Spiked Mandala crochet pattern

Free pattern to crochet little Spiked Mandala

Materials and tools

·        100% cotton yarn

Weight - Sport /5 ply

Yardage - 50g/ 127m

Silke by Arvier – Estate

·        Crochet hook 2.75 mm

·        Tapestry needle

Size

Mandala is 4.8" (12 cm) in diameter

Abbreviations

in US terms

ch	chain
sc	single crochet
dc	double crochet
3dc-cluster	three double crochet cluster
tr	treble crochet
ss	slip stitch
inc	increase
st	stitch

Instructions

Round 1 – ch 3 in a magic ring (counts as first dc) and 11 dc

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 2 – work between the posts of the dc stitches

(3dc cluster, ch 1)*12 times

Start with a standing st – secure yarn on a hook, 

3dc cluster

yarn over, insert hook between stitches, draw through the first two loops, you have 2 loops on a hook (pic1)

yarn over, draw through the first two loops – 3 loops on a hook (pic2)

yarn over, draw through the first two loops – 4 loops on a hook (pic3)

yarn over and draw through all 4 loops. You just made 3dc cluster (pic4). ch 1. 

Make 12 clusters.

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails.

Change color.

Round 3 – (2 sc between the clusters, ch1)*12 times

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 4 – (1 sc to the chain gap, ch2)* 12 times

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 5 - (3 sc on the chain, ch 1) * 12 times 

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 6 – 1 dc to every st

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 7 – 1 tr underneath the sc st from round 4, 1 sc to the same st again, 4 sc to the following stitches.

(1 tr to sc st from round 4, 1 sc to the same st again, 4 sc) 11 more times 

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 8 – 5 dc to the top of tr st, skip 2 st and make sc, skip 2 more st and repeat 5 dc in one st. Repeat 12 times

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. Change color.

Round 9 –

sc to the top of sc stitch of the previous round,

ch 2, sc to the middle of 5dc(the third dc),

make picot -ch3, ss to the third ch from the hook,

sc to the same st, ch 2, sc to the sc st of round 8

Repeat 12 times.

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails. 

Round 10 – surface chain stitches between single crochet stitches of round 7 (the white sc round)

Fasten off and make a needle join. Weave in the tails.

I would love to see your mandala :)
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The pattern also available for sale in my Etsy shop in PDF file completed with helpful step by step pictures.