Hello my lovely, lovely ones. How are we all? A may be a little brief this week, as we have had a bit of a shocker of a week. There’s been some serious flu, tonsillitis, ankle sprains, headaches, sore throats and the sniffles in the house! Not good! Can’t quite remember a week like it! I am not one for over the counter medicines at all, but I seem to have brought quite a few this week. Poor little man has had a 10day course of penicillin! Which hasn’t been fun for him, poor thing. But he is definitely on the mend! My essential oils have definitely been coming in handy this week & some serious diffusing has been going on. I have been frantically taking my Doterra onguard oil, which seems to be working on the keeping all these germs at bay front! Fingers crossed.
Right down to business. This week is all about the mini square mandala that sit around the main mandala. You need to make 24 in total. So if you are using one of the gorgeous advents, then it’s one of each colour. It’s still using your 4mm crochet hook and it will give you a square that is 8cm by 8cm squared. It’s quite a nice little part of the Wrapdigan, as once you have the hang of the pattern, you can whizz through them. Good luck.
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Right let’s go…
Level – Medium (There are a few new stitches and techniques)
Yarn – 600g DK Advent Yarn (24 colours) with 1 x 100g skein of grey yarn.
I have used Abby’s gorgeous 2022 DK Advent Yarn. Here’s the link to her website.
Hook
4mm crochet hook
Notions –
Scissors, darning needle for ends, set of weighing scales, blocking tiles and pins
Finished size –
Wingspan – 100cm
Centre spine depth – 90cm
Abbreviations –
mr – Magic Ring
ch – Chain
chsp – Chain Space
dc – Double Crochet
sk – Slip Knot
htr – Half Treble Crochet
blhtr – Back Loop Half Treble Crochet
tr – Treble Crochet
bltr –Back Loop Treble Crochet
dtr – Double treble Crochet
pf – Puff Stitch – [Yrh, insert hook where required, draw through a loop] repeat 4 times in the same place. You now have nine loops on the hook.
Yrh and pull through all the loops on the hook.
rp – Rope Stitch – Crochet 1tr, 1ch, 1tr in same chsp or stitch.
dtr – Double Treble Crochet
bpdc – Back Post Double Crochet
dcsp – Double Crochet Spike Stitch
Changing colours tips –
Half treble change – yarn over your hook, insert in the stitch and pull through (3 loops on your hook.) Yarn over your hook and then place your new yarn over the hook as well and pull both through the 3 loops to finish the htr stitch. Then with your next stitch, just use your new yarn.
Treble Stitch change – yarn over your hook, insert in the stitch and pull through (3 loops on your hook.) Yarn over your hook and pull through 2 loops, then yarn over your hook and place your new yarn over the hook as well and pull both through the last 2 loops to finish the tr stitch. Then with your next stitch, just use your new yarn.
Small Square Mandala – Make 24 – one of each colour (Not your grey)
Gauge – 8cm by 8cm Squared.
Round 1 – Make a slip knot and 4ch, ss into first ch to make a ring. 3ch (acts as 1tr), then work 11tr into the ring. Ss into top of first 3ch. (12tr)
Round 2 – Now 1ch and work 1pf and 1ch in first stitch.
[Work 1pf and 1ch in next stitch] 11 times. Ss into the first 1ch. (12pf & 12ch) (See abbreviations above for explanation on how to work a Puff Stitch.)
Round 3 – Now 4ch (acts as 1tr and 1ch) then work 1tr in the same 1chsp (counts as 1rp stitch.) Now work 1rp in each 1chsp in the round and finish by ss into the 4ch. (12rp)
Round 4 – Now 3ch (acts as 1tr) then work 3tr into the same 1chsp and 1ch. [Work 4tr into the next 1chsp and 1ch.] Repeat 11 times. Ss into the first 1ch. (12 x 4tr and 1ch)
Round 5 – Now 3ch (acts as 1tr) then work 4tr in the next 1chsp. Work 4dtr, 3ch, 4dtr in the next ch1sp.
[[Work 5tr in the next ch1sp] Repeat twice. Then work 4dtr, 3ch, 4dtr into the ch1sp.] Repeat 3 times. Finally work 4tr in last 1chsp and then ss into the first 3ch and fasten off. (8 x 5tr and 4 x 4dtr, 3ch, 4dtr)
Once you have made 24 mini square mandalas, sew in your ends with the darning needle and scissors and block them. As this may take you a bit, Part 5 will just be seeing them altogether. So don’t panic if it takes you longer than a week to get through them all. There are a lot!
Anyways, have a wonderful rest of the weekend and a great ween ahead. I am seriously hoping for a healthier one in our house!
Happy hooking. Xx
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