Mandala Hoops

I bought two hoops a while back but I finally got around to putting the sun spring mandala pattern into one of them. I think it came out well.  I had to cut some yarn to make the lines a little cleaner though.  Having the star one color looks good I think, esp if the colorway doesn’t work out that way.  In my shop now!

Sunspring Mandala – Wishing well

I really really love this pattern!

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Sun Spring Mandala Vest!

So! I tried this over a year ago and had to frog the entire thing because it came out way, way too big, but I tried it again with a smaller hook, and smaller yarn, and it came out well.  I made some slight variations to make this one more child sized, but I liked it with the changes so much I’m halfway through another one.

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Yarn, Lion brand Mandala in Mermaid Cove.

I forgot I made this

This was a pattern from Annoo crochet, a festival top I had wanted to make for myself.  Buuuuuut the band came out way too big for me to wear.  I’ll have to do it again smaller. I also left off the fringe.

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Sun Spring Mandala

I tried creating one of these a year or so ago and ended up frogging the entire thing.  Following the pattern exactly, and this is why I think the patterns are free, ended up with a project way, WAY too big.  Like it was dragging on the ground and I still had many rounds to go on it.

I am doing it again with some changes.  Lion Brand Mandala yarn, 3.75 hook.  No extra V stitch rows, no extra sleeve DC rows.  Variation on the inner order because I hate doing those shell stitches.  And, I may put actual sleeves on it.