Mandala Cowl

The Crochet Mandala Cowl, is designed to go with the Mandala yarn by Lion Brand yarns.

The detail of the stitching in this cowl creates a beautifully unique texture that will keep you stylish and warm.

I got inspired by the name and the yarn construction. This yarn has some beautiful color changes that create a lovely gradient and presents many colors, without needing to do the color changes yourself, and without having to purchase 5 different balls of yarn to be able to have 5 different colors.

A mandala is a complex abstract design that is usually circular in form. In fact, “mandala” is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”.

This design, also complements the color changes of this yarn, since the color changes are a bit too abrupt, not all designs look nice with this yarn, at least not to those with any level of OCD that will get a strange feeling of a new color appearing in the middle of a row or round. But, because this cowl changes pattern repeats so often, is hard to spot those color changes, because the fabric created is not plain and is a bit more intricate. And to add to this feature, since cowls will never sit over your neck completely stretched, this waves created while you wear the mandala cowl, will also help in hiding those color changes.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Finished Size: 25" X 12" excluding fringe

Gauge: 15 st X 10 rows = 4 inches of double crochet after blocking


Materials:

• Yarn: Mandala by Lion Brand. Light weight; DK (#3) (11 wpi)
• Yardage: 590 yards
• Hook: G (4.25 mm) or necessary to obtain gauge

Abbreviations, Notes and Tips:

Instructions:

Ch 199. Sl St to close.
1. Ch 3, dc around. sl st to close.
2. Ch 4, skip 1 st, dc in next st, *ch 1, skip 1 st, dc in next st. Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
3. Ch 3, dc, *ch 1, skip 1 st, dc in next st. Rep from * to last st, ch 1 skip last st, sl st to close.
4. Ch4, skip 1 st, dc3tog in ch space, *ch1, skip 1 st, dc3tog in ch space, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
5. Ch1, sc around, sl st to close.
6. Ch1, blsc around, sl st to close.
7. Ch1, blsc around, sl st to close.
8. Ch3, *skip 2 st, [dc, ch1, dc] in next st, Rep from * to last 3 st, skip 2 st, dc in last st, sl st to close.
9. Ch3, *[dc, ch1, dc] in next ch space, Rep from * to last ch space, dc in last st, sl st to close.
10. Ch3, *dc3 in ch space, Rep from * to last ch space, dc in last st, sl st to close.
11. Ch1, sc, *ch2, skip 2 st, sc in next st, Rep from * to last st, sc in last st, sl st to close.
12. Ch1, sc, *ch2, skip 2 st, sc in next st, Rep from * to last st, sc in last st, sl st to close.
13. Ch3, *dc2, ch1, skip 1 st, Rep from * to last st, dc in last st, sl st to close.
14. Ch5, skip 2 st, dc3tog in ch space, *ch2, skip 2 st, dc3tog in ch space, Rep from * to last ch space, ch2, dc in last st, sl st.
15. Ch3, dc around, sl st to close.
16. Ch3, *fpdc, bpdc, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
17. Ch3, *fpdc, bpdc, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
18. Ch3, dc3, *ch3, skip 3 st, dc4, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
19. Ch3, dc, ch2, skip 2 st, *dc3 in ch space, ch4, skip 4 st, Rep from * to end, st st to close.
20. Ch3, dc, ch2, skip 2 st, *dc3, ch2, sc2 in ch space, ch2, skip remaining ch st, Rep from * to end of round, sl st to close.
21. Ch3, dc, ch2, skip 2 st, *dc3, ch4, skip all st in ch space (including sc — 6 st total), Rep from * to end, st st to close.
22. Ch1, sc around, sl st to close.
23. Ch1, sc, *ch1, skip 1 st, sc in next st, Rep from * to last st, sc in last st, sl st to close.
24. Ch1, sc2, *ch1, skip 1 st, sc in next st, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
25. Ch4, skip 1 st, dc, *ch1, skip 1 st, dc in next st, Rep from * to last st, ch1, skip last st, sl st to close.
26. Ch3, *dc4tog in ch space, ch1, skip 1 st, Rep from * to last ch space, sl st to close.
27. Ch4, skip 1 st, *dc4tog in ch space, ch1, skip 1 st, Rep from * to last st, sl st to close.
28. Ch3, dc around, sl st to close.
29. Ch3, bpdc around, sl st to close.
30. Ch3, *skip 1 st, dc in next st, then dc in the skipped st (going thru the back) Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
31. Ch3, *skip 1 st, dc in next st, then dc in the skipped st (going thru the back) Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
32. Ch4, skip 1 st, dc in next st, *ch1, skip 1 st, dc in next st, Rep from * to end, sl st.
33. Ch3, *dc in next st, ch1, skip 1 st, Rep from * to end, sl st to close.
34. Ch3, dc around, sl st to close.
35. Fasten off, and add fringe

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