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Colorful Mandala
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona
Hook-size: 3.0 mm Clover Amour
Size: Appr. 32 cm
Good to know
- Initial stitches are made as standing stitches or replaced with chain-st;
ch1 = 1 sc, ch2 = 1 hdc, 3 ch = 1 dc - Finish each round with a sl st in the first stitch unless otherwise stated.
- Continue with the given color until a new one is specified.
- Total number of stitches within () at the end of each round.
- Initial dc2tog is made with; ch2 + 1 dc in specified st.
- Skip the stitches not mentioned.
Abbreviations US
st/sts – stitch/stitches
ch – chain
ch-sp – chain-space
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
prev – previous
bphdc – back post half double crochet
bpdc – back post double crochet
fpsc – front post single crochet
fphdc – front post half double crochet
fpdc – front post double crochet
dc2tog – double crochet 2 together over given sts/ch-sp’s
fptr2tog – front post treble crochet 2 together around given sts
*-* – repeat around
(-) – made in the same st/ch-sp, repeat given number of times
[-] – repeat given number of times across several sts
Color scheme blue
Color 1 – 505
Color 2 – 173
Color 3 – 164
Color scheme pink/green/yellow
Color 1 – 208
Color 2 – 515
Color 3 – 604
Pattern
1. Color 1. 12 dc in a magic ring. (12 dc)
2. 2 dc in each st. (24 dc)
3. Color 2. Crochet between the sts on prev round. *1 sc between sts, ch1, skip 1 dc*. (24 sc, 24 ch1-sp)
4. Color 3. Made in both round 2 and 3. Begin around a sc. *bpdc around sc, dc in dc on round 2 (behind ch-sp)*. (24 bpdc, 24 dc)
5. 1 dc in each st. (48 dc)
6. 1 sc in each st. (48 sc)
7. Color 2. *dc2tog over 2 sts, ch2*. (24 dc2tog, 24 ch2-sp)
8. Color 1. Begin in a ch-sp. *1 sc in ch-sp, ch1, fpdc around dc2tog, ch1*. (24 sc, 24 fpdc, 48 ch1-sp)
9. Color 3. Begin in a sc. *1 hdc in sc, 1 dc in ch-sp on round 7 (behind ch-sp on round 8), skip fpdc, 1 dc in next ch-sp on round 7 (behind ch-sp). (48 dc, 24 hdc)
10. 1 dc in each st. (72 dc)
11. Color 2. Begin in dc made in a hdc (round 9) in a sc (round 8). *4 sc, fptr2tog with one tr around fpdc (round 8) to the right and one tr around fpdc to the left, 2 sc*. (72 sc, 12 fptr2tog)
12. Color 1. Begin in sc after fptr2tog. *[dc2tog over 2 sts, ch1] 3 times, fpdc around fptr2tog, ch1*. (12 fpdc, 36 dc2tog, 24 ch1-sp)
13. Ch1, *[1 sc in dc2tog, 2 sc in ch-sp] 2 times, 1 sc in dc2tog, 5 dc in fpdc*. (84 sc, 60 dc)
14. Color 2. Begin in first dc of five. *1 dc in each of the two first dc’s, 3 dc in next dc, 1 dc in each of the last two dc’s, skip 3 sts, 5 dc in next st, skip 3 sts*. (144 dc)
15. Color 3. Begin around first dc in a group of seven dc’s. *3 bpdc, dc2tog with first dc between 1st and 2nd dc (of three in the same st) and second dc between 2nd and 3rd (skip the middle dc), 3 bpdc, ch2, skip 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc, ch2, skip 2 dc*. (12 dc2tog, 12 sc, 72 bpdc, 48 ch2-sp)
16. Color 1. Begin in ch-sp before 3 bpdc. *1 sc in ch-sp, 3 bphdc, 1 sc betwwen dc and dc2tog, fpsc around dc2tog, 1 sc between dc2tog and dc, 3 bphdc, 1 sc in ch-sp, 5 bpdc around dc on round 13*. (72 bphdc, 60 bpdc, 12 fpsc, 48 sc)
17. 1 sc in each st. (192 sc)
18. Color 2. Begin in sc made in fpsc. *8 sc, dc2tog with first dc in ch-sp before sc and second dc in ch-sp after sc, skip 1 st på round 16, 7 sc*. (180 sc, 12 dc2tog)
19. Color 3. Begin in st after dc2tog. *15 sc, skip dc2tog*. (180 sc)
20. *6 sc, skip 1 st, (1 dc, ch1) 4 times in next st, 1 dc in the same st, skip 1 st, 6 sc, fphdc around dc2tog on round 18*. (144 sc, 60 dc, 48 ch1-sp, 12 fphdc)
21. Color 2. Begin around first dc in a group of five dc’s. *[bpdc around dc, 1 hdc in ch-sp] 4 times, bpdc around last dc, skip 2 sts, 2 sc, 2 hdc, 1 dc, 2 hdc, 2 sc, skip 2 sts*. (60 bpdc, 96 hdc, 48 sc, 12 dc)
22. 1 hdc in each st. (216 hdc)
23. Color 1. Begin in hdc made in the single dc on round 21. *5 dc in the same st, skip 2 sts, (1 sc, ch1) 12 times, 1 sc in next st, skip 2 sts*. (60 dc, 156 sc, 144 ch1-sp)
24. Color 3. Begin in first st after the 5 dc’s. *[bpdc around sc, skip ch-sp] 12 times, bpdc around sc, ch2, skip 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc, ch2, skip 2 dc*. (156 bpdc, 12 sc, 24 ch2-sp)
25. *[1 sc, ch1] in each st/ch-sp around. (192 sc, 192 ch1-sp)
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