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Ocean Star Mandala
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona
Hook-size: 3.0 mm Clover Amour
Size: appr. 48 cm after blocking
Good to know
- The mandala can be bubbly after some rounds, this corrects itself.
- Initial stitches are made as standing stitches or replaced with chain stitches;
- ch1 = 1 sc, ch2 = 1 hdc, ch3 = 1 dc, ch4 = 1 tr.
- End each round with a sl st in the first stitch unless otherwise stated.
- Continue with 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 indicated st.
- Initial dc3tog; ch2 + dc2tog in indicated sts.
- If the stitches mentioned are not on the round, 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
tr – treble
BLO – back loops only
FPsc – front post single crochet
BPdc – back post double crochet
BPdc2tog – back post double crochet 2 together around given stitches
dc2tog- double crochet 2 together in the same st/ch-sp or over given ch-sp’s/sts
pic – picot; ch3, sl st in first ch
pop – 5 dc in the same st, remove loop from hook, place the hook from front in first dc, put loop back on hook, pull through. Ch1 to close (ch1 does NOT count as a st).
*-* – repeat around
(-) – made in the same st
[-] – repeats over several sts a given number of times
[[-]] – repeats over several sts a given number of times
Color scheme
Turquoise; color 1 – 385, color 2 – 253, color 3 – 401, color 4 – 105
Brown; color 1 – 130, color 2 – 179, color 3 – 503, color 4 – 162
Pattern
1. Color 1. 12 dc in a magic ring. (12 dc)
2. 2 dc in each st around. (24 dc)
3. Color 2. *5 dc in one st, skip 1 st, 1 sc in next st, skip 1 st*. (30 dc, 6 sc)
4. *2 dc, (1 dc, ch3, 1 dc) in next st, 2 dc, ch1, skip sc*. (36 dc, 6 ch3-sp, 6 ch1-sp)
5. Color 3. *1 sc in ch1-sp, ch4, skip 3 dc, (2 dc, ch3, 2 dc) in ch3-sp, ch4, skip 3 dc*. (6 sc, 24 dc, 12 ch4-sp, 6 ch3-sp)
6. Ch1, *1 sc in sc, (1 sc, 2 hdc) in ch4-sp, 2 dc, (2 dc, ch2, 2 dc) in ch3-sp, 2 dc, (2 hdc, 1 sc) in ch4-sp*. (18 sc, 24 hdc, 48 dc, 6 ch-sp)
7. Color 1. Begin in sc after 2 hdc.
*dc2tog (first dc in first sc of 3, skip 1 sc, second dc in last sc), 3 hdc, 3 dc, 3 dc in ch-sp, 3 dc, 3 hdc*. (6 dc2tog, 36 hdc, 54 dc)
8. Color 4. Begin around dc2tog.
*1 FPsc around dc2tog, ch3, skip 2 sts, 4 hdc, 1 dc, 3 dc in next st (middle dc of the three in the same st on prev round), 1 dc, 4 hdc, ch3, skip 2 sts*. (6 FPsc, 48 hdc, 30 dc, 12 ch-sp)
9. Color 2. Begin in second st after FPsc+ch-sp.
*5 hdc, (2 dc, ch2, 2 dc) in next st, 5 hdc, ch3, skip 1 st+ch-sp, 1 FPsc around FPsc, ch3, skip ch-sp+1 st*. (6 FPsc, 60 hdc, 24 dc, 6 ch2-sp, 12 ch3-sp)
10. Color 1. Begin in ch-sp before FPsc.
*pop in ch3-sp, ch1, pop in next 3-ch-sp, ch1, [1 dc, ch1, skip 1 st] 3 times, 1 dc, ch1, (1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in 2-ch-sp, ch1, [-] 3 times, 1 dc, ch1*. (12 pop, 60 dc, 6 ch2-sp, 66 ch1-sp)
11. Ch1, *1 FPsc around pop, ch1, pop in ch-sp, ch1, 1 FPsc around pop, [1 dc in dc, 1 dc in ch-sp] 4 times, 1 dc in dc, 3 dc in 2-ch-sp, [-] 4 times, 1 dc in dc*. (12 FPsc, 12 ch-sp, 126 dc)
12. Color 3. Begin in FPsc before pop.
*dc2tog with first dc in FPsc before pop and second dc in FPsc after pop, 21 BPdc*. (6 dc2tog, 126 BPdc)
