Mandala for beginners

I designed this mandala specifically for beginners, but it is definitely fun for advanced crocheters as well! It’s a quick and enjoyable project, ideal to crochet as a gift!

Materials

• 25 cm (10 inch) hoop or blocking materials
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn and Colors Epic: 1x color Teak & 1x color Oatmeal, and 1x Durable Four color Pale Pink
• Scissors
• Needle

The Pattern

Check out the tutorial video for this pattern further down in this blog.

Round 1: start with a magic ring in color 1. Ch 3 (counts as dc), 11 dc into the ring. You have 12 dc in total. Close with a sl st in the 3rd ch.

Round 2: ch 3 (counts as dc), 1 dc in same. Ch 2, skip 1 stitch.
*2 dc in next, ch 2, skip 1 stitch.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, close with a sl st in the 3rd ch of the starting chain. You can gently stretch the work if it starts to curl.

Round 3: 1 sl st in next, 1 sl st in ch-space, ch 3 (counts as dc), 4 dc in same ch-space, ch 1, skip the 2 dcs.
*5 dc in ch-space, ch 2, skip dcs.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, close with a sl st in the 3rd ch of the starting chain.

Round 4: ch 3, 2 dc, dc2tog, ch 4, dc in ch-space, ch 4.
*dc2tog, 1 dc, dc2tog, ch 4, 1 dc in ch-space, ch 4.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, skip the starting chains, sl st in the 1st dc of the round.

Round 5: ch 2, dc2tog, ch 4, dc in ch-space, ch 2, blst in dc, ch 2, dc in ch-space, ch 4.
*dc3tog, ch 4, dc in ch-space, ch 2, blst in dc, ch 2, dc in ch-space, ch 4.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, skip the starting chains, sl st in the first dctog. Fasten off.

Round 6: change to color 2 and make a slip knot. Join with: 1 dc or a sl st and ch 3 (counts as dc) in the ch-space after the dc3tog. Note: you have already crocheted the first dc of the round.
*4 dc in ch-space, ch 2, skip dc, dc in next ch-space, ch 3, dc in next ch-space, ch 2, 4 dc in ch-space, ch 1.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, after the last ch close with a sl st in the join dc or the 3rd ch.

Round 7: replace the first 'dc4tog' of the round with: ch 3, dc3tog. This counts as the first dc4tog of the instructions between *.
*dc4tog, ch 4, blst in dc, ch 2, dc in ch-space, ch 2, blst in dc, ch 4, dc4tog, ch 2, dc in ch-space, ch 2.*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round, skip the starting chains, close with a sl st in the dc3tog from the beginning. Fasten off.

Round 8: change to color 3 and make a slip knot. Join in the dc with a dc or with a sl st and ch 3 (counts as dc). Note: the join dc is immediately the first dc of the round of the instructions between *.
*In dc: [2 dc, 1 tr, ch 2, 1 tr, 2 dc], ch 2, dc in ch-space, ch 2, repeat [...].*
Repeat instructions between * until the end of the round. After the last ch 2, close with a sl st in the first dc or the 3rd ch.

Fasten off.