In this post you can find the pattern and video tutorial for Part 3 of Enigma Mandalas. In part 3 we complete the third and final mandala, now we are all done! Voor Nederlands, zie aub DEZE post.

Resources

Materials

You will need 6 colors of Scheepjes Catona (50g/125m) yarn and 3 mandala rings to make your Enigma Mandalas. I have designed 3 colorways named Gingerbread, Raspberry Milkshake and Bubblegum. You can find information about color numbers and yarn amounts HERE. You can buy your supplies from any yarn shop close to you, and the rings are often available from craft shops, but you can also buy a full kit with everything you need from my webshop.

You will also need 3 rings to finish the mandalas. You will need rings with diameter 40cm (16″), 25cm (10″) and 15cm (6″). We make the mandalas using a 3mm crochet hook.

Scheepjes Catona is available from Wool Warehouse (UK), Jimmy Beans Wool (USA), The Knitting Network (UK), Love Crafts (USA / UK), Caro’s Atelier (NL / EU), and many other Scheepjes stockists.

I also have yarn kits available for all 3 colorways of Enigma Mandalas in my shop. The mandala kits include everything you need to make these mandalas including the pattern, yarn and the mandala rings.

Abbreviations

This pattern uses US Crochet Terminology

Standard stitches

ch Chain
ch-sp(s) Chain space(s)
dc Double crochet
dc2tog Work two double crochet stitches together
dc3tog Work three double crochet stitches together
hdc Half double crochet
sc Single crochet
sc2tog Work two single crochet stitches together over two sts
sc3tog Work three single crochet stitches together over three sts
sl st Slip stitch
st(s) Stitch(es)
tr Treble crochet

BLO back loop only
pul pull up loop
yrh yarn round hook

Special stitches

invisible join Cut yarn, pull yarn through last stitch made, thread yarn on needle, insert needle under both loops of first st after initial chain sts, pull yarn through, insert needle into top of the last stitch made, pull yarn through

standing sts With a slip knot on hook, make stitch as normal

trPC tr popcorn: 5tr in st, remove hook, insert hook in first tr made, replace loop on hook, draw loop through first st, ch1
bpsc Back post single crochet, work the single crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from back to front to back again
bphdc Back post half double crochet, work the half double crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from back to front to back again
bpdc Back post double crochet, work the double crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from back to front to back again
fpdc Front post double crochet, work the double crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again
fptr Front post treble crochet, work the treble crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again
fpdtr Front post double treble crochet, work the double treble crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from front to back to front again
fpdtr2tog Work two fpdtr sts together over 2 sts

Gauge

At the end of Round 10, the mandala is 13cm / 5inches in diameter, at the end of Round 17, the mandala is 22cm / 8 inches, and at the end of Round 29, it is 36cm / 14 inches.

Color Placement

Please refer back to the materials list for the specification per colorway in regards to which color is Color A up to Color F. The yarn amounts per round serve as a guide and are only important when you are making the mandalas from left-over yarn from other projects. This way you can determine before you start a round if you have enough yarn to complete it. If you are using full balls of Scheepjes Catona 50g, you will have enough yarn to complete all 3 mandalas.

Tip: if you want to use the same colors as in one of the given 3 colorways, but you want a different look to the mandalas, consider changing the order of the colors A to F. Also feel free to change the colors placement for a specific round if you feel it looks better that way.

Round	Large Mandala	Yarn weight per round (g)
18	A	4.0g
19	B	6.5g
20	C	9.5g
21	C	6.5g
22	D	6.5g
23	D	6.0g
24	E	5.0g
25	F	5.5g
26	E	8.0g
27	E	7.0g
28	B	6.0g
29	D	9.5g
RING	D	8.0g

Enigma Mandalas Pattern – Part 3

Continue the pattern of part 3 from Round 17 of the medium mandala.

Round 18 Join the indicated color in any st with a standing sc, *skip next st, 6dc in next st, skip next st, 1sc in next 9 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[108 sc, 6 dc per petal, 12 petals]

Round 19 Join the indicated color in 2nd sc after any petal with a standing sc, 1sc in next 6 sts, *skip next sc, (1hdc, 1fpdc) in first dc on petal, (1dc, 1fptr) in next dc twice, (1fptr, 1dc) in next dc twice, (1fpdc, 1hdc) in last dc on petal, skip next sc, 1sc in next 7 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 7 sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[84 sc, (2 hdc, 4 dc, 2 fpdc, 4 fptr) per petal , 12 petals]

Round 20 Join the indicated color in 2nd sc after any petal with a standing sc, sc3tog over next 3 sts, 1sc in next st, *skip next sc, (1hdc, 1fpdc) in next hdc, 1fpdc in next fpdc, 2dc in next dc, 1fptr in next fptr, 2tr in next dc, 1fpdtr2tog over next 2 fptr, 2tr in next dc, 1fptr in next fptr, 2dc in next dc, 1fpdc in next fpdc, (1fpdc, 1hdc) in next hdc, skip next sc, 1sc in next st, sc3tog over next 3 sts, 1sc in next st; repeat from * to end omitting final 3 sts, join to first standing st with sl st.
[24 sc, 12 sc3tog, (2 hdc, 4 dc, 4 tr, 4 fpdc, 2 fptr, 1 fpdtr2tog) per petal, 12 petals]

