A Mindful Mandala CAL – November

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 Branch Mandala

In November more and more leaves are falling off the trees and you see the branches. This mandala reminds me of tree branches reaching for the sky no matter what the temperature is. This mandala did turn out much smaller than the others, but it’s my favorite so far!

The colors in this yarn were more muted with a grayer background. This made me think of how you see the pops of color from the fallen leaves under the trees. I used leftover yarns from 3 different skeins for the larger mandala and you can really see the pattern of the branches.

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 Faded, Vintage, & Classic. 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
• August
• September – no mandala for this month
• October

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. Since I missed a month, I will have a substitute for the 12th block in the afghan.

November’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 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
• dtrc – double treble crochet
• blsc – back loop single 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 – ch1, sc in same st, *ch6, skip 5 st, sc in next sc* repeat * to * 5 times, ch6, sl st to beg sc [6sc, 6 ch6 spaces]
• R5 – sl st into 1^st ch5 space, ch3, 6dc into ch5 sp, *7dc into next ch5 space* repeat * to * 5 times, sl st to beg ch3 [42dc]
• R6 – *trc around sc from round 4, blsc in next 7dc* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg trc [6trc, 42blsc]
• R7 – ch1, sc in same space, *ch5, skip 3sc, sc in next sc, ch5, skip 3sc, sc in next trc* repeat * to * 5 times, ch5, skip 3sc, sc in next sc, skip 3sc, sl st to beg sc [12sc, 12 ch5 spaces]
• R8 – sl st into 1^st ch5 space, ch3, 5dc into ch5 sp, *6dc into next ch5 space* repeat * to * 11 times, sl st to beg ch3 [72dc]
• R9 – *dtrc around trc from round 6, ch2, dtrc around same trc, skip 1dc, blsc in next 10dc* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg dtrc [6trc, 42blsc]
• R10 – ch1, *hdc around dtrc, 3sc in ch2 space, hdc around dtrc, blsc in next 5st, dtrc around sc from round 7, blsc in next 5st* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg hdc [6dtrc, 12hdc, 78sc]
• R11 – ch1, *sc in hdc, blsc in next 3sc, sc in hdc, ch5, sc in dtrc, ch5* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg sc [18blsc, 18sc, 12 ch5 spaces]
• R12 – ch1, *sc in sc, blsc in next 3sc, sc in sc, {2sc, 2hdc, 2dc} into ch5 space, dtrc around dtrc from round 9, ch2 dtrc around same st, {2dc, 2hdc, 2sc} into ch5 space* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg sc [12dtrc, 24dc, 24hdc, 18blsc, 24sc, 6 ch2 spaces]
• R13 – *trc around dtrc from round 10, ch2, dtrc around next dtrc from round 10, blsc in {2sc, 2hdc, 2dc}, sc in dtrc, 3sc in ch2 space, sc in dtrc* repeat * to * 6 times, sl st to beg trc [12trc, 72blsc, 24sc, 6 ch2 spaces]
• R14 – ch1, hdc in every st around, putting 3hdc in each ch2 space

Fasten off and weave in ends

Happy making y’all!