HEART MANDALA
Bring a little love to your home with this versatile mandala. By Sharna Moore
They say home is where the heart is so why not choose colours to complement your room decor for this little make. Hook up a matching set and spread the love…
NOTES
Mandala is worked in rounds with RS facing throughout.
Where using more than one colour in a round, change colour on the final yrh of st before colour change is indicated and carry the unused colours across the top of the sts, enclosing the strand as you work. Where changing colour at the end of the round, fasten off the previous colour.
Join the new colour with a slip stitch.
Slip stitches are not included in stitch counts, unless otherwise stated.
MANDALA
Using Bubblegum Pink, make a magic loop. Round 1 (RS) Ch3 (counts as a tr throughout), 2tr, ch2, (3tr, ch2) 3 times, ss to first tr to join, ss into first ch-2 sp. [4 3-tr groups, 4 ch-2 sps] Round 2 (RS) Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in each ch-2 sp around, ss to first tr, ss into ch-2 sp. [8 3-tr groups, 4 ch-2 sps] Round 3 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-sp, change to Vanilla Cream, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, change to Bubblegum Pink, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in next ch-2 sp, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, change to Vanilla Cream, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in next ch-2 sp, change to Bubblegum Pink, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, change to Vanilla Cream, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in next ch-2 sp, change to Bubblegum Pink, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, ss to top of beg tr. [12 3-tr groups, 4 ch-2 sps] Fasten off.
Join Vanilla Cream into first ch-2 corner sp. Round 4 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in each sp between 3-tr groups and each ch-2 sp around, ss to top of beg tr.
[24 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Soft Fudge into any ch-2 sp.
Round 5 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same sp, *3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * ten times more, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, ss to top of beg tr. [36 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Vanilla Cream into any ch-2 sp.
Round 6 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in same ch-sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in each ch-2 sp around, ss to top of beg ch-3.
[24 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps, 12 ch-1 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Peach Orange into any ch-1 sp.
Round 7 Ch3, (2tr, ch1) in same sp, *(3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in next ch-2 sp, (3tr, ch1) in next ch-1 sp; rep from * 10 times more, (3tr, ch2, 3tr, ch1) in final ch-2 sp, ss to top of beg ch-3. [36 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps, 24 ch-1 sps] Fasten off.
Join Vanilla Cream into any ch-2 sp.
Round 8 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-2 sp, *3tr in each ch-1 sp to next ch-2 sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in ch-2 sp; rep from * ten times more, 3tr in each ch-1 sp to end, ss to top of beg ch-3.
[48 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Lipstick Pink into any ch-2 sp.
Round 9 Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in same ch-2, sp, *3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, skip next sp, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * ten times more, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, skip next sp, 3tr in sp between next two 3-tr groups, ss to top of beg ch-3.
[48 3-tr group, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Vanilla Cream into any ch-2 sp.
Round 10 As Round 8.
[60 3-tr groups, 12 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join Bubblegum Pink into any ch-2 sp.
Round 11 Ch1, *(dc, ch1, dc) in ch-2 sp, dc in each st to next ch-2 sp; rep from * eleven times more, ss to top of beg dc. [204 dc]
Fasten off and weave in all ends.