A Mindful Mandala CAL – April

Welcome to a mindful mandala CAL! This crochet along is meant to help you find a mindful, hopefully peaceful, moment of crochet time each month. Plus, we’ll create something beautiful along the way!

A Blossom Mandala

First I need to say I had the wrong hook sizes listed for the sock weight and for the worsted weight. The correct sizes for the sock weight are listed in the pattern here and in the PDF. The correct hook size for the worsted weight is listed below the larger mandala picture. Hope this doesn’t cause anyone issues!

This month’s mandala is more in between an easy repeat and complicated. There’s just enough change at certain points to keep it interesting! I wanted it to look like a blossom opening.

Somehow I lost the written pattern for this month and next month. I had the mandala’s made, I just cannot find where I wrote it down! Luckily, I was able to look at what I had made and recreate it with a few tweaks.

As a reminder, the original pattern is written for sock weight yarn. I’m using Lion Brand Jeans yarn for the larger mandalas. This is a #4/worsted weight yarn and I’m using a 4.5mm/7 hook {corrected hook size!}. This month’s larger mandala was made with the color Top Stitch. Each mandala uses between 1.6 and 2 grams of yarn. All the sock weight yarn is mini skeins from Southern Skeins from my previous club.

Check below for previous month’s patterns & check out my YouTube channel for the latest video.

• January
• February
• March

Progress so Far

Here’s a look at the mandalas together for the sock weight yarn. These will be joined into a free form scarf at the end of the CAL.

These are the worsted weight mandalas so far. These will be squared up and joined into an afgan at the end of the CAL.

April’s Mindful Mandala Pattern

Here are all the details about sharing and the printable pattern:

• The printable PDF can be found right here. The printable PDF will be free until the end of the month each month, then it will move to Etsy for a small fee. The pattern will always be on the blog for everyone to use.
• You can share your finished mandalas in the Teadoddles Makers Facebook group. Any CAL, QAL, or other make you do can be shared there. I pick someone each month to receive a $25 Amazon gift card. All you have to do is share your makes!
• You can also tag me on Instagram with #teadoddles or share a picture in my community area on YouTube.

Supplies:

• Yarn – Sock #1, 20g / 88yds {approximately}, 75% SW Merino, 25% Nylon
• Hook – 3.25 mm – D3 {corrected hook size!}
• Note – Any size yarn can be used to make this pattern. The mandala will be larger or smaller depending on yarn weight. Just use the recommended hook size for the yarn you’re using.

Abbreviations:

• sl st – slip stitch
• st – stitch
• beg – beginning
• ch – chain
• sc – single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• trc – treble crochet

Instructions:

• R1 – Make a magic circle, ch 3, 11 dc into circle {12 dc}
• R2 – ch1, 2 sc in each st, sl st to beg st {24 sc}
• R3 – ch 1, {2 sc in same st, ch 1, skip next sc} repeat { to } to end, sl st to beg st {24 sc, 12 ch}

Note: R1 thru R3 will be the same for all mandalas for the scarf

• R4 – sc in ch1 space behind sl st, *ch6, skip {2sc, ch1 space, 2ch} sc in next ch1 space* repeat * to * 5 times, ch6, sl st to beg sc [6sc, {6} ch6 spaces]
• R5 – sl st into ch6 space, ch2, {hdc, dc, trc, ch1, trc, dc, 2hdc} in same ch6 space, ch1, *{2hdc, dc, trc, ch1, trc, dc, 2hdc} in ch6 space, ch1* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg sc [12trc, 12dc, 24hdc, {12} ch1 spaces]
• R6 – sc in ch1 space behind sl st, *ch6, sc in next ch1 space* repeat * to * 11 times, ch6, sl st to beg sc [12sc, {12} ch6 spaces]
• R7 – sl st into ch6 space, ch2, {hdc, dc, trc, ch1, trc, dc, 2hdc} in same ch6 space, ch1, *{2hdc, dc, trc, ch1, trc, dc, 2hdc} in ch6 space, ch1* repeat * to * 11 times, sl st to beg sc [24trc, 24dc, 48hdc, {24} ch1 spaces]
• R8 – sc in ch1 space behind sl st, *ch8, sc in next ch1 space* repeat * to * 11 times, ch8, sl st to beg sc [12sc, {12} ch8 spaces]
• R9 – sl st into ch8 space, ch2, {hdc, dc, 3trc, dc, 2hdc} in same ch8 space, ch1, *{2hdc, dc, 3trc, dc, 2hdc} in ch8 space, ch1* repeat * to * 11 times, sl st to beg sc [36trc, 24dc, 48hdc, {12} ch1 spaces]
• R10 –sl st, to center trc, *ch8, sc in next center trc* repeat * to * 11 times, ch8, sl st to beg sc [12sc, {12} ch8 spaces]
• R11 – sl st into ch8 space, ch2, {hdc, 2dc} into ch8 space, 3trc into ch1 space below ch8 space, {2dc, 2hdc} in same ch8 space, ch1, *{2hdc, 2dc} into ch8 space, 3trc into ch1 space below ch8 space, {2dc, 2hdc} in same ch8 space, ch1, * repeat * to * 11 times, sl st to beg ch2 [36trc, 24dc, 48hdc, {12} ch1 spaces]
• R12 – sc in ch1 space behind sl st, *ch4, sc in center trc, ch4, sc in next ch1 space* repeat * to * 11 times, ch4, sc in center trc, ch4, sl st to beg sc [24sc, {24} ch8 spaces]
• R13 – sl st into ch4 space, ch2, {hdc, dc, trc, dc, 2hdc} into ch4 space, ch1, *{2hdc, dc, trc, dc, 2hdc} into ch4 space, ch1, * repeat * to *  23 times, sl st to beg ch2 [24trc, 48dc, 96hdc, {24} ch1 spaces]
• R14 –

Fasten off and weave in ends

Happy making y’all!