I prefer written patterns and am so happy you provide printable patterns for your squares. I also like to watch the corresponding videos too in case I need a little more information. Thank you for both!
You are so welcome! I am glad you enjoy the videos, I like the written too, but it helps to have the visuals when you get to the tricky parts! Thanks so much for watching
I tried this pattern a year ago when it was first posted. Now that my crochet skills have improved. I was able to follow your video with ease. Thank you so much!
I can’t say enough about how wonderful this tutorial is! I am a beginner and learned so much about stitches and reading a pattern! Thank you so much! My square is a bit wonky, but I know with practice it will improve. I didn’t think it was possible for me to crochet something so pretty.
You are so welcome, this makes my day! I love to hear that this has encourage you to try something new and that you are learning as you go. Keep it up and enjoy!
This has been the absolute best explanation I've run across yet for crocheted squares. Thank you so much! I think I can finally do a square. ( I'm a knitter learning to crochet)
I am left handed and taught my self how to crochet during COVID. I just wished I'd found you then. This is the best tutorial I've seen. Just FYI, I've never commented on a video before on you tube.
Jane thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials. It's so educational, your teaching is so pleasant and helpful. I love to listen to you and each tutorial find something new I can learn from you. Thanks for your time, work and generously share your knowledge.❤❤❤
Thank you. This has pretty much what im looking for. Simple. Yet Color - shape variety. For me - understanding changing shape Round to octa to square. 🙋 🤺💐
Before I praise your square, I must compliment you on your beautiful hair style. You look awesome. We women focus so much on talent, we miss the person behind the skilled hands. Your voice and style of teachinv is so gentle. Wish you a great creative life. Love from India. ❤
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! I just started crocheting about 3months ago now and have completed this beautiful pattern thanks to you!! I can also read patterns now too because of your PDF and this follow along video. I began with the video and ended using the written pattern!! Thank you so much! You explained everything beautifully, your camera is easily visible and you're just amazing!! Thank you so much again for helping me in my journey!!
This makes me so happy! I love hearing this. I am so glad you liked this square and you could learn to read the pattern with the help of this tutorial. So glad you found my channel and thanks for watching and your support 😊
Greetings from Tennessee. Your mandala is beautiful. It looks like I'm going to have to incorporate another project in my crocheting endeavors. Thank you Jane for sharing this tutorial with us.
Love love love this! And i think it's explained very well at an intermittent level. Which is what i prefer. If people feel they need/want steps repeated, rewind video. Love that you have the written pattern as I'm pretty much self taught and trying to learn how to read patterns, so having both written and video helps a lot!💕 Thanks! Will be using this, just need to finish the other 10ish crochet projects I've got going on😂 and figure out colors!
Thank you so much for your kind words. It is difficult to make a tutorial that satisfies all levels, but I am glad you enjoyed this one. Glad having the pattern helps you learn to read them, 🙌 Having 10 ish projects on the go makes you a true crocheter lol, so rest easy with that one! Enjoy and thanks for watching ❤️
Wow, I loved this tutorial!!!! I played it all the way through the first time, then crocheted along, pausing and replaying sections!!! I love the result!
You make this so easy to learn. Very good teacher. I think I can try this. Thank you how you have laid this out so clear and not assuming that we know the stitch. Thanks again.❤
Wow! that was fun! my colours are a little brighter, such as purple golden light brown, white with a silver lining and bright purple and bright green. I am at round 7 the white colour. Your work is giving me the peace of Mind that I need. I love your work so much! thanks for the fantastic explanation. I have crocheted over 40 yrs. But never too old to learn new Challenges!
This is beautiful! I appreciate when you bring the finished piece back into frame so we can see where/how the stitched fit into the overall piece. I did struggle with this one, particularly some of the "bracketed" stitches. I was really really wishing that you had demonstrated the bracketed stitches just ONE MORE TIME after the initial tutorial. Just a smooth talk through it as you stitch it, would REALLY have helped.
Thanks so much. I do get that request on this particular tutorial. It was one of my first squares that I made a tutorial, when I was trying to make the videos shorter. I have learned to slow down even more and work more of the square on camera. I used to think it made the video too long, but I see people really like to see it more of the square worked all the way through. Thanks again for your suggestion, enjoy
This a beautiful piece of work though not that easy to follow. I had to rewind and watch again. When entering a new round I expected to see more of it. Finally I did it. Thank you.
Just a helpful suggestion, please do 2 repeats before you say meet me at the end of the round. It would save us time stopping n rolling the video back to view the section again before meeting you at the end of the round. I know it might make the video longer, but I think it might be more helpful to those of us who are not as experienced as you are. Thank you for a beautiful pattern!
Thank you for your suggestion. I initially didn't want the videos to be too long, but have since changed my take on that and I'm adding in more detail and more repeats. So glad you like this pattern and thanks for watching.
