Go with the flow mandala pattern

Go with the flow mandala

Yarn: Scheepjes Sunkissed, colors 03 Breeze (1 skein) and 04 Poolside (2 skeins)
Hook-size: 3 mm
Size: 47 cm (after blocking)

Good to know
– If the round begins with the same color ch 3/ch 2 for the first dc/hdc. If the round has a new color do a standing dc/hdc.
– Instructions between *-* is repeated around or the number of times that’s specified.
– When it’s time to change color, the new color is written in italics between (-) in beginning of the round. Continue with the same color until a new is specified.
– Total number of stitches is specified at the end of each round.

Abbreviations US
ch – chain
chsp – chainspace
st/sts – stitch/stitches
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
slst – slipstitch
hdc – half double crochet
sk – skip
pop – popcorn (made with 5 dc’s, close with ch 1)
pic – picot (ch 3, slst in first ch)
rep – repeat
fphdc – front post half double crochet (see stitch tutorial)
fpdc – front post double crochet
fptc – front post triple crochet
bpdc – back post double crochet
bptc – back post triple crochet
dc3tog – 3 dc’s crocheted together as one (see stitch tutorial)

Pattern

(04) Ch 5, slst in first ch to form a circle.

1. Ch 6 (= 1 dc + ch 3), *1 dc, ch 3*, rep *-* 4 more times. (6 dc, 6 3-chsp)
2. Slst in chsp. (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1) in the same chsp, rep *-* around. End with a slst in 3^rdch of beginning 4. (18 dc, 18 1-chsp)
3. Slst in chsp, (1 hdc, ch 1, 1 hdc, ch 1) in chsp, rep *-* around. End with a slst in 2nd ch of beginning 3. (36 hdc, 36 1-chsp)
4. (03) Begin in a chsp between 2 hdc that are made in the same chsp. *1 sc, ch 3, sk (1 hdc, 1 chsp, 1 hdc)*, rep *-* around. (18 sc, 18 3-chsp)
5. Slst in chsp, *pop in chsp, ch 3*, rep *-* around. (18 pop, 18 3-chsp)
6. (04) Begin in a chsp between 2 pop. *3 hdc in chsp, fphdc around pop*, rep *-* around. (54 hdc, 18 fphdc)
7. 1 hdc in each st around. (72 hdc)
8. Ch 1, *1 sc, ch 2, sk 2 st, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in next st, ch 2, sk 2 sts, rep *-* around. (12 sc, 36 dc, 49 2-chsp)
9. (03) Begin in a sc. *fpdc in sc, 1 dc in chsp, 1 fpdc, 2 dc in chsp, 1 fpdc, 2 dc in chsp, 1 fpdc, 1 dc in chsp*, rep *-* around. (72 dc, 48 fpdc).
10. (04) Begin in a fpdc. This round is only crocheted in fpdc from previous round. *(1 fpdc, ch 2, 1 fpdc)*, rep *-* around each fpdc. (96 fpdc, 48 2-chsp)

11. (03) This round is only crocheted in the regular dc’s from round 9, fold round 10 forward to make the stitches easier to see. Begin in the dc to the right of a sc from round 8. *3 dc in the same st, 3 dc in the st to the left of the sc from round 8, 1 dc in each of the next regular dc’s (sk fpdc)*, rep *-* around. (120 dc)

Left; dc that the round begins from
Right; round 10 folded forward, hook points at the dc from round 8

(3 dc in same st, 3 dc in st after the sc, 4 dc, 3 dc in the same st)

12. 1 sc in each st around. (120 sc)
13.(04) Begin in the sc that is made in the first of the four solitary dc’s. *2 sc, 1 fptc around two fpdc from round 10 (second dc from the right side and first dc from the left side), sk 1 st, 2 sc, sk 2 fpdc*, rep *-* around. (96 sc, 24 fptc)

Left; hook points on the sc made in the first of the four dc’s
Right; 2 fptc made

(Hook below the two fpdc’s that the fptc is made around)

