afterwards.

Ch desired length, +1 ch, then sc in 2nd ch from hook and across , *ch1 , turn and BLO sc in each st across, skipping the ch1 at the end. Continue from * until desired cuff size that fits your wrist. Fasten and leave a long tail for sewing the cuff together. 

Sewing the cuff on can be tricky but that’s why it’s crucial to have the long tail for sewing because you will need to stick your arm in the sleeve, stretch the cuff with your fingers and attach every 3-4 stitches Ana go back around and fill in gaps, this might not make sense but if you keep going around and attaching eventually it will look good and give that dramatic puff sleeve-cuff look. A tutorial may be need for this 😂

Edges

Once everything was completed I just did one DC round in black around the front edge and hood to the bottom, you could work this all in one round with the bottom if you wanted to but I didn’t. If you want to fill more you can keep repeating to desire length or for a more ruffled edge you can go around the entire edge in one dc round and then ch3, and alternate BPdc, fpdc around. I didn’t need to add any more so I just did the one round of dc. 

Weave in all your ends and it’s finished !