Hey all! I’m so excited to jump right on in and get stitching this gorgeous mandala! A quick reminder, this is the free version of the pattern and DOES NOT INCLUDE the PDF pattern. You can purchase the PDF pattern HERE or the Yarn Kit from Lion Brand Yarn HERE, both of which include the pdf pattern.
Rnd 22: Join Color C with a sl st to any ch-6 sp, ch 3 (counts as first dc), 6dc in same ch-6 sp as join, *ch 1, 7dc in next ch-6 sp; rep from * around, join to beg ch-3 with a sl st. Fasten off. (224 dc, 32 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 23: Join Color A with a sl st to center dc of any 7-dc group around, ch 1, sc in same st as join, ch 2, *working in front of Rnd 22 work 3dc in ch-1 sp of Rnd 21, ch 2, sk next 3 dc, sc in next dc, sk next 3 dc, ch 2; rep from * around, join to first sc with a sl st. Fasten off. (32 sc, 64 ch-2 sp, 96 dc)
Rnd 24: Join Color D in center dc of any 3dc group, ch 2 (does not count as a stitch), hdc in same st as join, hdc in next dc, *2hdc in next ch-2 sp, sk next sc, 2hdc in next ch-2 sp, hdc in each of the next 3dc; rep from * around, working a hdc in last dc, join to beg hdc with a sl st. Fasten off. (224 hdc)
Rnd 25: Join Color E in same st as join, ch 1, working in back loops only, sc in same st as join, sc in each of the next 4 sts, *Fptr around post of first dc of 3-dc group of Rnd 23, sk next 2hdc on current round, (Bobble, ch 1, Bobble, ch 1, Bobble) in next hdc, fptr around post of last dc of 3-dc group of Rnd 23, sk next 2hdc on current round, working in back loops only sc in each of the next 9 sts; rep from * around, ending last rep with a sc in each of the next 4 sts, join to first sc with a sl st. Fasten off. (144 sc, 32 Fptr, 48 Bobble, 32 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 26: Join Color C in same st as join, ch 1, sc in same st as join, sc in each of the next 2 sts, *Fpdc around post of fptr on previous rnd, sk 2 sc, ch 2, (bobble in next bobble, ch 2) three times, fpdc around post of fptr on previous rnd, sk next 2sc, sc in each of the next 5 sc; rep from * around, ending last rep with a sc in each of the next 2 sts, join to first sc with a sl st. Fasten off. (80 sc, 32 Fpdc, 64 ch-2 sps, 48 Bobble)
Rnd 27: Join Color B in same st as join, ch 3 (counts as first dc), dc in same st as join, 2dc in next sc, *sk next sc, fpdc around post of fpdc on previous rnd, 2dc in each of the next 4 ch-2 sps, fpdc around post of fpdc on previous rnd, sk next sc**, 2dc in each of the next 3 sc; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2dc in next sc, join to beg ch-3 with a sl st. Fasten off. (224 dc, 32 Fpdc)
Until next week friends!
Happy Stitching!
R
Rohn Strong 