A Mindful Mandala CAL – July

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 Snowflake Mandala

It has been so very hot here in South GA! I’m looking forward to some cooler weather, so I decided to make a snowflake mandala this month. Makes me cooler just looking at it! 😀

Since I had no white in the line up of yarns for this CAL, I went with cool blues. The large one looks extra icy!

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 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

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.

July’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 – *ch7, skip one ch1, sc in next ch1* repeat * to * 6 times [6 ch7, 6 sc]
• R5 – *{2sc, hdc, 3dc, 3trc, 3dc, hdc, 2sc} into ch7 space, ch1* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg sc [24 sc, 12hdc, 36dc, 18trc]
• R6 – *sl st to center trc, ch4, sl st in same space, ch8* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg trc [6 ch8 spaces, 6 ch4 spaces]
• R7 – sl st in ch4, ch2, {1dc, ch2, 3dc, ch2, 3dc, ch2, 2dc} in ch4, *3sc into ch8 space, 1 trc into ch1 space below, 3sc into ch8 space, {2dc, ch2, 3dc, ch2, 3dc, ch2, 2dc} in ch4* repeat * to * 4 times, 3sc into ch8 space, 1 trc into ch1 space below, 3sc into ch8 space, sl st into beg ch2 [18 ch2 spaces, 36 sc, 60dc, 6trc]
• R8 – *sl st to 1^st ch2, ch5, sc in next ch2, ch5, sl st in next ch2, ch7* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg ch2 [6 ch7 spaces, 12 ch5 spaces, 6sc]
• R9 – *{2sc, 2hdc, 2dc, 2trc} in ch5 space, ch1, {2trc, 2dc, 2hdc, 2sc} in next ch5 space, 3sc into ch8 space, trc into trc below, 3sc into ch8 space* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg sc [6 ch7 spaces, 12 ch5 spaces, 6sc]
• R10 – sl st to ch1 space, ch1, *sc in ch1 space, ch7, {2dc, 3trc, 2dc} in trc below, ch8* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg sc [12 ch7 spaces, 24dc, 18trc]
• R11 – ch1*se in sc{2sc, 3hdc, 2dc} into ch8 space, trc into sc at v-point below, {2dc, 2hdc} into ch8 space, hdc in next sc, sc in next 5 st, hdc in next sc, {2hdc, 2dc} into ch8 space, trc into sc at v-point below, {2dc, 3hdc, 2sc} into ch8 space* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st into beg sc [12 ch7 spaces, 24dc, 18trc]
• R12 – *ch6, sc in next trc, ch6, skip 7 st, sc in next st* repeat * to * 12 times [24 ch6 spaces, 24sc]
• R13 – sl st into ch6 space, ch3, 6trc into ch6 space, *ch1, {2dc, 3hdc, 2sc} in next ch6 space, ch1, {2sc, 3hdc, 2dc} in next ch6 space, ch1, 7trc into next ch6 space, ch1, 7trc into next ch6 space* 5 times, ch1, {2dc, 3hdc, 2sc} in next ch6 space, ch1, {2sc, 3hdc, 2dc} in next ch6 space, ch1, 7trc into next ch6 space, ch1, sl st to beg ch3 [24 ch1 spaces, 24sc, 36hdc, 24dc, 24sc, 94trc]
• R14 – ch1, sc in same st, sc next 6st, *sl st into ch1, ch4, sl st into same ch1, sc next 7st* repeat * to * 23 time, sl st into ch1, ch4, sl st into same ch1 [168sc, 24 ch4 spaces]

Fasten off and weave in ends

Happy making y’all!