My Granny Shrug..

Two obvious questions just sprang to mind then. Firstly, no I am not a granny. And second, a granny shrug is not the grown up version of the teenage 'duh... whatever'.
So, now to the point of this post. Over the last couple of weeks I have been jumping around from blog to blog, following links and gathering hints and tips and inspiration from many places. It all started at fruitfulfusion where I saw, what was described as 'mathematical crochet'. Basically hexagonal granny squares joined together then edged to produce a very cute baby jacket. I followed links and sadly lost track of where I went but I did find instructions to follow.
If only I could make one for myself !!!
Soon after, I visited kootoyoo to take part in My Creative Space and found a grown up version of the baby jacket. This one was done on a huge (15mm) crochet hook and looked really good.

I've just finished my version, which is a bit of a combination of everything I have seen. I used a 7mm hook and some lovely chunky yarn. What do you think ?

Starting with two wibbly-wobbly hexagonal grannies.

A bit of Origami, folding in just the right place and you have one side of the shrug.

I crocheted along the top of the sleeve instead of sewing, mainly because I like crochet more than sewing, but also because I like the way it looks. I did the same up the back, joining the two pieces together.

And Voila !!!

One Granny shrug.

And one teenage shrug for the camera.

You can't really see here, but I crocheted round the arms just to tidy up a bit.

And also did an edging along the neckline to add a bit of shaping.  

Now Megan wants to keep this one so I may a fight on my hands.