Hexagon Shirt

Start date: 05/26/2025; End date: [MM/DD/YYYY].
Pattern: Modified Hexagon Shirt by Crochet with Hannah
one half of shirt

Figure 1. one half of the shirt.
first two to three rows of each side of the shirt

Figure 2. first two to three rows of each side of the shirt. i'm keeping these for the time being in case I get some lighter yarn to work with.

Materials

Yarn

Notes:

This is a project that I have been intending to do with a while. Once again, my main inspiration was Michelle Jasek's multiple attempts at improving her own hexagon shirt. Seeing the process on the construction gave me the confident to make my own. So I gathered some references and grabbed some yarn on sale from JOANN during spring break and finally started working on it!

My first try was a little iffy. I haven't used this brand before and I was of "messing up" so I made a swatch with both yarns with a 5.0mm and a 6.5mm hook with both colors, establishing those good habits. This is the biggest piece of clothing I have done so far so I'm REALLY nervous. The swatches were super helpful. Using the 5mm with color A before making the swatches made me think the tension was too tight but after making the swatches I decided to go with the 5mm with color A and the 6.5mm with color B.

The swatches where 15 chains plus 3 chains and 12 chains plus 3 chains with the 5mm and 6.5mm respectively. Both yielded four granny stitches per row with 6 rows to reach the aforementioned swatch size. The 5mm swatches where short of 4in/10cm but the 6.5mm ones were closer to size. Because of the blend between cotton and acrylic, color A stretches so I chose to use the 5mm. I'm going to use color A for the first few rows around the armpit and the sides so I want some stretch.

Well, this is a little embarrassing. Turns out I lost at yarn chicken by quite the long shot. The two balls of Ocean Waves ran out on one half of the shirt and it was just too heavy so the yarn wasn't the most adequate in the first place. Also, because I moved back home in another country, I couldn't get more yarn. This means that this project is SCRAPPED! But fear not, for I have learned a lot! The rest of this post are notes and advice on how to tackle this kind of project.

  1. Double up the amount of yarn purchased. 2 balls of Color A and 4 balls of Color B. Maybe 5 *just* in case.
  2. Choose a lighter weight than 4 (or yarn recommended for hooks smaller than 5mm).

Pattern (one half):

Most likely, when using this pattern with lighter yarn, the design would be too small. Some rows for each color would need to be added to reach intended size.

So with color A, I did manage to make the first two rows for both sides, and because I really like the pattern, I'm not scrapping what I did with color A. They might be a good base for another attempt. Will probably make that another page. This is it for Take 1 of a crochet hexagon shirt! See you in the next project!