Mandala "Flower Power"

Original: http://redagapeblog.com/2015/11/22/crochet-flower-power-mandala/

• Round 1 – magic loop then work 8hdc
• Round 2 – 2hdc in each tr (16hdc)
• Round 3 – 1hdc, 2hdc around (24hdc)
• Round 4 – Ch3, skip st, sc in next – repeat around (12sc,12xch-3)
• Round 5 – 4dc in each ch-3 space (12x 4dc)(48dc)
• Round 6. – Ch5 then sl st in between gap between two 4dc groups. Repeat around. (12sl st, 12x ch-5 spaces)
• Round 7 – 1sc, 1hdc, 1dc, 1tr, 1dc, 1hdc,1sc into each ch-5 space.
• Round 8 – Dc between petals, ch3, ss at petal top, ch3. Repeat around.  (12dc, 12ss, 24xch3)
• Round 9 – 5sc in each ch-3 group. (120sc)
• Round 10 –  Ss in between 5sc groups, ch 4. Repeat around. (24ss, 24xch4)
• Round 11 –  Work 8dc into a ch-4 space, ss in the next – alternate around. (12ss, 12x8dc groups).
• Round 12 –  Work 1sc into each stitch around.
• Round 13 – in the top two sc of each petal work, 1dc3tog, ch1, 1dc3tog and then ch9 – repeat around.  (24x dc3tog, 12x ch9)
• Round 14 –  Work 2sc in the ch-1 space and then in the ch-9 space, work 7sc, 3ch, 7sc – repeat around (12x 7sc,ch3,7sc groups, 12x 2sc pairs). Fasten off.