In this post you can find the pattern and video tutorial for Part 1 of my Enigma Blanket design. In part 1 we make the first section of the mandala that is in the center of the blanket. This part of the pattern is very similar, but not completely identical, to the first two parts of my Enigma Mandala design. Voor Nederlands, zie aub DEZE post.

Resources

Materials

You will need 7 colors of any yarn you like to make your Enigma Blanket. I have designed 4 colorways in 3 different yarn weights to inspire you for your own blanket. You can use one of my colorways or choose your own. My colorways are the original Flower Field in Scheepjes Stone Washed, and Flower Field in Scheepjes Colour Crafter, and the two new coloways Vintage in Scheepjes Scrumptious and Sunset Sky in Scheepjes Cotton 8. You can find information about color numbers and yarn amounts HERE. You can buy your supplies from any yarn shop close to you, but you can also buy a full kit with everything you need from my webshop.

I also have yarn kits available for all 4 colorways of Enigma Blanket 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. If you are more familiar with UK terminology, please refer back to this overview for the most common terms.

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

BLO Work in back loops only
pul pull up loop
yrh yarn round hook

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
surface crochet Holding working yarn behind piece and hook in front of piece insert hook through piece, yrh, draw yarn though piece and loop on hook (as a sl st)

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

2dc-cl 2 Double crochet cluster: [yrh, insert hook into st, yrh, pul, yrh, draw through 2 loops] 2 times, yrh, draw through all 3 loops on hook
trPC Treble popcorn: 5tr in st, remove hook, insert hook in 1st tr made, replace loop on hook, draw loop through 1st st, ch1

bpdc Back post double crochet, work the double crochet around the post of the st inserting hook from back to front to back 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
fptr2tog Work two fptr sts together over 2 sts
fptr3tog Work three fptr sts together over 3 sts

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 G.

Enigma Blanket Pattern – Part 1

This pattern uses US crochet terminology. If you are more familiar with UK terminology, please refer back to this overview for the most common terms.

Feel free to replace the starting chain ring in Round 1 with a magic ring. You can replace all slip stitch joins in the pattern with an invisible join, but do not replace an invisible join with a slip stitch join. The invisible joins are used to make the next round prettier.

Round 1 With Color A, ch4, join with a sl st in first chain to form a ring. Working into the ring, ch2 (does not count as a st here and throughout), 12hdc in the ring, join to first hdc with sl st.
[12 hdc]

Round 2 Continue with the same color, ch3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), 1dc in same st, 2dc in each st around, join to beginning ch3 with sl st. Fasten off.
[24 dc]

Round 3 Join Color F with a standing dc in any st, 1dc in next st, ch1, do not skip a st, *1dc in next 2 sts, ch1, do not skip a st; repeat from * to end, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[24 dc, 12 ch1-sp]

Round 4 With Color D, work surface sl st over the double crochets of Round 2. Fasten off.

Round 5 Join Color G with a standing sc in any ch1-sp, *ch2, 1fptr2tog over next 2 dc, 1dc in ch1-sp, 1fptr2tog over next 2 dc, ch2, 1sc in ch1-sp; repeat from * to end omitting final sc, join to first st with sl st.
[12 fptr2tog, 6 dc, 6 sc, 12 ch2-sp]

Round 6 Continue with the same color, ch1 (does not count as a st here and throughout), 1sc in same st, *1sc in ch2-sp, ch3, 1fptr3tog over next 3 sts, ch3, 1sc in ch2-sp, 1sc in next sc; repeat from * to end omitting final sc, join to first st with sl st. Fasten off.
[6 fptr3tog, 18 sc, 12 ch3-sp]

After round 6 the pattern will cup, this will go away when more rounds of the pattern are worked.

Round 7 Join Color E in any fptr3tog with a standing bpdc, *ch6, skip next ch3-sp, 1dc3tog over next 3 sc, ch6, skip next ch3-sp, 1bpdc around fptr3tog; repeat from * to end omitting final bpdc, join to first standing st with sl st.
[6 dc3tog, 6 bpdc, 12 ch6-sp]

Round 8 Continue with the same color, ch1, 1sc in same st, *7sc in next ch6-sp, skip dc3tog, 7sc in next ch6-sp, 1sc in next bpdc; repeat from * to end omitting final sc, join to first st with sl st.
[90 sc]

Round 9 Continue with the same color, ch3, 1dc in each st around, join with invisible join.
[90 dc]

Round 10 Join Color A in any st with a standing bpdc, 1bpdc in each st around, join with invisible join.
[90 bpdc]

Round 11 Join Color C in BLO of any st with a standing sc, *1sc in BLO of next 13 sts, 2sc in BLO of next st, 1sc in BLO of next st; repeat from * to end omitting final sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[96 sc]

Round 12 Join Color F in any st with a standing 2dc-cl, *ch4, skip next 3 sc, 2dc-cl in next st; repeat from * to end omitting final 2dc-cl, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[24 2dc-cl, 24 ch4-sp]

Round 13 Join Color B in any ch4-sp with a standing sc, 1sc in same ch4-sp, *1tr in 2nd of skipped sc from Round 11 working in front of the ch4-sp, 2sc in same ch4-sp, skip next 2dc-cl, 2sc in next ch4-sp; repeat from * to end omitting final 2 sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[24 tr, 96 sc]

Round 14 Join Color A in first sc after any tr with a standing dc, 1dc in next 3 sc, *ch2, skip next tr, 1dc in next 4 sc; repeat from * to end omitting final 4 dc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[96 dc, 24 ch2-sp]

Round 15 Join Color G in 2nd of any 4 dc with a standing sc, 1sc in next 2 sts, *1sc in ch2-sp, 1trPC in skipped tr from Round 14 working in front of ch2-sp, skip next dc, 1sc in next 3 dc; repeat from * to end omitting final 3 sc, join to first standing st with sl st. Fasten off.
[96 sc, 24 trPC]

Round 16 Join Color E in sc immediately after any trPC with a standing dc, 1dc in next 3 sc, *2dc in trPC, 1dc in next 4 sc; repeat from * to end omitting final 4 dc, join with invisible join.
[144 dc]

Round 17 Join Color A in any st with a standing bpdc, 1bpdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st. Fasten off.
[144 bpdc]

Video tutorials

There are free video tutorials available on my YouTube channel to help you make your Enigma Blanket. 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 the blanket.

Size at the end of this part

At the end of this part, the Cotton 8 blanket measures 22cm diameter, the Stone Washed blanket measures 25cm diameter, the Colour Crafter and Scrumptious blankets measure 27cm diameter. Work away all yarn tails before continuing.

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Enigma Blanket Part 1 – Free Crochet Pattern