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Xmas Mandala
Yarn: Scheepjes Catona
Hook-size: 3.0 mm Clover Amour
Size: 25 cm after blocking
Good to know
- Initial stitches are made as standing stitches or replaced with chain stitches;
ch1 = 1 sc, ch2 = 1 dc, ch3 = 1 dc - 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.
- 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
prev – previous
BLO – back loop only
BPsc – back post single crochet
BPdc – back post double crochet
dc3tog – double crochet 3 together across 3 sts
dc2tog – double crochet 2 together across 2 ch-sp’s
*-* – repeat around
(-) – made in the same st/ch-sp
[-] – repeat given number of times
Color scheme
Color 1 – 130
Color 2 – 172
Color 3 – 192
Pattern
1. Color 1. In a magic ring; (1 dc, ch1) 12 times. (12 dc, 12 ch-sp)
2. Sl st in ch-sp, *2 dc in ch-sp, skip dc*. (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 in first dc, 1 dc in next dc, 3 dc in third dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in fifth dc, skip sc*. (54 dc)
5. Color 3. *3 dc in the skipped sc on round 3, ch4, skip 3 dc, 3 BPsc around the three dc’s in the same st, ch4, skip 3 dc’s*.
(18 dc, 18 BPsc, 12 ch-sp)
6. *2 dc in first dc, 3 dc in next dc, 2 dc in third dc, ch2, 3 sc in BPsc, ch2*.
(42 dc, 18 sc, 12 ch-sp)
7. Color 1. Begin over the three sc.
*dc3tog over the three sc, ch1, skip ch-sp, [1 dc, ch1] 7 times, skip ch-sp*.
(6 dc3tog, 42 dc, 12 ch-sp)
8. *1 sc in dc3tog, [2 dc in dc, ch1] 6 times, 2 dc in next dc*.
(84 dc, 6 sc, 36 ch-sp)
9. Color 2. Begin in first ch-sp after sc+2 dc.
3 dc in each ch-sp around. (108 dc)
10. Ch1, 1 sc in each st around. (108 sc)
11. Color 3. *3 dc around the space after last dc in one group on round 9 and first dc in next group on round 9, 1 BPdc around next 18 dc’s on round 9*. (18 dc, 108 BPdc)
12. *3 sl sts over the three dc’s on prev round, skip 1 st (hidden behind 3 dc’s), 16 sc in BLO on round 10 (I made through BLO on round 10 and both loops on round 11), skip 1 st*.
(18 sl st, 96 sc)
13. Color 2. 1 sc in BLO on each st around. (114 sc)
14. Color 1. *(1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in the same st, skip 2 sts*. (76 dc, 38 ch-sp)
15. Sl st in ch-sp, *(1 dc, ch2, 1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in ch-sp, skip 2 dc’s, (1 dc, ch2, 1 dc) in next ch-sp, skip 2 dc’s*.
(95 dc, 57 ch-sp)
16. Color 3. Begin in a ch-sp with only 1 (1dc, ch2, 1 dc) in the same st.
*(1 sc, 1 hdc, 1 sc) in ch-sp, skip 2 dc’s, (1 sc, 1 hdc) in next ch-sp, dc2tog with first dc in same ch-sp as 1 sc + 1 hdc and second dc in next ch-sp, (1 hdc, 1 sc) in the same ch-sp as second dc in dc2tog, skip 2 dc’s.
(76 sc, 57 hdc, 19 dc2tog)
Cut the yarn and fasten the threads. Dampen the mandala lightly and block it for best results.
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