Get ready to bring a bit of sunshine into your home with the Sunburst mandala! The colourful mandala fits a 25 cm (10 in) ring. The pattern uses stitches suitable for beginners and is written in US terms.
Materials and preparation
Yarn
Scheepjes Catona100% cotton, 25g/62.5m
| Label | Colour name | Code | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colour A | Sweet Orange | 411 | 1 ball |
| Colour B | Peach | 386 | 1 ball |
| Colour C | Soft Rose | 403 | 1 ball |
| Colour D | Icy Pink | 246 | 1 ball |
| Colour E | Colonial Rose | 398 | 1 ball |
| Colour F | Lemon Chiffon | 100 | 1 ball |
Other
- 25 cm (10 in) mandala ring
Shop the yarn
You can buy Scheepjes Catona from Scheepjes retailers, or from the webshops below:
Crochet hook
3.0mm (US size C/2)
Measurements
The finished mandala in its ring is 25 cm (10 in) in diameter.
Gauge/tension
After finishing Round 9, the mandala should measure 10 cm (4 in) in diameter.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- beg-bobble
- begin-bobble: ch2, (yarn over, pull up loop) 3 times, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- bobble
- ch2, (yarn over, pull up loop) 4 times, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- ch
- chain
- ch-sp
- chain-space
- ch-3 sp
- chain-3 space: the number denotes the number of chains
- dc3tog
- double crochet 3 together: (yarn over, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through first two loops on hook) 3 times in the same stitch, yarn over, pull through all loops on hook
- dc4tog
- double crochet 4 together: see instructions for dc3tog, repeat the instructions between brackets 4 times instead of 3
- hdc
- half double crochet
- RS
- right side
- sc
- single crochet
- ss
- slip stitch
- st(s)
- stitches
Repeat formats
- *….; rep from * once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions after * and then repeat that section a further number of times as indicated.
- *…; rep to end — Crochet the instructions after * and then repeat that section to the end of the row or round.
- (…) once/twice/3x — Crochet the instructions between brackets the total number of times indicated.
- […] — Indicates the amount of stitches at the end of a row or round.
- (…) in same st/sp — Indicates that all instructions between brackets are worked in the same stitch or space.
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.
Crochet pattern
With colour A, make a magic ring.
Rounds
Round 1 (RS)6sc in magic loop, join with ss, cut yarn.[6 sc]
Round 2 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)]
Round 11Join 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 (RS)Join colour A with ss in any sc, repeat Round 11.[14 ch-sps]
Round 13 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)Join colour B with ss in any sc, repeat Round 18.[21 ch-sps]
Round 20 (RS)Join colour D with ss in any sc, repeat Round 18.[21 ch-sps]
Round 21 (RS)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 (RS)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 (RS)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]
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Comments
Erna Heindijk
September 03, 2020 21:01
Erg fijn dat het in het nederlands is, maar waarom staan de steken dan in het engels? Zo goed is mijn engels nu ook weer niet. Geen idee wat er bedoeld word met sc, ss, dc etc.
Kirsten
September 03, 2020 21:35
Hi Erna,
je kan naar de Nederlandse versie van de pagina wisselen in het hoofdmenu. Je zit nu op de Engelse pagina (en dus het Engelse patroon) :)