Happy June everyone!

I hope you’re doing well today! I’m waiting on a new fridge to be delivered to my rental, listing to 90’s lady-led rock bands, and drinking coffee. And writing this post, obviously. Ha! 😀
So, if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that June means Pride and that I gotta post something with some rainbows. Right? Well, I do! And this year is no different.

Since I made the Mini Mandala Earrings for a friend of mine a couple years ago, I really wanted to make a pair for myself. Alas, with all the things I make, I haven’t had the opportunity to sit down and work on the earrings. Like, they’re not time consuming but I did want to work out how to change the pattern to fit 6 colors. This year, though, I found/made time and I’m so glad I did! I’ve been wearing these earrings everywhere since I finished them. They worked up so quickly (the longest part was all those ends to weave in) that I was able to wear them to work later that day. 😀

And I’ve gotten compliments from lots of people, which is another bonus for sure. 😀

I hope you like this design update and give the new 6 colors scheme a try!

And check out some more Rainbow projects I have on my blog!
This post is linked to Hookin’ on Hump Day

 

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Materials

• 2.00 mm crochet hook
• Size 10 crochet thread I used Aunt Lydia‘s
  • Less than .5 oz total
• Needle that will weave in your ends
• Fabric stiffener (optional)
• Jump rings
• Metal french hooks
• Jewelry pliers

Gauge

• 8 scs x 8 rows = 1″
  

Terms/ Stitches used

• Magic circle
• Ch: chain
• St: stitch
• Slip St: slip stitch
• Sc: single crochet
• Dc: double crochet
• Dc cluster: the same as a dc3tog but in 1 stitch
• Picot

Notes

• The ch 1 at the beginning of the some rows does not count as a stitch.
• This pattern is worked in the round with a slip st into the first st from the last.
• You will need to know how to make a slipknot on your hook for this pattern.
• Color A is the purple, color B is blue, color C is green, color D is yellow, color E is orange, and color F is red in the photos. Less than .1 oz of each color is used.

Finished product dimensions (measurements may vary by gauge and yarn used)
2.75” across

Pattern instructions

Rnd 1: A: Create a magic circle, ch 2 (counts as the first leg of the dc cluster), dc2tog into the magic circle, ch 3, *dc cluster, ch 3,* repeat from * to * 3 more times, slip st into the first st – 5 dc clusters, 5 ch-3 spaces
Fasten off color A. Weave in your ends.

Rnd 2: B: Create a slipknot on your hook,*dc 5 times into the next ch-3 space, ch 1, skip the next dc cluster,* repeat from * to * 4 more times, slip st into the first st – 25 dcs, 5 ch-1 spaces
Fasten off color B. Weave in your ends.

Rnd 3: C: Create a slipknot on your hook, skip the next dc from where you fastened off color B on the previous row, dc into the next 3 sts, ch-6, skip the next [dc, ch-1, dc], * dc into the next 3 sts, ch 6, skip the next [dc, ch-1, dc],* repeat from * to * 3 more times, slip st into the first st – 15 dcs, 5 ch-6 spaces
Fasten off color C. Weave in your ends.

Rnd 4: D: Create a slipknot on your hook, skip the next dc from where you fastened off color C on the previous row, sc into the next st, skip the next st, [6 dc, ch 3, 6 dc] into the ch-6 space, skip the next st, *sc into the next st, skip the next st, [6 dc, ch 3, 6 dc] into the ch-6 space, skip the next st,* repeat from * to * 3 more times, slip st into the first st – 5 scs, 60 scs, 5 ch-3 spaces
Fasten off color D. Weave in your ends.

Rnd 5: E: Ch 1, sc into the same st as join and into the next 6 sts, *[sc, ch 2, sc] into the next ch-3 space, sc into the next 13 sts,* repeat from * to * 3 more times, sc into the next 6 sts, slip st into the first st – 75 sc, 5 ch-2 spaces
Fasten off color E. Weave in your ends.

Rnd 6: F: Ch 1, sc into same st as join, ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, dc into the next 5 sts, [dc, picot, dc] into the ch-2 space, dc into the next 5 sts, ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, *sc into the next sc, ch 3, skip the next 2 sts, dc into the next 5 sts, [dc, picot, dc] into the ch-2 space, dc into the next 5 sts, ch 3, skip the next 2 sts,* repeat from * to * 3 more times, slip st into the first st – 60 dcs, 10 ch-3 spaces, 5 picots
Fasten off color F. Weave in your ends.

Finishing

Like I do with all my earrings, I stiffened these with fabric stiffener (like this one you can buy on Amazon). Just wet them down with the stiffener (I dilute it with water some) and lay them flat to dry completely. When they’re dry, attach the findings and wear everywhere!

Tada! There they are! The Rainbow Mini Mandala Earrings I hope you love the pattern and use the hashtag #DivineDebris on Instagram on your makes and I’ll share your pics in my stories!