14. *2 hdc, pop in fptc, 2 hdc*, rep *-* around. (24 pop, 96 hdc)
15. (03) *5 dc between 2^nd and 3^rd hdc (of the four from previous round), 1 fpdc around pop, sk 2 hdc*, rep around. (24 fpdc, 120 dc)
16. Slst between 1^st and 2^nd dc in a group. *1 dc between 1^st and 2^nd dc, ch 1, 1 dc between 2nd and 3rd dc, ch 1, 1 dc between 3rd and 4th dc, ch 1, 1 dc between 4th and 5th dc, 1 fpdc around fpdc*, rep *-* around. (24 fpdc, 96 dc, 72 1-chsp)
17. 1 sc in each fpdc, dc and 1-chsp around. (192 sc)
18. (04) Begin in a sc made in a fpdc. *1 sc, ch 3, sk 3 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st, ch 3, sk 3 sts*, rep *-* around. (24 sc, 96 dc, 24 2-chsp, 48 3-chsp)
19. *3 dc in a sc, ch 2, sk 1 3-chsp and 2 dc, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in 2-chsp, ch 2, sk 2 dc and 1 3-chsp*, rep *-* around. (168 dc, 48 2-chsp, 72 1-chsp)
20. *2 dc in the first dc of the 3, 1 dc, 2 dc in the third dc of the 3, ch 1, sk 2-chsp and 1 dc, 1 sc in chsp between dc, ch 1, 1 sc in next chsp, ch 1, 1 sc in next chsp, ch 1, sk 1 dc and 2-chsp*, rep *-* around. (120 dc, 96 1-chsp, 72 sc)
21. (03) Begin in the first dc of five. *5 bpdc, ch 3, sk sc and chsp to the next 5 dc*, rep *-* around. (120 bpdc, 24 3-chsp)
22. 1 sc in each bpdc, 3 sc in each chsp. (192 sc)
23. *5 hdc, ch 3, dc3tog over the middle ch 1, 1 sc, ch 1 from round 20, ch 3*, rep *-* around. (120 hdc, 24 dc groups, 48 3-chsp)

24. 1 slst, *4 hdc, 2 hdc in chsp, 1 fphdc around dc3tog, 2 hdc in chsp, sk 1 hdc*, rep *-* around. (192 hdc, 24 fphdc)
25. *1 dc, ch 1, sk 1 st*, rep *-* around. (108 dc, 108 1-chsp)
26. (04) Begin in a chsp. *1 dc in chsp, 1 fpdc around dc*, rep *-* around. (108 dc, 108 fpdc)
27. Ch 4, 1 dc in same st, sk fpdc, *(1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) in next dc, sk fpdc*, rep *-* around. End with a slst in 3^rd ch of beginning 4. (216 dc, 108 1-chsp)
28. Slst in chsp, *dc4tog in chsp, ch 1*, around. End with a slst in top of first dc group. (108 dc groups, 108 1-chsp)
29. (03) *1 fphdc around dc4tog, 1 bptc (around the two dc’s between the groups of dc, see arrow below)*, rep *-* around. (108 fphdc, 108 bptc)

30. 1 slst. *3 dc in bptc, sk fphdc*, rep *-* around. (108 dc groups)
31. (04) Begin in the second of the three dc’s made in same st. *1 sc, sk 1 st, 3 dc, sk 1 st*, repeat *-* around. (54 sc, 162 dc)
32. *5 dc in sc, sk 3 sts*, rep *-* around. (54 dc groups)
33. This round is made between the stitches of previous round. Slst between 1st and 2nd dc. *1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc*, rep *-* around. End with a slst in 3^rd ch of beginning 4. (216 dc, 162 1-chsp)
34. Slst in chsp, *dc in chsp, fpdc, (dc, pic, dc) in chsp, fpdc, dc in chsp, sk 1 dc, 1 sc between the dc’s, sk 1 dc*, rep *-* around. (216 dc, 108 fpdc, 54 pic, 54 sc)