A Mindful Mandala CAL – June

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 Sunshine Mandala

This month’s mandala was inspired by the sunny month of June. The first day of summer is in this month and I wanted a mandala to reflect all that good sunshine!

The larger one this month has a little cloudy layer to represent the surprise showers we have frequently this time of year.

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 leftovers from previous months colors. 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

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.

Junes’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
• picot – ch3, sl st in beg sc
• sc – single crochet
• hdc – half double crochet
• dc – double crochet
• trc – treble crochet
• dtrc – double 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 – [FINS] *ch9, sc in 4th  ch from hook, hdc in next 2ch, dc in next 3ch, skip sc & ch1, sl st in next sc* repeat * to * 12 times {12 fins made}
• R5 – ch7 {counts as dtrc & ch2}, *sc in top loop of fin, ch2, dtrc between fins, ch2* repeat * to * 11 times, sc in top of fin, ch2, sl st to 5th ch of beg ch7 {12dtrc, 12sc, 24 ch2 spaces}
• R6 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *3sc in ch2 space, sc in sc, 3sc in ch2 space, sc in dtrc* repeat * to * 11 times, 3sc in ch2 space, sc in sc, 3sc in ch2 space, sl st to beg sc {96sc}
• R7 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *ch7, skip 7sc, sc in next stitch* repeat * to * 11 times, ch7, sl st to beg sc {12sc, 12 ch7 spaces}
• R8 – [PETALS] ch1, sc in same stitch, *[2sc, 2hdc, 2dc, 2hdc, 2sc] in ch7 space, sc in sc* repeat * to * 11 times, [2sc, 2hdc, 2dc, 2hdc, 2sc] in ch7 space, sl st to beg sc {24dc, 24hdc, 36sc}
• R9 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *ch3, trc in 4th sc in R6, ch3, sc in sc between petals* repeat * to * 11 times, ch3, trc in 4^th sc in R6, ch3, sl st to beg sc {12trc, 12sc, 24 ch3 spaces}
• R10 – [PETALS] ch1, sc in same stitch, *[2hdc, 2dc] in ch3 space, 2trc in trc, [2dc, 2hdc] in ch3 space, sc in sc* repeat * to * 11 times, *[2hdc, 2dc] in ch3 space, 2trc in trc, [2dc, 2hdc] in ch3 space, sl st to beg sc {12trc, 12sc, 24 ch3 spaces}
• R11 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *ch4, sl st around 2dc, ch4, sc in sc between petals* repeat * to * 11 times, ch4, sl st around 2dc, ch4,, sl st to beg sc {12sc, 12sl st, 24 ch4 spaces}
• R12 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *[2hdc, 2dc, 1trc, 1dtrc] in next ch4 space, [1dtrc, 1trc, 2dc, 2hdc] in next ch4 space, sc in sc* repeat * to * 11 times, *[2hdc, 2dc, 1trc, 1dtrc] in next ch4 space, [1dtrc, 1trc, 2dc, 2hdc] in next ch4 space, sl st to beg sc {24dtrc, 24trc, 48dc, 48hdc, 12sc}
• R13 – ch1, sc in same stitch, *ch6, sc between dtrc, ch6, sc in sc* repeat * to * 11 times, *ch6, sc between dtrc, ch6, sl st to beg sc {24sc, 24 ch6 spaces}
• R14 – ch3, sl st in same sc, *6sc in ch6 space, picot in sc* repeat * to * 23 times, * 6sc in ch6 space, sl st to beg sc {144sc, 24 picot}

Fasten off and weave in ends

Happy making y’all!