Daisy Centre Mandala Pattern

I am not really a Mandala "person", but I have been seeing a lot of them lately - such bursts of inspirational colour! 

The other afternoon I was not in the mood for any of my WIP's - I desperately needed a bit of colourplay!    

This is the result of an afternoon and evening well spent:

DAISY CENTRE MANDALA:

Pattern terms:   US
Hook:  5.00mm 
Yarn:   Elle Pullskein DK

Each row is worked in a different colour

Note:    these Mandalas are components of a bigger project I am working on - I needed them to be "stretchy" and therefore used a larger hook;    A 4.00mm to 4.50mm depending on your tension will probably be a better option for this type of yarn

Foundation:  4ch, ss to form ring

Row 1:  4 ch (counts as 1dc 1ch), 1dc 1ch into ring (repeat 11 times) (12 x 1dc, 1ch groups) ss to close, break off yarn 

Row 2:  Into any 1ch sp,  2ch 2dc cluster, 3ch;   *3dc cluster, 3ch* crochet *to* 11x (12 clusters), ss to close, break off yarn 

Note:   a 3dc cluster is formed as follows - yarn over hook, work the first part of the stitch leaving 2 loops on your hook, repeat this twice more (four loops on hook) Yarn over hook and draw through the loops on the hook to form your cluster

Row 3  Into any 3ch sp, 3ch 2dc 1ch;   *3dc, 1ch into next 3ch sp* repeat *to* to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 4:  Into any 1ch sp, 3ch, 1dc, 1ch, 2dc, 1ch:  *2dc, 1ch, 2dc, 1ch into next 1ch sp* repeat *to* to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 5:   Into any 1ch sp, 3ch 2dc;   *3dc into next 1ch sp* repeat *to* to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 6:  Into any sp between 3dc groups,  6ch *1dc, 3ch into next sp between 3dc groups* repeat * to * to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 7:  Into any 3ch sp, 3ch 4dc; *5dc into next 3ch sp* repeat *to* to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 8:  Into any dc, 3ch;   1dc into each dc to end, ss to close, break off yarn

Row 9:   Into any dc directly in line with dc on row 6:  7ch, 1sc into top of 5th dc from hook;  *6ch, 1sc into top of 5th dc from hook* repeat *to* to end, ss into 1st of 7ch

Row 10:  ss along first three chain of Row 9; sc into 6ch sp; *7ch, sc into 6ch space* repeat *to* to last 6ch sp;  6ch ss into first sc to close, break off yarn

Row 11:  Into any 7ch sp; 3ch, 6dc;  *7dc into each 7ch sp* repeat *to* to end, ss to join.  break off yarn