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Happy Days Mandala
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona
Hook-size: 3.0 mm Clover Amour
Size: appr. 52 cm after blocking
Good to know
- Initial stitches are made as standing stitches or replaced with chains;
ch1 = 1 sc, ch2 = 1 hdc, ch3 = 1 dc - End each round with a sl st in first st unless otherwise stated.
- Continue with given color until a new is specified.
- Total number of stitches within (-) at the end of each round.
- If the stitches on the round aren’t mentioned, they should be skipped.
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
BPdc – back post double crochet
BPsc – back post single crochet
FPdc- front post double crochet
dc2tog – double crochet 2 together in given sts/ch-sp’s
pic – picot; ch3, sl st in first ch
*-* – repeat around
(-) – made in the same st/ch-sp
[-] – repeat given number of times
Color scheme
Color 1 – 257, color 2 – 528, color 3 – 398, color 4 – 130
Pattern
1. Color 1. 12 dc in a magic ring. (12 dc)
2. *(1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in the same st, ch2, 1 sc in next st, ch2*.
(12 dc, 6 sc, 18 ch-sp)
3. Color 2. Begin in a ch-sp between two dc’s.
*(1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) in ch-sp, ch2, skip ch-sp+sc+ch-sp*.
(12 sc, 12 hdc, 6 dc, 6 ch-sp)
4. Color 3. Begin in a ch-sp.
*1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in ch-sp, ch2, skip 2 sts, 1 sc in dc, ch2, skip 2 sts*.
(18 dc, 6 sc, 12 ch1-sp, 12 ch2-sp)
5. ch1, *[1 sc in dc, ch2, skip ch-sp] 3 times, 1 sc in sc, ch2, skip ch-sp*.
(24 sc, 24 ch-sp)
6. Color 4. 3 dc in each ch-sp. (72 dc)
7. Color 1. 1 BPdc around each dc. (72 BPdc)
8. Ch1, 1 sc in each BPdc. (72 sc)
9. Color 2. Begin in any st.
*(1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in the same st, skip 1 st, 1 sc in next st, skip 1 st*.
(18 sc, 36 dc, 18 ch-sp)
10. Sl st in ch-sp, ch1, *1 sc in ch-sp, ch5, skip to next ch-sp*.
(36 sc, 36 ch-sp)
11. Color 4. *(1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) in ch-sp, ch1, skip sc*.
(36 sc, 36 hdc, 18 dc, 18 ch-sp)
12. Color 3. Begin in a dc.
*1 sc in dc, ch2, skip 2 sts, 5 dc in sc on round 10, ch2, skip 2 sts*.
(18 sc, 90 dc, 36 ch-sp)
13. Color 2. Begin around first dc of five in a group.
*5 BPdc, dc2tog with first dc in ch-sp before sc and second dc in ch-sp after sc*.
(90 BPdc, 18xdc2tog)
14. 1 sc in each st. (108 sc)
15. Color 1. *FPdc around dc2tog on round 13, 1 sc, 1 hdc, 2 dc, 1 hdc, 1 sc*.
(18 FPdc, 36 sc, 36 hdc, 36 dc)
Round 15
16. *1 sc in FPdc, 1 sc in sc, 1 hdc in hdc, 2 dc in dc, ch1, 2 dc in dc, 1 hdc in hdc, 1 sc in sc*.
(54 sc, 36 hdc, 72 dc, 18 ch-sp)
17. Color 2. *FPdc around FPdc on round 15 (skip st behind FPdc), 2 sc, 1 hdc, 1 dc, 3 dc in ch-sp, 1 dc, 1 hdc, 2 sc*.
(18 FPdc, 72 sc, 36 hdc, 90 dc)
Round 17
18. Color 4. *1 sc in each dc of the three in the same st, ch8*.
(54 sc, 18 ch-sp)
19. Color 3. Begin in second sc.
*1 sc, ch2, skip 1 sc, 10 dc around ch-sp, ch2, skip 1 sc*.
(180 dc, 18 sc, 36 ch-sp)
20. Color 4. Begin in a sc.
*3 dc in sc, 10 BPsc*. (180 BPsc, 54 dc)
21. Color 2. Begin in first BPsc of 10.
*[dc2tog over 2 sc, ch1] 4 times, dc2tog over 2 sc, ch2, 1 sc in second dc of three, ch2*.
(90xdc2tog, 18 sc, 36 ch2-sp, 72 ch1-sp)
22. Color 1. Begin in ch-sp before a sc.
*dc2tog with first dc in ch-sp before sc and second dc in ch-sp after sc, ch1, [dc2tog in next ch-sp, ch1] 4 times*.
(90xdc2tog, 90 ch-sp)
23. Sl st to ch-sp, ch1, *2 sc in ch-sp, ch1, skip dc2tog*.
(180 sc, 90 ch-sp)
24. Color 4. Begin in a ch-sp. *5 dc in ch-sp, skip 2 sc, 1 sc in next ch-sp, skip 2 sc*.
(225 dc, 45 sc)
25. Color 2. Begin in third dc of five in a group.
*1 sc in third dc of five, ch3, skip 1 dc, dc2tog with first dc in the fifth dc in one group and second dc in the first dc of next group, ch3, skip 1 dc*. (45xdc2tog, 45 sc, 90 ch-sp)
26. *1 hdc in sc, 2 hdc in ch-sp, 1 hdc in dc2tog, 2 hdc in ch-sp*. (270 hdc)
27. 1 hdc in each hdc around. (270 hdc)
28. Color 3. 1 BPdc around each hdc around. (270 BPdc)
29. Ch1, *1 sc, ch2, skip 2 sts, (1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in next st, ch2, skip 2 sts*.
(90 dc, 45 sc, 135 ch-sp)
30. Ch1, *1 sc in sc, ch2, skip ch-sp+1 dc, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in ch-sp between dc’s, ch2, skip dc+ch-sp.
(135 dc, 45 sc, 90 ch1-sp, 90 ch2-sp)
31. Color 4. Begin in ch-sp after a sc.
*2 sc in ch-sp, skip 1 dc, 2 sc in next ch-sp, pic, skip 1 dc, 2 sc in next ch-sp, skip 1 dc, 2 sc in next ch-sp, skip sc*.
(360 sc, 45 pic)
Cut the yarn and fasten the threads. Dampen the mandala lightly and block it for best results.
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