Zooty Owl's Crafty Blog

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Sunday 13 April 2014

Starflower Mandala

Late Friday night (so late it was in fact already Saturday!) my hands were too cramped to crochet anymore.   I  was sitting at my desk doodling with my colour pencils and koki pens (please do not laugh - it WAS really late!).


starflower mandala

I had a lightbulb moment - make the doodle into a crochet motif!   Grabbed a hook and a heap of yarn scraps and hooked up a very "rough" draft

starflower mandala

Yesterday morning, using my Stylecraft Special DK and a 3.50mm hook I started working on an improved version of the idea

starflower mandala

Lots and lots of stitches and a couple of movies later and it was done!

starflower mandala

17 Rows of colourful fun crochet!

Measuring 33cm in diameter!

The STARFLOWER MANDALA!

I scribbled the pattern as I went along - but it needs a LOT of tidying up.    Making a second mandala so that I can sort out the pattern and make a tutorial to share.