Darcie’s Love: Easy Crochet Mandala Tutorial | Part 1

First part of mandala Darcie’s Love crochet tutorial. Sign-up to our monthly email newsletter to keep in touch: You also can buy PDF pattern of this mandala on our web site: or Etsy: If you enjoy making our mandalas - consider our Mandala Monthly subscription - where you will get a new mandala pattern each month: or on Patreon: Tools and materials: * Swanage~ cake from Crochet UK, 80-90gr of 4ply, 100% cotton yarn or 50% Cotton/50% Acrylic, 2(fine) (or more if your crochet is loose or you will take a bigger hook) - or Ipswich cake * mm hook - * Tapestry Needle - * Inner hoop 8cm/3” - * Outer hoop 40cm/16” or bigger if your crochet is loose or you will use a bigger hook. - Abbreviations (US terms): Ch – chain ST – stitch SP – space Unf. – unfinished Ar. – around Tog. – together Init. – initial SLST – slip stitch Picot St - Chain 3, Insert your hook in the third chain from the hook. Yarn over (yo) and draw the yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook. You’ve completed one picot stitch. SC – single crochet HDC – half double crochet DC – double crochet TR – treble crochet DTR – double treble crochet TTR – triple treble crochet FPSC – front post single crochet FPDC – front post double crochet Popcorn (5 DC) – work 5 double crochet (DC) stitches in the same stitch. Drop the loops from the hook. Insert your hook from front to the back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group. Grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch.