After seeing this granny hexagon shrug I dived into my yarn stash and pulled out 10 balls of Cleckheaton Natural 12 ply.  I had six balls of green and four of cream.  After two evenings following Kirsty’s instructions I had this!

I used a 10mm hook with one strand of each colour until I ran out, so I switched to two strands of green for the final round of each granny hex. I was hoping that it might fit me, but there wasn’t quite enough yarn for that – so it’s for Clare. (These photos are taken at night with a flash, and really don’t show the jacket or the yarn off well – sorry about that).

I did a row of sc around the bottom, front and neck edges of the jacket to give it a bit more stability, and Clare asked for a bow closure. She’s wrapped the fronts across a little, so I reckon that this will fit her for about another four years – then she can pass it on to Stella!

Working with thick chunky yarn was loads of fun, and astoundingly fast! So that’s ten balls out of the stash, all used up in about five hours total of crochet – including weaving in ends.

But you should see the divine adult version that Kirsty’s just posted!  I’m diving back into my stash for some taupe Patons Jet to whip one up for myself, on a bigger hook this time.  Watch this space!  Thanks Kirsty for the inspiration and motivation.