what’s a beautiful crochet flower mandala design! 🌼 It looks like a layered petal flower motif with alternating yellow and white rows. I’ll guide you step by step on how to make it.
🧶 Detailed Crochet Pattern – Flower Mandala Motif
Materials:
- Cotton yarn in 2 colors (Color A = Yellow, Color B = White)
- 3.0–3.5 mm hook
- Scissors, tapestry needle
🌸 Pattern
Round 1 (Center)
- With Yellow (Color A): Make a magic ring.
- Ch 3 (counts as dc), then 11 dc inside ring. (12 dc total)
- Join with sl st to top of ch-3.
Round 2
- Ch 3, dc in same stitch.
- 2 dc in each st around. (24 dc total)
- Join with sl st.
Round 3
- Ch 3, dc in next st, 2 dc in next.
- 1 dc, 1 dc, 2 dc repeat around. (36 dc total)
- Join.
Round 4 (First White Petal Arches)
- Attach White (Color B).
- Ch 1, sc in same st.
- Skip 2 sts, 5 dc in next st, skip 2 sts, sc in next st.
- Repeat around → you’ll have 6 white arches (petals).
- Join with sl st.
Round 5 (Yellow Raised Lines)
- Attach Yellow.
- Sl st into center dc of a 5-dc petal.
- Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 3, sc in center dc of next petal.
- Repeat around → makes 6 yellow arches sitting on top of petals.
- Join.
Round 6 (White Arches Again)
- With White: Start in any yellow chain space.
- Ch 1, sc.
- Skip to next space, 7 dc into the middle sc of petal below, sc in next chain space.
- Repeat around → arches are now wider.
- Join.
Round 7 (Yellow Overlay)
- With Yellow: Sl st to center dc of any white arch.
- Ch 1, sc in same st, ch 3, sc in next arch.
- Repeat around.
- Join.
Round 8 (White Layer)
- With White: Work 9 dc in each petal arch (sc from yellow round).
- Sc in next chain space, 9 dc in next arch.
- Repeat around.
- Join.
Round 9 (Yellow Final Edge)
- With Yellow: Work rounded petal edges. In each petal arch →
sc, hdc, dc, dc, hdc, sc (or add more dc if you want larger petals). - Repeat around.
- Join and fasten off.
✨ Notes:
- Each white round creates the large petal arches.
- Each yellow round overlays and defines the petals, making the 3D wave effect.
- You can increase the stitch count in arches (5 dc → 7 dc → 9 dc, etc.) to expand size.