Honey Bee Blanket — Hex Colour Map

Estimates

Hexagons

~6.8m per hex (measured) at 3.5mm hook

— R1 centre

~1.7m — magic ring + 12 tr + 6 ch-2 sps

— R2 middle

~2.6m — 24 tr blo + 6 ch-2 sps

— R3 outer

~2.5m — 36 dc blo + 6 ch-2 sps

Joining

~116m Yarn E — 4328 sts (2880 zig-zag + 1448 horizontal) + tails

Border

~120m over 6 rounds, ~951 sts in round 1 (hex edges: 2 × 178 zig-zag + 2 × 297 hex side), +20 sts/round

Per bee

~1.1m at 2mm hook — body 7 rounds (41 sts) + 2 wings (16 sts) + tail

Tails

~78m — colour changes (~12cm per tail) distributed by usage

Per ball

50g / 130m (Stone Washed)

Layout Rules

• 49 solid-A hexes on edges
• 2 solid-B and 2 solid-D, non-adjacent
• B + C paired in 59% of C hexes
• Brood-comb clustering
• Yarn budget per round