Hello
everyone! I love Mandalas. There is something very soothing about making them.
I make tons each year, but I have never made my own design. I thought I’d give a
try the other day, and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it.
Materials
Yarn: Alize “diva silk effect” yarn, 100% Microfiber Acrylic
(100 g), one skein of:
Rose 354 (A)
Cream 01 (B)
Light cream 62 (C)
gray 355 (D)
Hook size 3
m.
Tapestry needle.
The
coaster is about 10 1/8” (26 cm) diameter
The
instructions are written in US terms
Intermediate level
Making the Mandala
With yarn B, make a magic ring.
Round 1: ch 4 (counts as dtr st), 35 dtr, sl st to 4th ch
of first ch 4. (36 tr)
Round 2: (ch 3 and dtr2tog) in first 3 st, ch 5 * dtr3tog, ch 5,
repeat from * to end of round, sl st to first 3dtr cluster, cut yarn.
With yarn A, join in any ch 5 space.
Round 3: ch 1 *(sc 1, hdc, dc, tr, ch 1, tr, dc, hdc, sc 1) in
ch 5 space. repeat from *in each ch5 space. sl st to first sc, cut yarn.
With yarn D, join in any ch 1 space.
Round 4: ch 1, sc in ch 1 space, ch 7, *sc in next ch 1 space,
ch 7, repeat from * to end, sl st to first sc.
Round 5: sl st to ch7 space, ch 3, dc 8 in the same ch 7 space,
* dc 9 in next ch 7 space, repeat from * to end, sl st to 3rd ch of first ch 3, cut yarn.
With yarn C, join in 3rd dc of any 9 dc cluster.
Round 6: (ch 3 dtr4tog), ch 4, tr in the 7th dc of
the 9 dc cluster, tr in 3rd dc of next 9 dc cluster, ch 4, * dtr5tog in
the middle five dc of previous round, ch 4, tr in the 7th dc of the 9
dc cluster, tr in 3rd dc of
next 9 dc cluster, repeat from * to end, sl st first (ch 3 dtr4tog) cluster,
cut yarn.
With yarn A, join in any ch 4 space to left of dtr5tog cluster.
Round 7: ch 1 *(sc, hdc, dc, tr, 2 dtr) in ch 4 space, (2 dtr,
tr, dc, hdc, sc) in next ch 4 space, repeat from* to end, sl st to first ch 1,
cut yarn.
With yarn D, join in between 2 scs over dtr5tog of round 6.
Round 8: ch 5 (count as dc and ch 2 space) and dc in the same st,
ch 2, sc in tr of previous round, ch 2, sc in space after 2 dtr, ch 2, sc in tr
of previous round, ch 2, *(dc, ch 2 dc) between next 2 scs, ch 2, sc in tr of
previous round, ch 2, sc in space after 2 dtr, ch 2, sc in tr of previous round,
ch 2, repeat from * to end, sl st to 3rd
ch of first ch 5, cut yarn.
With yarn C, join in any ch 2 space, right of (dc, ch 2, dc) cluster.
Round 9: ch 1, *sc in the ch 2 space, *9 dtr in ch 2 of (dc, ch
2, dc) cluster, sc in next ch 2 space, ch 7, sc in the next ch 2 space, repeat
from * to end, sl st to first sc after last ch 7, cut yarn.
With yarn A, join in 5th dtr of 9 dtr cluster.
Round 10: (ch 4 ((counts as dtr)), dtr, ch 3, 2 dtr) in the same
st, ch 3, sc in ch 7 space, ch 3, *(2 dtr, ch 3, 2 dtr) in 5th dtr, ch
3, sc in ch 7 space, ch 3, repeat from * to end, sl st 4th ch of
first ch 4, cut yarn.
With yarn D, join in ch 3 space of (2 dtrc, ch 3, 2 dtrc) cluster.
Round 11: (ch 4 ((counts as dtr)), 2 dtr, ch 3, 3 dtr) in the ch
3 space, ch 4, (dc, ch 2, dc) in sc, ch 4, *(3 dtr, ch 3, 3 dtr) in ch 3 space,
ch 4, (dc, ch 2, dc) in sc, ch 4, repeat from * to end, sl st 4th ch
of first ch 4, cut yarn.
With yarn C, join in ch 3 space.
Round 12: (ch 4 ((counts as dtr)), 3 dtr, 1 picot st, 4 dtr) in
the ch 3 space, ch 6, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 3 space, ch 6, *(4 dtr, 1 picot, 4
dtr) in ch 3 space, ch 6, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 3 space, ch 6, repeat from * to
end, sl st 4th ch of first ch 4, cut yarn.
Weave in loose yarn and block the mandala.
You can also follow the pattern down here.
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