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Girly Afghan CAL Mandala Part 5

Welcome to my Girly Afghan CAL Mandala Part 5.

If you’re new to this crochet along you can check out the main page here –> http://dearestdebi.com/girly-afghan-cal

This is the last part of the Mandala and we are hook’n up butterflies! There’s a video at the bottom of this post how to work the butterfly bodies, only I didn’t snip mine, I tied my butterfly antenna into the back of my work.

This brings us to the end of the Mandala. This Mandala fits to start working part 4 of Sophies universe BUT I’ve been working on my own mystery corner design. I hope that some other people can get caught up over the next week or two on their Mandalas to join in the next mystery part of this Girly Afhgan CAL coming soon!

Mandala with Sophie’s Part 4..

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Mandala with Mystery Corner Design.. (Coming Soon)

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Girly Afghan CAL Mandala Part 5 Pattern..

Yarn, Hook & Special Stitches can be found here –> http://dearestdebi.com/girly-afghan-cal-pattern-notes-and-special-stitches

Getting started..

Rnd 27: count 3 stitches to left of MC (not including MC), with AC8 work a standing sc working with an extra loop on hook (you will have 2 loops on hook), (yo, insert hook into same st, yo, draw up a loop, yo, draw through 2 loops on hook) 2 times, yo, draw through all 4 loops on hook (1st 3-dc-cl made), ch 2, sk next sc, 3-dc-cl in next sc, ch 4, sk next 3 sc, *3-dc-cl in next sc, ch 2, sk next sc, 3-dc-cl in next sc, ch 4, sk next 3 sc, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg dc-cl, fasten off AC8. (64 clusters, 32 ch2 sps, 32 ch4 sps. Total: 32 Butterflies)

Rnd 28: stitches for this rnd are worked in sk sc of rnd 26 making sure to push rnd 27 to the back out of the way, insert hook back into MC, ch 2 (counts as beg hdc), hdc in next 2 sk sc, ch 4, sk single sc between clusters, *hdc in next 3 sk sc, ch 4, sk single sc between clusters, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg hdc. (96 hdc, 32 ch4 sps)

**Put a stitch marker in MC for it to be picked back up in Rnd 30. Make sure to bring MC to front of work before working Rnd 29.**

Rnd 29: pull ch2 from rnd 27 through ch4 spaces to front of work, working in only ch2 sps from rnd 27 making sure to push rnd 28 to the back out of the way, with AC8 work a standing dc in any ch2 sp, 2 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2, *3 dc in next ch2 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch2 sp, ch 2, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg dc, fasten off AC8. (192 dc, 64 ch2 sps. Total: 32 Butterflies)

Rnd 30: stitches for this rnd are worked in the sk hdc of rnd 28 working around the ch2 from rnd 29, insert hook back into MC, ch 2 (counts as beg hdc), hdc in next 2 sk hdc, ch 2, sc in next ch2 from rnd 29, ch 2, *hdc in next 3 sk hdc, ch 2, sc in next ch2 from rnd 29, ch 2, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg hdc. (96 hdc, 64 ch2 sps, 32 sc)

Rnd 31: ch 1, sc in same hdc as ch1, 2 sc in next hdc, sc in next hdc, sc in ch2 sp, sc in sc, sc in ch2 sp, (sc in next hdc, 2 sc in next hdc, sc in next hdc, sc in ch2 sp, sc in sc, sc in ch2 sp) 3 times, sc in same ch2 sp, * (sc in next hdc, 2 sc in next hdc, sc in next hdc, sc in ch2 sp, sc in sc, sc in ch2 sp) 4 times, sc in same ch2 sp, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg sc. (232 sc)

Rnd 32: ch 1, sc in beg st, sc in next 27 sts, 2 sc in next st, *sc in next 28 sts, 2 sc in next st, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg sc, fasten off MC. (240 sc)