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New Mandala
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona
Hook-size: 3.0 mm Clover Amour
Size: 26 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
- Finish each round with a sl st in first st 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; ch2 + 1 dc in specified sts.
- Skip sts that’s not mentioned on the round.
- The mandala can become a little wavy after some rounds, this will disappear as you continue.
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
FPsc – front post single crochet
dc2tog – double crochet 2 together in the same st or over given sts
pop – popcorn; 5 dc in the same st, remove loop from hook, place hook from front in first dc, put loop back on hook, pull through, ch1 to close (ch1 does NOT count as a st)
pic – picot; ch3, sl st in fist ch
*-* – repeat around
(-) – made in the same st/ch-sp
[-] – repeat X times over given sts
Pattern
1. Color 1. 12 dc in a magic ring. (12 dc)
2. Ch1, *1 sc, ch6*. (12 sc, 12 ch6-sp)
3. Color 2. Begin in a ch-sp.
*(dc2tog, ch1, dc2tog, ch1, dc2tog) in ch-sp, ch1, 1 sc in next ch-sp, ch1*.
(18 dc2tog, 6 sc, 24 ch1-sp)
4. Color 3. Begin in a sc.
*pop in sc, ch3, skip ch1-sp+dc2tog, 1 sc in ch1-sp, ch2, skip dc2tog, 1 sc in next ch1-sp, ch3, skip dc2tog+ch1-sp*.
(6 pop, 12 sc, 12 ch3-sp, 6 ch2-sp)
5. Color 1. Begin in a ch2-sp.
*(1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in ch2-sp, ch3, FPsc around pop, ch3*.
(18 dc, 6 FPsc, 12 ch1-sp, 12 ch3-sp)
6. *[2 dc in dc, 1 dc in ch1-sp] 2 times, 2 dc in dc, ch2, (1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in FPsc, ch2*.
(60 dc, 18 ch2-sp)
7. Color 2. Begin in first dc of eight.
*[dc2tog across next two dc’s, ch1] 4 times, dc2tog in ch2-sp, ch1, 1 sc in next ch2-sp, ch1, dc2tog in ch2-sp, ch1*.
(30 dc2tog, 6 sc, 36 ch1-sp)
8. Color 3. Begin in sc.
*(1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in sc, [1 sc in ch-sp, ch3, skip dc2tog] 6 times, 1 sc in ch-sp*.
(35 sc, 18 dc, 36 ch3-sp, 12 ch1-sp)
9. *[(1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in dc, ch1] 3 times, skip sc, [1 sc in ch3-sp, ch3, skip sc] 5 times, 1 sc in ch3-sp, ch1*.
(36 dc, 36 sc, 36 ch1-sp, 30 ch3-sp)
10. *[(1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1) in dc 6 times, [1 sc in ch3-sp, ch3, skip sc] 4 times, 1 sc in ch3-sp, ch1*.
(72 dc, 30 sc, 78 ch1-sp, 24 ch3-sp)
11. Color 2. Begin in fourth ch3-sp on a side.
*1 sc in ch3-sp, 1 sc in each of the next five ch1-sp, 2 sc in each of the next three ch1-sp, 1 sc in each of the next five ch1-sp, 1 sc in ch3-sp, ch3, 1 sc in next ch3-sp, ch1, pop in sc, ch1, 1 sc in next ch3-sp, ch3*.
(120 sc 6 pop, 12 ch3-sp, 12 ch1-sp)
12. Color 1. Begin in ch1-sp before a pop.
*dc2tog with first dc in ch-sp before pop and second dc in ch-sp after pop, ch3, sc in ch3-sp, [ch3, skip 2 sc, 1 sc in next st] 3 times, [1 sc in next st, ch3, skip 2 sc] 3 times, 1 sc in ch3-sp, ch3*.
(6 dc2tog, 48 sc, 48 ch3-sp)
13. *FPsc around dc2tog, ch3, skip ch-sp+sc, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in next ch-sp, ch2, 1 sc in next ch-sp, ch2, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in next ch-sp, ch3, skip 2 sc, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in next ch-sp, ch2, 1 sc in next ch-sp, ch2, (1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in next ch-sp, ch3, skip sc+ch-sp*.
(72 dc, 12 sc, 6 FPsc, 48 ch1-sp, 24 ch2-sp, 18 ch3-sp)
14. Color 3. Begin in a ch3-sp on a top.
*(2 hdc, 1 pic, 2 hdc) in ch3-sp, ch6, 1 sc in sc, ch6, 2 hdc in next ch3-sp, skip FPsc, 2 hdc in next ch3-sp, ch6, 1 sc in sc, ch6*.
(48 hdc, 12 sc, 6 pic, 24 ch6-sp)
Cut yarn and lightly block your work for the best result.
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