13. Ch1, *skip dc2tog, 10 sc, 2 sc in next dc (11th sc after dc2tog), 10 sc*. (132 sc)
14. Ch1, *1 sc, ch3, skip 1 st*. (66 sc, 66 ch-sp)
15. Color 2. Begin in ch-sp after sc above pop.
*[dc2tog in ch-sp, ch1, skip sc] 5 times, (dc2tog, ch1, dc2tog, ch1, dc2tog) in next ch-sp, ch1, skip sc, [-] 5 times*. (78 dc2tog, 78 ch-sp)
16. Sl st in ch-sp, *[dc2tog in ch-sp, ch2, skip dc2tog] 5 times, [[(dc2tog, ch2, dc2tog) in next ch-sp, ch2, skip dc2tog]] 2 times, [-] 6 times*. (90 dc2tog, 90 ch-sp)
17. Color 4. Begin at the top of one “point”, in ch-sp between the first dc2tog in the same ch-sp. *pop in ch-sp, ch2, pop in next ch-sp, ch2, pop in next ch-sp, [1 FPdc around dc2tog, 2 dc in ch-sp] 12 times, 1 FPdc around dc2tog*. (18 pop, 12 ch-sp, 78 FPdc, 144 dc)
18. Sl st in ch-sp, *pop in ch-sp, ch2, pop in next ch-sp, ch2, FPsc around pop, [sc in FPdc, ch3, skip 2 dc] 11 times, 1 sc in FPdc, 1 FPsc around pop, ch2*. (12 pop, 78 sc, 12 FPsc, 18 ch2-sp, 72 ch3-sp)
19. Sl st in ch-sp, *pop in ch-sp, ch2, FPsc around pop, 2 sc (in FPsc and sc), [1 sc in ch-sp, ch3, skip sc] 11 times, 1 sc in ch-sp, 2 sc (in sc and FPsc), FPsc around pop, ch2*. (6 pop, 12 FPsc, 96 sc, 12 ch2-sp, 66 ch3-sp)
20. Color 3. Begin in ch-sp before pop.
*1 sc in ch-sp, ch2, skip pop, 1 sc in next ch-sp, 4 sc, 2 hdc in each next three ch-sp’s, 2 dc each in next two ch-sp’s, 3 tr in next ch-sp, 2 dc each in next two ch-sp’s, 2 hdc in each next three ch-sp’s, 4 sc*. (60 sc, 108 hdc, 48 dc, 18 tr, 6 ch-sp)
21. Ch1, 1 hdc in sc, *(1 dc, ch1, 1 dc, ch1, 1 dc) in ch-sp, 15 hdc, 1 dc in tr, ch2, (1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in next tr, ch2, 1 dc in next tr, 15 hdc*. (On last repeat make 14 hdc instead of 15). (180 hdc, 42 dc, 12 ch1-sp, 18 ch2-sp)
22. Color 1. Begin in first dc above pop.
*[1 BPdc around dc, 2 hdc in ch-sp] 2 times, 1 BPdc around dc, 15 BPdc around hdc, [1 BPdc around dc, 3 hdc in ch-sp] 3 times, 1 BPdc around dc, 15 BPdc around hdc*. (222 BPdc, 78 hdc)
23. *dc3tog in BPdc, ch3, skip 2 hdc, (dc3tog, ch3, dc3tog) in next BPdc, ch3, skip 2 hdc, [dc3tog in next BPdc, ch3, skip 2 BPdc] 5 times, dc3tog in next BPdc, ch3, skip 1 BPdc+3 hdc, (1 dc, ch3, 1 dc) in BPdc, skip 3 hdc, (1 dc, ch3, 1 dc) in next BPdc, ch3, skip 3 hdc, skip 3 hdc+1 BPdc, [-] 5 times*. (84 dc3tog, 24 dc, 102 ch-sp)
24. Color 2. Begin in ch3-sp in top between two groups of dc3tog in same ch-sp.
*(3 dc, ch2, 3 dc) in ch-sp, 2 sc in each next 7 ch-sp’s, (-) in next two ch-sp’s, 2 sc in each next 7 ch-sp’s*. (108 dc, 168 sc, 18 ch-sp)
25. Color 3. Begin where prev round ended.
*3 BPdc, 3 dc in ch-sp, 3 BPdc, ch3, skip 1 sc, 12 sc, skip 1 sc, 3 BPdc, 3 dc in ch-sp, 2 BPdc, BPdc2tog around next two dc’s, 2 BPdc, 3 dc in ch-sp, 3 BPdc, skip 1 sc, 12 sc, ch3, skip 1 sc*. (96 BPdc, 6 BPdc2tog, 54 dc, 144 sc, 12 ch-sp)
26. Color 4. Begin where prev round ended.
*9 sc in BLO, 1 sc in ch-sp, [pic, ch1, skip 1 sc, 1 sc in next st] 6 times, 7 sc in BLO, skip 1 st, 3 dc in next st (BPdc2tog), skip 1 st, 7 sc in BLO, 1 sc in next st, [-] 6 times (6th time make sc in ch-sp)*. (222 sc, 36 dc, 72 pic, 72 ch1-sp)
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