Hey, you! Hope you’re doing well and making sure to squeeze some hooky into your busy days. I haven’t had much crochet time lately, so I decided to start on a great project that can be completed quickly. The Trinity Mandala MAL is a free pattern by Esther of It’s All in a Nutshell, and it’s perfect to finish in those stolen crochet moments.
Trinity Mandalas
Isn’t it beautiful? The Trinity Mandala Make-Along is now over, but the free crochet pattern is still available on Esther’s blog, It’s All in a Nutshell. Check out the materials needed for the original Trinity Mandalas. The colors are so bright and pretty!
Photo from Esther of It’s All in a Nutshell
Materials
To make the original mandalas, use Scheepjes | Catona in 10 colors (see below) x 1 ball each. Shopping through these affiliate links is a great way to support CypressTextiles, and it doesn’t cost you any extra!
You will need 10 colors of Scheepjes Catona (50g/125m) yarn to make the Trinity Mandalas. Here are the colors in the original pattern:
- 1 x A – 130 Old Lace
- 1 x B – 403 Lemonade
- 1 x C – 208 Yellow Gold
- 1 x D – 205 Kiwi Green
- 1 x E – 246 Icy Pink
- 1 x F – 398 Colonial Rose
- 1 x G – 413 Cherry Pink
- 1 x H – 397 Cyan Blue
- 1 x I – 400 Petrol Blue
- 1 x J – 110 Jet Black
For the original mandalas, you will also need 3 rings with diameter 50cm (19″ or 20″), 30cm (12″) and 15cm (6″), and a 3mm crochet hook.
When this pattern came out, I got a wild idea to use thicker yarn and enlarge the mandalas to fit hula hoops… I ended up making 6 of them (so far..)! Here is how it went down…
Large DIY Mandala Crochet Wall Hanging
I resized the Trinity Mandalas using a thicker yarn than called for so they would be larger and fit over 3 hula hoops that we had laying around at home. The original color palette is beautiful, but I have decided this year to use up my stash instead of buying new yarns, so my mandalas are made in neutral, subdued colors because that’s what I have on-hand, and it also goes well with my home decor.
Trinity Mandala No. 1
This mandala will fit my 44inch adult-size hula hoop. I decided to use dk weight yarn held triple, and Colour Crafter yarn did the trick for me! Here is my mandala when it was nearly joined into the hula hoop. To cover the hoop colors, I’ll crochet over it later on.
For all of these large mandalas, I used size 10mm hook – with DK held triple or worsted held double, size 10mm worked for me.
Colors used: No. 1005 x 3 balls, and No. 2019 x 2 balls
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My first DIY Mandala wall hanging is complete! Just need to wrap the hoop. I did end up stopping just short of the pattern end, so I could make sure the mandala would stretch properly and not sag in the center.
Trinity Mandala No. 2
And the second mandala is in full swing. Ready for the kid-size 34inch hula hoop.
Colors used: No, 1063 x 2 balls, No. 2019 x 1 ball – one strand of each for a dappled effect as seen in photo below.
Alrighty, these first 2 mandalas are complete, and looking mighty fine. Can’t wait to get them on the wall!
Trinity Mandala No. 3
For the third mandala, I reached the outer edge of the 30inch hula hoop on the lacy pointed portion of the pattern, and I love how this turned out!
Colors used: No. 1080 x 3 balls, No. 1005 x 2 balls
Mandala Wall Hanging Finished
Yay!! My big empty wall is finally decorated with huge crochet mandalas and my life is now complete. Hubby still needs to hang the guitar and ukulele on the wall but you get the idea!
Also it’s hard to tell, but I worked single crochet over the hoops to hide them. And I did replace the kiddoes’ hula hoops haha
A Mother’s Day Mandala Set
Okay, you would think that working up 3 of these mandalas would be enough, and I wouldn’t want to make another for a while. But Esther’s Trinity Mandala pattern is so well written and fun that I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it. It’s super-addictive!
In fact, I ordered a set of a dozen 36inch hula hoops to make lots more of them! When my mom saw the finished hoop mandalas on my wall, she requested a set for above her bed. Her decor colors are dusty blue, grey, and white, and I was recently gifted 2 garbage bags of yarn from a nice neighbor that had the perfect colors inside.
Here is my first mandala in progress. This time I’m using worsted weight yarn held double, instead of DK held triple.
I made some slight adjustments to the pattern because my mom really wanted to get the lacy 2-tone edge in there, and I thought with the 36inch hoop, it wouldn’t make it in.
Esther’s pattern is so well written that it was super easy to adjust and I got the perfect size! Here I am attaching the mandala to the hoop – I pre-wrapped it with white ribbon.
Can I just say again that I LOVE this project. Don’t be surprised if I release a hula hoop mandala pattern soon. Obsessed.
Check out the final result. Lovely! Just 2 more to go, and I’d better stop this blog post now, and get to attaching them to the hoops. Of course Mother’s Day has already passed, but my mom will be visiting for Memorial Day, and I’ll be gifting them to her then. She will love them!
Thanks for coming along with my DIY hoop mandala journey! Head to Esther’s page for all the info, and I hope you’re inspired to make a huge Trinity Mandala hula hoop for your wall.
Happy Crafting!
Rachele C.
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