Frogging the Monster Ripple Afghan

I finally started frogging yesterday. (For those not in the know, frogging is ripping, ripping sounds like ribbit, therefore, frogging.) The huge, giant, ungainly, unwieldy, monstrosity of an afghan I started many years ago is now smaller than it was the day before. This was supposed to be for our king size bed, in fact I spread it out over that same bed just to show it's size. It was becoming more of a bed spread than a throw on the top afghan. And the yarn is much too heavy to be a bed spread. My mistake was in the starting chain. I made it for a smaller hook then changed to a larger hook and forgot to shorten the chain. Then I kept going even after I realized my mistake because, after all, that was a lot of work. When I finally decided this was insane I stuffed it into the closet where it has been hibernating for a number of years.

I never measured it but it's probably about 9 feet wide.

I've been turning the frogged bits into nice balls of yarn. I even learned how to make balls that let me pull the yarn out of the center. Much better than having a ball roll all over the floor as it unwinds from the outside!

What I decided to do with the yarn was make another king size afghan but this time out of hexagons. I only started a few days ago so I haven't gotten very far but I've made 16. I need at least 81. I haven't decided if I will whip stitch them together or crochet between each motif. I also, so far anyway, have thrown out the plain tan color and am only using the variegated yarns.

Two hexagons made from 3 of the original colors.

 I'm also using some yarn left over from another project to make some bluer centers. This is how things are shaping up now. I don't know the actual pattern I'll eventually place them in but this is what I've got so far. Now time to make some more.