A Mindful Mandala CAL – August

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 Sunflower Mandala

August is another hot month and it seems to last forever! This month, I made a sunflower-ish mandala to remind me that heat is needed for things to flourish. It also reminds me that everything has a season!

I had a nice yellow for the fingering weight mandala and I used a combination of leftover yarns for the worsted weight mandala.

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 colors Brand New, Top Stitch, and Faded. 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
• April
• May
• June
• July

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.

August’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% Nylo
• 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 – ch3, dc in same st, 2dc in next sc, ch3, *skip next 2sc,2dc in next 2sc, ch3* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg ch3 [24dc, 6 ch3 spaces]
• R5 – ch3, dc in same st, 1dc in next 2dc, 2dc in next dc, ch3 *2dc in next dc,1dc in next 2dc, 2dc in next dc, ch3* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg ch3 [36dc, 6 ch3 spaces]
• R6 – ch3, dc in same st, 1dc in next 4dc, 2dc in next dc, ch3 *2dc in next dc,1dc in next 4dc, 2dc in next dc, ch3* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg ch3 [48dc, 6 ch3 spaces]
• R7 – ch3, dc in next 7dc, ch3, sc in ch3 space below, ch3, *dc in next 8dc, ch3, sc in ch3 below, ch3* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg ch3 [48dc, 6sc, 12 ch3 spaces]
• R8 – sl st to next dc, ch3, dc in next 5 dc, *{ch3, sc in ch3 below} 2 times, ch3, skip 1dc, dc in next 6dc* repeat * to * 5 times, {ch3, sc in ch3 below} 2 times, ch3, sl st to beg ch3 [36dc, 12sc, 18 ch3 spaces]
• R9 – sl st to next dc, ch3, dc in next 3 dc, *{ch3, sc in ch3 below} 3 times, ch3, skip 1dc, dc in next 4dc* repeat * to * 5 times, {ch3, sc in ch3 below} 3 times, ch3, sl st to beg ch3 [24dc, 18sc, 24 ch3 spaces]
• R10 – sl st to next dc, ch3, dc in next dc, *{ch3, sc in ch3 below} 4 times, ch3, skip 1dc, dc in next 2dc* repeat * to * 5 times, {ch3, sc in ch3 below} 3 times, ch3, sl st to beg ch3 [12dc, 24sc, 30 ch3 spaces]
• R11 – sl st to next ch3 space, ch3, 3dc in ch3 space, 4dc in next 4 ch3 spaces, *ch1, dc between 2dc, ch1, 4dc in next 5 ch3 spaces* repeat * to * 5 times, ch1, dc between 2dc, ch1, sl st to beg ch3 [126dc, 12 ch1]
• R12 – ch1, sc in same st & next st, hdc in next 4 st, dc in next 3 st, 2trc in next 2 st, dc in next 3 st, hdc in next 4 st, sc in next 2 st, ch3, skip ch1, dc, & ch1, *sc in next 2 st, hdc in next 4 st, dc in next 3 st, 2trc in next 2 st, dc in next 3 st, hdc in next 4 st, sc in next 2 st, ch3, skip ch1, dc, & ch1* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg sc [24trc, 36dc, 48hdc, 24sc, 6 ch3]
• R13 – ch3 {counts as hdc, ch1}, {skip next st, hdc in next st, ch1} 4 times, *2hdc in next 2 st, {ch1, skip next st, hdc in next st} 5 times, 3trc behind ch3 in dc below ch3,{ hdc in next st, ch1, skip next st} 5 times* repeat * to * 5 times, 2hdc in next 2 st, {ch1, skip next st, hdc in next st} 5 times, 3trc behind ch3 in dc below ch3, sl st to beg ch3 [18trc, 96hdc, 72 ch1]
• R14 – ch1, sc in same st and every st around, sl st to beg sc [186sc]

Fasten off and weave in ends

Happy making y’all!