Sunburst Mandala

Get ready to bring a bit of sunshine into your home with the Sunburst mandala! The colourful mandala fits a 25cm (10in) ring. The pattern uses stitches suitable for beginners and is written in US terms.

Crochet hook

3.0mm (US size C/2).

Measurements

The finished mandala in its ring is 25cm (10in) in diameter.

Gauge/tension

After finishing Round 9, the mandala should measure 10cm (4in) in diameter.

Notes

• The pattern is worked in the round. This means that you will always work on the right side of the pattern and not the backside.
• The mandala is supposed to be approximately 23cm in diameter when Round 22 is finished. The Mandala looks best in its ring when it’s slightly smaller. In Round 23 you will stretch it to show off all the chain spaces in the pattern.
• Want to swap yarns to Colour Crafter? Check out the Catona-to-Colour Crafter conversion table.

With colour A, make a magic ring.

Round 1 (RS) 6sc in magic loop, join with ss, cut yarn. [6 sc]

Round 2 Join colour C with ss in sc, ch2, dc3tog in same st (counts as first dc4tog), ch3, *dc4tog, ch3; repeat from * another 4 times, join with ss in top of first dc4tog, cut yarn. [6 petals]

Round 3 Join colour B in a ch-3 sp with ss, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), 1sc in same ch-3 sp, ch4, *sc in next ch-sp, ch4; repeat from * another 4 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [6 ch-sps]

Round 4 Join colour F with ss in ch-sp, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), 7hdc in each ch-sp, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [42 sts]

Round 5 Join colour E with ss in any st, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), *sc, ch3, skip 2 sts; repeat from * another 13 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [14 ch-sps]

Round 6 Join colour D with ss in any ch-sp, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), 4hdc in each ch-sp, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [56 hdc]

Round 7 Join colour A with ss in any st, ch2, beg-bobble, bobble in each st, join with ss in top of beg-bobble, cut yarn. [56 bobbles]

Round 8 Join colour C with ss in any bobble, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), 1hdc in each st, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [56 hdc]

Round 9 Join colour F with ss in any st, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), *1sc, ch4; repeat from * another 13 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [14 ch-sps]

Round 10 Join colour B with ss in any sc, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), *1sc, ch5; repeat from * another 13 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [14 ch-sps]

Round 11 Join colour E with ss in any sc, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), *1sc in sc, ch5; repeat from * another 13 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [14 ch-sps]

Round 12 Join colour A with ss in any sc, repeat Round 11. [14 ch-sps]

Round 13 Join colour D with ss in any ch-sp, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), 8hdc in each ch-sp, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [112 hdc]

Round 14 Join colour C with ss in any st, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), *7hdc, 2hdc in next st; repeat from * another 13 times, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [126 hdc]

Round 15 Join colour A with ss in any st, ch2, dc3tog (counts as first dc4tog), 2sc, *dc4tog, 2sc; repeat from * another 40 times, 2sc, join with ss in top of first dc4tog, cut yarn. [42 dc4tog]

Round 16 Join colour C with ss in any dc4tog, ch2 (doesn’t count as st), 2hdc in same st, *5hdc, 2hdc in same st; repeat from * another 20 times, 5hdc, join with ss in first hdc, cut yarn. [147 hdc]

Round 17 Join colour F with ss in any st, ch1, *sc, ch7, skip 6 sts; repeat from * another 20 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [21 ch-sps]

Round 18 Join colour E with ss in any sc, *sc in sc, ch7; repeat from * another 20 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [21 ch-sps]

Round 19 Join colour B with ss in any sc, repeat Round 18. [21 ch-sps]

Round 20 Join colour D with ss in any sc, repeat Round 18. [21 ch-sps]

Round 21 Join colour C with ss in any sc, *1sc in sc, ch8; repeat from * another 20 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [21 ch-sps]

Round 22 Join colour E with ss in any sc, ch1 (doesn’t count as st), *1sc in sc, 10sc in ch-8 sp; repeat from * another 20 times, join with ss in first sc, cut yarn. [231 sc]

Round 23 Join colour A with ss in any sc, 2sc in each st. When making your sc’s, Keep your working yarn at the back of the mandala hoop and reach through the hoop to grab your thread and make your sc. This way you ‘catch’ the hoop in your sc’s. Cut yarn, fasten off. [462 sc]