How to Create a Unicorn Mandala Shawl
Materials
– Mandala cake color Unicorn (Weight 3/light | 590yds/5.3oz | 540m/150g)
You need 1 cake for 1 shawl. I used 2 cakes at the same time to create more even striping with bigger color blocks. I made 2 shawls out of 2 cakes.
– Crochet hook 6mm (J/10)
– Tapestry needle
– Measuring tape
Finished Size
Height: 65cm / 25.5″
Width: 165cm / 65”
Gauge
13 double crochet and 8 rows equal 10 cm x 10 cm / 4” square
Stitches & Abbreviations
- – st: stitch
- – ch: chain
- – ch-sp: chain space
- – dc: double crochet
Notes
- – This pattern is written in US terminology
- – The shawl is worked top-down
- – We turn our work at the end of each row
- – The first 3 chains count as the first stitch
Pattern
Ch 4, sl st to first ch to form a ring. Or begin with a magic circle.
Row Instructions
Row 1: ch 3, 2 dc into ring, ch 2, 3 dc into ring (6)
Row 2: ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in each st to ch-2 sp, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space, 1 dc in each st to last, 3 dc in last st, turn (12)
Row 3: ch 3, 2 dc in first st, ch 1, skip next st, *1 dc in next st, ch 1, skip next st* to ch-2 sp, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space, *ch 1, skip next st, 1 dc in next st* to last, ch 1, skip next st, 3 dc in last st, turn (18)
Row 4: ch 3, 1 dc in first st, ch 1, 1 dc in next st, *ch 1, skip next st, 1 dc in next ch-sp* to ch-2 sp, ch 1, skip next st, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space, *ch 1, skip next st, 1 dc in next ch-sp* to last, ch 1, skip next st, 1 dc in next st, ch 1, 2 dc in last st, turn (24)
Row 5: ch 3, 2 dc in first st, 1 dc in next st, *1 dc in next ch-sp, 1 dc in next st* to ch-2 sp, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) into ch-2 space, *1 dc in next st, 1 dc in next ch-sp* to last, 1 dc in next st, 3 dc in last st, turn (30)
Row 6 – 41: Repeat rows 2 – 5 nine more times
Row 42: Repeat row 2 (252)
Stitch Count
The table below shows the rows you should repeat and the amount of stitches you should have at the end of each row.
Tassels
Tassels are great for a final touch. It’s very easy to make them using a tassel maker.
- Wound yarn around your phone 40 times. Cut two more strands.
- Add a knotted cord on top.
- Knot a strand around the tassel, about 1 cm from the top knot.
- Cut the yarn on the bottom (opposite of your knot) and trim the ends.
