A Year in Hexies - March

Unfortunately I am running just a tad behind on my March work. All the hexies are made, but I have about a dozen I still need to attach. Hoping I can do that tonight or tomorrow morning and post the yarn list and picture.
Sorry! Sometimes life with special needs kids gets in the way.

A Year in Hexies - February

It's growing quickly.  

I have to admit I wasn't able to cope with the one a day thing so I sped ahead and did more like 10 a day and have been saving this post for weeks to publish the last day of February.

Also, the boys lost interest in choosing yarns by the end of January's hexies, so I've been giving the stash to my daughter and letting her put the whole thing in order, then she does it again after I've made one of each yarn.  I am working with approximately 40 solid colors and I kind of wish I had more to choose from.

I was unable to get my hands on some variegated yarns I wanted, so I ended up making them by tying lengths of the colors I wanted together. (See the 17th for President's Day)  It's not a perfect solution, but in the end I like the effect. 

Anyhoo, here are this month's yarns and the days I used them.  :)

RHSS - Red Heart Super Saver
RHWL - Red Heart With Love

Date = Day # - Yarn (Holiday)

1 = 32 - RHSS Shocking Pink
2 = 33 - RHSS Shaded Browns (Groundhog Day)
3 = 34 - Caron One Pound Jonquil
4 = 35 - RHSS PurpleTones (2 Birthdays)
5 = 36 - unknown Olive Green
6 = 37 - RHSS Dark Orchid
7 = 38 - RHWL Chocolate
8 = 39 - RHWL Lilac
9 = 40 - RHSS Orchid
10 = 41 - RHSS Spring Green
11 = 42 - Pop 'N Yarn Royal Blue
12 = 43 - RHWL Bubblegum
13 = 44 - RHSS Bright Yellow
14 = 45 - RHWL - Plum Jam (Valentine's Day)
15 = 46 - RHWL Blue Hawaii
16 = 47 - RHWL Hot Pink
17 = 48 - RHSS Royal, White & Cherry Red (President's Day)
18 = 49 - RHSS Shocking Pink
19 = 50 - RHSS Orchid
20 = 51 - Pop 'N Yarn Flame Red
21 = 52 - RHWL Violet
22 = 53 - RHWL Boysenberry
23 = 54 - Caron One Pound Peach
24 = 55 - unknown dark green
25 = 56 - RHSS Pumpkin
26 = 57 - RHSS Light Blue
27 = 58 - RHSS Purple Tones (Birthday)
28 = 59 - RHSS Cherry Red

A Year In Hexies - January

RHSS = Red Heart Super Saver
RHWL = Red Heart With Love

1: RHSS - White
2: RHSS - Light Blue
3: RHWL - Cherry Red
4: RHSS - Spring Green
5: RHWL - Evergreen
6: RHWL - Hot Pink
7: RHSS.- Royal
8: Caron Sayelle - Light Rose
9: RHSS - Vibrant Orange
10: RHSS - Amethyst
11: Pop'N Yarn - Flame Red
12: RHWL - Iced Aqua
13: RH Soft - Grape
14: RHSS - Gold
15: RHSS - Emerald
16: RHWL - Boysenberry
17: RHWL - Black
18: Caron One Pound - Peach
19: RHSS - Hot Red
20: RHSS - Zebra  (Martin Luther King Day)
21: RHSS - Pumpkin
22: RHWL - Bubblegum
23: Unknown Olive Green
24: Pop 'N Yarn - Royal Blue
25: RHSS - Petal Pink
26: RHWL - Grape Jam
27: RHWL - Blue Hawaii
28: RHWL - Violet
29: RHSS - Claret
30: RHSS - Bright Yellow
31: Unknown Dark Green

A Year in Hexies

I was perusing Facebook the other day and saw someone mention that they are doing a Mood Calendar CAL (crochet along). I was curious, so I ran to Google to find out more about it. I found the site hosting the CAL (need to add link later from my pc) found here http://cozyontheprairies.blogspot.com/2013/12/inspiration-mood-blanket-2014-challenge.html  which consisted of making a granny square a day all year long, and the color each day would reflect your basic mood that day.
I liked the idea, but after toying around decided to alter it into my own year long project.
I am making one small hexagon a day, every day for all of 2014 (exact pattern for the hexies found here http://crochetincolor.blogspot.com/2013/08/hexagon-pattern.html ) in any random color my kids choose. Nearly all will be Red Heart Super Saver or Red Heart With Love as the kids will be choosing from my current stash. Occasionally there will be a Caron One Pound or mystery yarn I obtained with no label at Goodwill .  I decided on hexagons because they lend better to a grand total of 365 if I use the last 7 to make a pillow to go with the afghan, and simply because I have never made anything from them before.
I did decide to make most days solid colors, but holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries will be made from vaerigated yarns or involve a color change in the rounds so they stand out a bit. Hopefully I can make those at least somewhat reflect the holiday they mark with the colors I use.
Since I decided on this project on January 4th and really wanted to finish the project entirely in 2014, I quickly ripped out 4 hexies and stitched them together in whatever yarns were close to where I sat. 
Yay for being all caught up! I choose to celebrate that while I still can because I have tremendous difficulty sticking to long term projects. ;)
From that point on, any non holiday hexie yarns will be chosen by my kids. 
Child #2 went first as he was standing closest to me when I decided to let them pick the colors.  Child #3 chose the next day because she isn't very good at waiting. Child #1 is last because he is the eldest and has the most patience. :)  I will continue to rotate in that order to keep it fair to all my little monsters.
Im still trying to decide if I should post a picture weekly or monthly, but for now I will add a picture of what the first week looks like. I hope you like it, and feel free to join me in this project. I'd love to have company to keep me motivated!