An Australian girl committed suicide due to relentless online bullying.

I was shocked and horrified. So sad.

“Sticks and stones can break my bones,
but names can never hurt me.”

This is so not true. I’ve always known this personally. Words CAN hurt! And VERY much.

Then I was asked to join a Facebook group of crocheters to create a hexagon, and have it joined to many other people’s hexagons to create a lovely blanket to give to their family.

I thought it was such a lovely gesture. I was honoured to help.

Then there was another story that shocked me to the core.

A teenage girl was viciously assaulted. She was tortured for two and a half hours while it was filmed.

This affected me so much because, while I know what it’s like to be bullied, it was never physical.

This beaten girl was disabled. I know many disabled people, and used to work with them.

This happened in Moe, a town in Victoria, Australia. The same town where I grew up.

The girls doing the attack were 12 and 15!

I know these things have been happening since time began. But usually they happen when no-one else is around, and we don’t get to see it. We see the poor kid who was beaten up at school, black and blue with bruises. And we think, “Poor boy, that is terrible.” Or they get told, “Just ignore them.”

This time it was there for us to see. And it was awful!

I decided I wanted to do something.

I decided I would also create a Facebook group, where many people would come together and make hexagons. The hexagons would then be sent to me, where I would join them together into the blanket.

Hexagons are a great shape to join together. And so much nicer than squares.

The group started as “Crochet for Kim”. Then we made another blanket, with squares, for her sister. After that we decided to keep the group open to all crafters. It’s now called “Crochet and Crafts”.

Then I decided I may as well create the pattern for it too.

Of course I get carried away with patterns, and made this one pretty fancy. So I decided I needed to make an easier version too.

For more information, see:
https://craftcove.blogspot.com/2018/12/hex-pattern-o