Mandala pattern

 

 

 

1st Round: start with a magic ring and work (1dc, ch1) 12x inside the ring, fasten off (12dc and ch1-spaces)

2nd Round (new color): in every ch1-space work dc3tog [Yarn over, insert hook in same stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops] 3 times, ch3,  fasten off (12 dc3tog and 12 ch3-spaces)

3rd Round (new color): in every ch3-space work 4dc, fasten off (48dc)

4th Round (new color): work dc2tog, ch3 fasten off (24 dc2tog and 24 ch3 spaces)

5th Round (new color): in every ch3-space work 3dc, finish off

6th Round (new color): work dc4tog in first three double crochet (in back loops only) and fourth dc of dc4tog work in the space between two dc groups, ch3 finish off (24 dc4tog, 24 ch3 spaces)

7th Round (new color): work 4hdc into ch3-spaces of the previous round, finish off.

8th Round (new color): work dc2tog, ch3 fasten off (48 dc2tog and 48 ch3 spaces).

9th Round (new color): in every ch3-space work 3dc, finish off

10th Round (same color): work 4ch, sc in every fourth stitch (36 ch4 spaces)

11th Round (same color): work (1hdc, 3dc, 1hdc) in every ch4-space. Finish off, and weave in all the loose ends.