In case you haven’t seen the new beauty by Scheepjes Yarns, I wanted to show it off! I had the pleasure of testing out a ball of Namaste before it was released, and of course I could not resist creating a crochet hexagon motif right away. A mondo hexie crochet blanket has been on my list for a while now, and Namaste was the perfect yarn for it. So let’s check out the yarn, and then the free Shavasana Hexagon Motif crochet pattern is ready for you at the end of this post!

Here’s the teaser image from Scheepjes for Namaste. Gorgeous!

The tagline for Namaste is that “crafting is the new yoga,” and this resonated with me because my eldest daughter and I have been doing yoga together four days a week for the past two months. It’s such a sweet moment of connection for us when she gets home from school, and a great time for us to both work on our balance – mental, physical, and spiritual. Plus added bonus, we hold hands during the Shavasana pose – or “corpse pose” which comes at the end of each session. Basically, you are just lying down on your back during the pose, completely relaxed, and it fills my little momma heart to hold hands with my 12 year-old during the pose.

Thinking these happy thoughts, and using such a large hook, with yarn that is pretty much like if you spun cotton candy…it’s heavenly. I felt like an absolute princess working with it, and can’t wait to get hold of some more.

Related Links

• Yoga with Adriene on YouTube
• Scheepjes Namaste page to learn more
• Shop this yarn at your favorite shops (affiliate links)
  • Black Sheep Wools
  • Deramores
  • Knotty House
  • Wool Warehouse
• Find a Scheepjes retailer close to you!

Color card

Yarny Details

From the Scheepjes website:

Scheepjes introduces 34 colours of the new Namaste range. Each colour has been carefully chosen to bring harmony and unity to your projects. Namaste is a thick, chunky but soft yarn consisting of 50% virgin wool and 50% acrylic. Each colour is named after a yoga pose. The yarn has a subtle sheen that reflects light giving any knit or crochet work a true inner glow of satisfaction when a project is completed!

• Fiber Content: 50% Virgin Wool, 50% Acrylic
• Needle/Hook size: 8mm
• Yarn Weight: Bulky
• Ball Weight: 100g
• Length: 85mm
• Gauge: 12 sts/13 rows to 10cm on 8mm needles

I started a little something in this photo, but this is not the final design used in my hexagon motif. There was a ton of frogging involved in designing my hexie, so I’m glad Namaste is easy to rip back! Working with this yarn was an absolute dream, and I wished I had more than just one ball to play with. But my goal for the motif was to create a huge hexagon using all of the single ball of yarn, with just a little left over to account for tension issues. I did go down to a size 6.5mm hook, as you will see, because the motif is so lacy that I wanted to be sure the structure of the “fabric” would be maintained. Using the recommended 8mm would be okay with a solid fabric like solid dc, linen st, or knitting stockinette st, and so on.

Here is the hook I used plus this photo is the most accurate depiction of the pink that I have. My photos are all in either rising or setting sun, at a time when the light is very cool, but this color is a warm pink in reality, just like in the photo below.

And here is the Shavasana Hexagon Motif I made!

Free Shavasana Hexagon Motif Crochet Pattern

Size: Finished hexagon motif measures 17in at widest point, unblocked.

Materials

• 1 ball of Scheepjes Namaste – I am using color “612 Garland”
• 6.5mm hook (k)

Stitch Abbreviations

• 2dccl 2 dc cluster: (yoh, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp, yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, yoh, pull yarn through 3 lps
• 3trcl 3 tr cluster: * yoh twice, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 2 times, yoh, pull yarn through 4 lps
• beg beginning
• beg 2dccl beginning 2 dc cluster: (sc, ch1, dc) all in same st/sp
• beg 3trcl beginning 3 tr cluster: beg tr, * yoh twice, insert hook in st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 1 time, yoh, pull yarn through 3 lps
• beg dc (sc, ch1) – counts as 1 dc
• beg tr (sc, ch2) – counts as 1 tr
• beg tr5tog beginning tr 5 together: beg tr, * yoh twice, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 3 times, yoh, pull yarn through 5 lps
• chN chain N number of times
• dc double crochet
• lp loop
• MR make ring: slip knot, ch3, ss in third ch from hook
• sc single crochet
• sp space (chain space)
• ss slip stitch
• st stitch
• tr treble
• tr5tog tr 5 together: * yoh twice, insert hook in next st, yoh, pull up lp, (yoh, pull yarn through 2 lps) 2 times, rep from * 4 times, yoh, pull yarn through 6 lps
• yoh yarn over hook

Instructions

Rnd 1 MR, beg 2dccl, (ch2, 2dccl) 5 times, ch2, ss in beg 2dccl. [6 2dccl, 6 sp]

Rnd 2 Beg 3trcl in sp, (ch2, 3trcl in same sp, ch2, 3trcl in next sp) 6 times omitting final 3trcl, ss in beg 3trcl. [12 3trcl, 12 sp]

Rnd 3 Beg dc in sp, (4dc in same sp, dc in next sp) 12 times omitting final dc, ss in beg dc. [60 dc]

Rnd 4 Beg tr5tog over first 5 dc, (ch6, tr5tog over next 5 dc) 11 times, ch6, ss in beg tr5tog. [12 tr5tog, 12 sp]

Rnd 5 8sc in each sp around, ss in first sc. [96 sc]

Rnd 6 * Sc in next 2 sts, (ch2, sk 1, sc) 5 times, sc in next 2 sts, ch2, sk 1, sc, rep from * 5 times, ss in first sc. [60 sc, 36 sp]

Rnd 7 Ss in next st, * sc in sp, ch2, (2dccl, ch2, 2dccl) in next 3 sps, ch2, sc in next sp, ch2, (3trcl, ch3, 3trcl) in next sp, ch2, rep from * 5 times, ss in first sc. [12 3trcl, 36 2dccl, 12 sc, 48 sp]

Rnd 8 Ss in 2 chs, * (sc, ch3, sc) in next 3 sps, (ch3, 2dccl) in ch3-sp 4 times, ch3, rep from * 5 times, ss in first sc, cut yarn. [24 2dccl, 36 sc, 48 sp]

Full free “Shavasana Crochet Blanket” pattern coming soon!

Enjoy and happy crafting!

Rachele C.