Half Hexagons update - here is a picture of an almost completed braid along with some of the half hexagons. I threw all of them in a bag and I just grab randomly. As I said, I am hand piecing the braids - this one (50 half hexagons, about 47 inches long) was made literally in 2 days while either watching TV at night with the DH or at basketball game when my DD was cheerleading.