MAKE A MANDALA
Can you spot stars, leaves and flowers in Lucy Croft's design? desi gn?
YOU WILL NEED King Cole Giza Cotton 4ply (100% cotton, 50g/158m), 1 ball of each: Glacier (2194) Red (2202) Orange (2204) Pebble (2195) Green (2203) Argent (2249) A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook For yarn stockists, contact King Cole 01756 703670 www.kingcole.com MEASUREMENTS 16.5cm (6 in) diameter ABBREVIATIONS Picot Ch3, ss to third ch from hook qtr Yrh 4 times, insert hook into st indicated, yrh and pull up loop, (yrh and draw through 2 sts) 5 times For a full list, see page 92 This design is the ninth in our series of mandalas for 2017, hooked with King Cole’s Giza Cotton 4ply yarn. The pattern matches the September illustration in your Simply Crochet calendar – now you can make the real deal. Share your creation on social media using the hashtag #SCmandalas – we absolutely love to see your colourful makes.
MANDALA
Using Glacier, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch3 (counts as tr), 11tr into ring, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join.
Fasten off. [12 tr] Round 2 Join Orange in any st, ch1 (does not count as st throughout), dc in same st, *dc in next st, 2dc in next st, dc in next st; repeat from * 3 more times, omitting last dc, ss to first dc to join. [16 dc]
Round 3 Ch5 (counts as tr, ch2), (tr, ch1, dc, ch1) in next st, *(tr, ch2) in next st, (tr, ch1, dc, ch1) in next st; repeat from * 6 more times, ss to third ch of beg ch-5 to join.
Fasten off. [8 repeats] Round 4 Join Glacier in any ch-2 sp, *ch5, ss to next ch-2 sp; repeat from * 7 more times. [8 ch-2 sps]
Round 5 Ch1, 6htr in each ch-5 sp around, ss to first htr to join.
Fasten off. [48 htr] Round 6 Join Pebble in back loop only of first htr, ch1, dc in back loop only of same st, * working in back loops only, (htr, tr) in next st, ch1, dtr in next st, ch2, dtr in next st, (tr, htr) in next st, dc in each of next 2 sts; repeat from * 7 more times, omitting last dc, ss to first dc to join. Fasten off.
Round 7 Join Green in any ch-2 sp, *ch8, ss to next ch-2 sp; repeat from * 7 more times. [8 ch-2 sps]
Round 8 Ch1, *4htr in next ch- 8 sp, ch5, (tr, picot, ch3, ss) all in 4th ch from hook, 4htr in same ch- 8 sp; repeat from * 7 more times, ss to first htr to join. Fasten off. Round 9 Join Argent in first htr, *ch7, ss in top of next picot, ch7, skip (ch-3, ss and next 4 htr), ss in next htr; repeat from * 7 more times. [16 ch-7 sps]
Round 10 Ch2 (does not count as st), * tr2tog over next 2 ch, tr in each of next 5 ch, (tr, ch3, tr) in next ss, tr in each of next 5 ch, tr2tog over next 2 ch, skip next ss; repeat from * 7 more times, ss to top of first tr2tog to join.
Fasten off.
[14 tr and a ch-3 sp in each repeat]
Round 11 Skipping first tr2tog, join Green in back loop only of first tr, ch1, working in back loops only; dc in same st, *htr in next st, 2tr in next st, htr in next st, dc in next st, ch5, skip next (tr, ch-3, tr), dc in next st, htr in next st, 2tr in next st, htr in next st, dc in next st, qtr around post of ss directly below in Round 7, ch5, ss in 5th ch from hook, skip 2 tr2tog, dc in next tr; repeat from * around omitting last dc, ss to first dc to join.
Fasten off.
Round 9 Skip first (dc, htr, 2tr), join Red in back loop only of next htr, *ch3, dc in next ch-5 sp, ch3, skip next dc, ss in back loop only of next htr, ch3, (2ttr, ch1, htr, ch2, 2ttr) in next ch-5 loop, ch3, skip next (dc, htr, 2tr), ss to back loop only of next htr; repeat from * around. Fasten off.