Round 21 Continue with the same color, ch1, *sc3tog over next (sc, sc3tog, sc), 1sc in next 3 sts, 1hdc in next 4 sts, 1dc in next st, (2dc, 1tr, 2dc) in next fpdtr2tog, 1dc in next st, 1hdc in next 4 sts, 1sc in next 3 sts; repeat from * to end, join with invisible join.
[12 sc3tog, (6 sc, 8 hdc, 6 dc, 1 tr) per petal, 12 petals]

Round 22 Join the indicated color in first sc after any sc3tog with a standing bpsc, 1bpsc in next 9 sts, *3bphdc in next tr, 1bpsc in next 10 sts, skip next sc3tog, 1bpsc in next 10 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 10 bpsc, join to first standing st with sl st.
[240 bpsc, 36 bphdc]

Round 23 Continue with the same color, sl st to next st, ch1, 1hdc in same st, * 1hdc in next 4 sts, 1sc in next 5 sts, 3sc in next st (this is the second of the 3 bphdc at the top of the petal), 1sc in next 5 sts, 1hdc in next 5 sts, dc2tog over next 2 sts, 1hdc in next st; rep from * to end omitting final hdc, join with invisible join.
[12 dc2tog, 120 hdc, 156 sc]

Round 24 Work all sts in this round in BLO. Join the indicated color in first sc on any petal with a standing sc, 1sc in next 3 sts, *ch5, move ch behind your work, skip next 5 sc, 1sc in next 4 sts, 1hdc in next 2 sts, dc3tog over next 3 sts, skip next dc2tog, dc3tog over next 3 sts, 1hdc in next 2 sts, 1sc in next 4 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final 4 sc, join to first standing sc with sl st. Leave yarn attached to use again in Round 26.
[12 ch5-sp, 24 dc3tog, 48 hdc, 96 sc]

Round 25 Keep the yarn from color used in Round 24 to the front of your work. Work in unworked sts from Round 23, keeping sts from Round 24 to the back. Join the indicated color in first of 5 unworked sc with a standing sc, 1sc in next 4 sc, *ch9, trPC in dc2tog, ch9, 1sc in next 5 sc; repeat from * to end omitting final 5 sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[12 trPC, 60 sc, 24 ch9-sp]

Round 26 Pick up the color from Round 24. Work in front of the ch9-sps from Round 25 into sts from Round 24. Ch1, 1hdc in same st, 1hdc in next 3 sts, *6sc in ch5-sp, 1hdc in next 4 sc, 1dc in next dc, 1tr in next 2 sts, 1fpdc around trPC from Round 25, 1tr in next 2 sts, 1dc in next dc, 1hdc in next 4 sc; repeat from * to end omitting final 4 hdc, join to first st with sl st.
[12 fpdc, 48 tr, 24 dc, 96 hdc, 72 sc]

Round 27 Continue with the same color, ch3, *1dc in next 16 sts, 2dc in next fpdc, 1dc in next 4 sts; repeat from * to end omitting final dc, join with invisible join.
[264 dc]

Round 28 Work into the sts from Round 25. Join the indicated color in ch9-sp next to first of 5 sc with a sl st, (5hdc in next sc, sl st in next sc) twice, 5hdc in next sc, sl st in ch9-sp. Fasten off. Repeat for other 11 groups of 5 sc.
[3 mini-petals per group, 12 groups]

Round 29 Join the indicated color in any st of Round 27 with a standing bpdc, 1bpdc in each st around, join to first standing st with sl st.
[264 bpdc]

Finishing large mandala
Work away all yarn tails on all the mandalas. The mandalas are now approximately 36cm/14inches. Attach the medium mandala to the 40cm ring with the same color as in Round 29.

To finish the medium mandala, ch1 (does not count as a st), *sc2tog in the current stitch, the next stitch AND the ring, repeat from * to end. Close with an invisible join.
[264 sc2tog]

Work an optional hanging chain to hang the mandala. Attach the same color as used to attach the mandala to the ring with a slip stitch in any st, chain the number of sts needed to get the required length, close the loop with a slip stitch in the same st as in which the yarn is attached. Tie a knot between the two yarn tails to secure the loop. Work away the yarn tails.

Tips if your large mandala is too large or too small
If your large mandala is larger than 36cm/14inches at the end of Round 27, replace the dc stitches of Round 27 with hdc stitches or even sc stitches if needed. If your large mandala is smaller than 36cm/14inches, replace the dc stitches of Round 27 with tr stitches.

Video tutorials

There are free video tutorials available on my YouTube channel to help you make Enigma Mandalas. The video’s are available in English US Terms, in left handed and right handed versions. I hope the videos make it possible for everyone to make these mandalas.

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