Showing posts with label Sunny Mandala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunny Mandala. Show all posts
What can be a better feeling than to finally finish one of the wips? Today is the day like this for me. Sunny Border has been staying inside my desk for almost a year. Or to be precise a pre-design was created almost 4 years ago – with an inspiration from Sonea Delvon who helped me testing Sunny Mandala pattern and enlarged it later with a zig-zag border. Since then I have received lots of messages asking to finally write the pattern down. And last summer I came back to it. But today is the day when Sunny Border can happily meet the world!
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Sunny Border is an extension exclusively designed for Sunny Mandala. To square it up and to turn it into a blanket! Though the border was designed with Sunny Mandala in mind, it will perfectly fit any other crochet mandala with 248 stitches on the last round, including Dandelion Mandala, Joana’s Mandala, Spanish Mandala and Illusion Mandala.
The pattern is available on Ravelry HERE. The separate Sunny Border pattern is offered with 20% discount through Monday, May 28th, 2018. Please, use code SUNNY at the check-out.
OR save 2$ for a set of both Sunny patterns (Sunny mandala + border) – on Ravelry ONLY! To receive it, please, put both (and only these two) patterns to cart and use NO code. Previously purchased Sunny mandala will also count.
Sunny Border consists of three parts: round border with zig-zags, corners which are added with join-as-you-go method (so no seaming is involved) and final “stained glass” border. The size of the finished project depends on the yarn and hook you use. My complete square with mandala is approx. 92 cm (36”) large.
The pattern uses overlay crochet technique aimed to intermediate crocheters. If you follow me for a while, you probably know everything about overlay crochet by now. If not, here is brief information for you:
~ Overlay crochet was developed by an artist and jewelry maker Melody MacDuffee in the United States and first introduced in 2003. Melody MacDuffee started to spread her inventions and conducted lots of workshops for hundreds of crochet lovers.
~ Overlay crochet has its roots in Aran crochet. Though it may look a bit complicated and quite often is offered to advanced crocheters, in fact it uses usual crochet stitches, and only few special ones.
~ What is interesting about this technique is that with changing colors on every round it is possible to achieve an effect as if the colors are actually changed after every few stitches.
For my Sunny Border I used the same shades of Stone Washed yarn by Scheepjes as for Sunny Mandala. But any solid colors will work well for this pattern.You can check full range of Stone Washed shades on Wool Warehouse* and Black Sheep Wools* (both in UK with international shipping).
Please, have a look at the projects completed by wonderful testers (with many thanks sent their way!).
Siva Oduri decided to work with cotton threads. Isn't her square great as a pillow cover? Nina Mayer chose calm earthy colors. Hilde Tindlund also used Stone Washed yarn for her Sunny Square, in pastel palette. And Cindy Douglass chose bright sunny colors.
Laura decided to go even further, and after the test was completed she used central medallion with flower to add small squares around large square to make her blanket even larger! Check all details about Laura’s extension and colorway on her Ravelry page.
Don’t all these projects look different and unique? And this is the magic of overlay crochet! What would you use Sunny Border for? Would you make a blanket, pillow or wall hanging maybe?
Pin It for later
Sunny Border is an extension exclusively designed for Sunny Mandala. To square it up and to turn it into a blanket! Though the border was designed with Sunny Mandala in mind, it will perfectly fit any other crochet mandala with 248 stitches on the last round, including Dandelion Mandala, Joana’s Mandala, Spanish Mandala and Illusion Mandala.
The pattern is available on Ravelry HERE. The separate Sunny Border pattern is offered with 20% discount through Monday, May 28th, 2018. Please, use code SUNNY at the check-out.
OR save 2$ for a set of both Sunny patterns (Sunny mandala + border) – on Ravelry ONLY! To receive it, please, put both (and only these two) patterns to cart and use NO code. Previously purchased Sunny mandala will also count.
Sunny Border consists of three parts: round border with zig-zags, corners which are added with join-as-you-go method (so no seaming is involved) and final “stained glass” border. The size of the finished project depends on the yarn and hook you use. My complete square with mandala is approx. 92 cm (36”) large.
The pattern uses overlay crochet technique aimed to intermediate crocheters. If you follow me for a while, you probably know everything about overlay crochet by now. If not, here is brief information for you:
~ Overlay crochet was developed by an artist and jewelry maker Melody MacDuffee in the United States and first introduced in 2003. Melody MacDuffee started to spread her inventions and conducted lots of workshops for hundreds of crochet lovers.
~ Overlay crochet has its roots in Aran crochet. Though it may look a bit complicated and quite often is offered to advanced crocheters, in fact it uses usual crochet stitches, and only few special ones.
~ What is interesting about this technique is that with changing colors on every round it is possible to achieve an effect as if the colors are actually changed after every few stitches.
For my Sunny Border I used the same shades of Stone Washed yarn by Scheepjes as for Sunny Mandala. But any solid colors will work well for this pattern.You can check full range of Stone Washed shades on Wool Warehouse* and Black Sheep Wools* (both in UK with international shipping).
Please, have a look at the projects completed by wonderful testers (with many thanks sent their way!).
Siva Oduri decided to work with cotton threads. Isn't her square great as a pillow cover? Nina Mayer chose calm earthy colors. Hilde Tindlund also used Stone Washed yarn for her Sunny Square, in pastel palette. And Cindy Douglass chose bright sunny colors.
Laura decided to go even further, and after the test was completed she used central medallion with flower to add small squares around large square to make her blanket even larger! Check all details about Laura’s extension and colorway on her Ravelry page.
Don’t all these projects look different and unique? And this is the magic of overlay crochet! What would you use Sunny Border for? Would you make a blanket, pillow or wall hanging maybe?
Facts about Sunny Border
- Sunny Border is an extension pattern for Sunny Madnala, but also perfect for any crochet mandala with 248 stitches on the last round.
- Materials: yarn in solid colors, crochet hook, scissors and tapestry needle to weave in tails.
- Level: Intermediate
- The pattern is available on on Ravelry HERE. The separate Sunny Border pattern is offered with 20% discount through Monday, May 28th, 2018 (use code SUNNY). OR save 2$ for a set of both Sunny patterns (mandala + border)! To receive it, please, put both (and only these two) patterns to cart and use NO code.
I discovered overlay crochet almost 4 years ago, and it was love from the first glance. It changed my thoughts about crochet in general and inspired to take first steps in my own designing. I was impressed by overlay crochet mandala’s and could not stop staring at the variety of stitches and unexpected changes of colors. Sunny Mandala was one of my own first creations, and still one of my favourite.
Sunny Mandala overlay crochet pattern was released in late 2014, in the times of my early steps of designing and learning photography. I decided to remake it with different yarns and to provide a new photo-tutorial in better quality (with many more pictures in happy rainbow colors). Written instructions have been also edited and improved. And I believe that now the pattern is easy to follow, and mandala better keeps the round shape.
Another reason why I have decided to republish this pattern is that I wanted to adjust stitch counts on some rounds to make Sunny Mandala suitable for Dandelion Border and Joana’s Border. With the revised copy of the pattern you can square this mandala up (tom make it a center of a blanket) or enlarge it into a round rug.
Revised pattern is available both on Ravelry and Etsy and you will save 30% through Monday, June 26. No coupon code needed. If you purchased this pattern previously on Ravelry – an updated copy will be automatically added to your library. And if you purchased it on Etsy – please, contact me and I will e-mail you new copy of this pattern.
Stone Washed yarn by Scheepjes was chosen for a new birth of Sunny Mandala. If you haven’t heard about this yarn before – please, check my review HERE. New shades were released not long ago and I used some of them for my mandala. Now Stone Washed palette is not so mute and dusty anymore, and I thought it’s a good choice for a bright overlay mandala.
You can have a look and purchase Stone Washed yarn in local Scheepjes shops and also at Wool Warehouse* and Deramores* (both are UK with international shipping), Loveknitting* (US) and Knotty House* (Canada). You can create your own Sunny Mandala in any color combination. For mine I used the following shades: 805, 807, 816, 833, 827, 830 – exact yardages are given in the pattern.
Sunny Mandala overlay crochet pattern is aimed to intermediate crocheters, but “adventurous” beginners should also handle it without major problems, as only usual stitches are used here. And the only difference is in the way you attach them (see all information about overlay crochet technique HERE).
I hope you will enjoy the pattern!
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Sunny Mandala overlay crochet pattern was released in late 2014, in the times of my early steps of designing and learning photography. I decided to remake it with different yarns and to provide a new photo-tutorial in better quality (with many more pictures in happy rainbow colors). Written instructions have been also edited and improved. And I believe that now the pattern is easy to follow, and mandala better keeps the round shape.
Another reason why I have decided to republish this pattern is that I wanted to adjust stitch counts on some rounds to make Sunny Mandala suitable for Dandelion Border and Joana’s Border. With the revised copy of the pattern you can square this mandala up (tom make it a center of a blanket) or enlarge it into a round rug.
Revised pattern is available both on Ravelry and Etsy and you will save 30% through Monday, June 26. No coupon code needed. If you purchased this pattern previously on Ravelry – an updated copy will be automatically added to your library. And if you purchased it on Etsy – please, contact me and I will e-mail you new copy of this pattern.
Stone Washed yarn by Scheepjes was chosen for a new birth of Sunny Mandala. If you haven’t heard about this yarn before – please, check my review HERE. New shades were released not long ago and I used some of them for my mandala. Now Stone Washed palette is not so mute and dusty anymore, and I thought it’s a good choice for a bright overlay mandala.
You can have a look and purchase Stone Washed yarn in local Scheepjes shops and also at Wool Warehouse* and Deramores* (both are UK with international shipping), Loveknitting* (US) and Knotty House* (Canada). You can create your own Sunny Mandala in any color combination. For mine I used the following shades: 805, 807, 816, 833, 827, 830 – exact yardages are given in the pattern.
Sunny Mandala overlay crochet pattern is aimed to intermediate crocheters, but “adventurous” beginners should also handle it without major problems, as only usual stitches are used here. And the only difference is in the way you attach them (see all information about overlay crochet technique HERE).
I hope you will enjoy the pattern!
Subscribe to a newsletter not to miss a single post. You can also follow me on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram.
* DISCLOSURE: This blog contains affiliate links (marked with *). I may be compensated with a tiny amount from each purchase made via these links, and it will not cost you a penny. By using affiliate links you support my blog. Thank you!
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