Everything you crochet is absolutely beautiful! Your voice is so soothing and your teaching is very clear and easy to understand! Thank you for your wonderful tutorials❤️💞 ❤💞❤💞❤
Wonderful teaching skills - thank you for being so generous with your expertise. I would like to know what yardage is needed to crochet a throw measuring roughly 4x5 feet using cascade ultra Pima cotton using a 4 mm hook with slightly loose tension. My squares are measuring 5.75” square. I will purchase your pattern as well because you’re my kind of person and I love this pattern.
Thank you so much! I am not sure what the yardage would be for a completed blanket in this yarn, as I am not familiar with it. The best advice I could give is to work a square in the yarn, then either weigh the square ( I use a kitchen food scale ) or tear it back out and measure the length of yarn. Then based on the size of your finished square determine how many squares you will need and multiply the yardage or weight by this, adding a bit to be safe or for an edging. It sounds like with your square size and desired finished measurement, you would want 10 x 8 squares, which would be 80 squares. They are coming out smaller than mine, because of the thinner yarn and hook you are using. I used a 5mm with a worsted yarn. Hope this points you in the right direction.
I love your easy to follow videos. With this square, I found it very helpful to go to the written pattern for round 9 to crochet the repeat. Your written instruction are also clearly and simply written. I am just starting to crochet have have loved finishing this square. I have subscribed to your site and plan to use more of your ideas for my next blanket. Thank you so much, from a now enthusiastic crocheter!!😉
I was so lost I was off on round 9 it wasn't adding up,grrrrrr!! I finally found my mistake on round 7 I wasn't doing the 2nd sc in the ch2 space. Can I suggest showing 2 * - * so that ones like me who are beginners can really understand. Once I got it I got it but it did take a lot of grrrr's LOL thank you so much for this pattern it is lovely.
That is a tricky part because of the way I wrote the repeat. I do have the free pattern on my blog with all the repeat written out and I have also noted about being careful with that second single crochet. You can find it here www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/ I am glad you figured it out and that you like the squares. 😊
I've successfully completed my square with your tutorial. It's easy to follow and I'm happy with the end result. It almost looks like yours. Usually when I follow tutorials, it was nowhere near. Thank you so much!
Loved the tutorial! My first mandala pattern! The only suggestion I have is maybe to at least demonstrate the start of the second bracket- I missed the one where there should be two sc in the chain, instead I only had one. I see how I missed it, but I’m visual, that why the tutorial is so great! Thanks!!
Thanks so much, this pattern seems to catch alot of people with that 2 sc in the chain st, because I have one at the beginning and one at the end of the repeat. When I wrote it, I felt it made sense as a symmetrical repeat, but one of the single crochets just seems to get overlooked. I have written an explanation for this on the blog to help. I also at the time was trying to keep the tutorials a little shorter and not over explain things, but going forward I am trying to take more time to do more visuals of the repeats, and just placing chapter markers in case people want to skip over the explanations. So glad you liked the tutorial and thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it. Enjoy!
Love this and love the way you instruct. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for speaking clearly and showing exact stitches, where they go and what they should look like. ❤
Thanks for the suggestion. I agree, when I first made this tutorial I was using it just as a quick visual aid to the written pattern, but I notice people want more of the visuals, so I have tried to start slowing it down and doing more of the repeats. Thanks for watching.
I made a mistake in round 7 so I redid it and the last two rounds worked perfectly. TIPS: always count the TOTAL sts using the written pattern at the end of each round. Watch out for Round 7! After you sc in ch-2, it says to hdc in each of next 3 sts. That first hdc (out of the three) is literally in the same space as the sc. That was my mistake. Overall, a beautiful modern pattern thank you very much for sharing.
So glad you made it work for you. Yes, counting stitches is important. On Rnd 7, The first sc is worked into the ch-2 sp and that first hdc is actually worked into the second of the sc that was worked into the ch-2 below, but it can look like the same as the ch-2 sp. There should be 8 sc per edge in Rnd 7 which includes one in each of the ch-2 sps at each of the corners of the edge. This is why I love charts more than written, I am more a visual person. Thanks for giving it a go, so glad you like the pattern.
Buenas tardes. Me gustan mucho tus tutoriales. Te sigo mirando el video. El crochet no tiene idiomas se entiende😊. estoy haciendo ese squuare mándala. Precioso Saludos desde Argentina. 😘
Awesome, that round 9 can be tricky with the squaring up of the shape. Keep trying, sometimes placing markers can help with stitch count and repeats. Hope that helps. Keep trying. Enjoy!
Hi again! I have just been watching some of this through to see if I could work it out for myself, however I couldn't do it on my own so wanted to ask you a bit of a tricky question, and apologies in advance as it might get a bit mathematically challenging! :) I have been looking through your different granny squares trying to find one that matches the exquisite detail of the very stylish Wispy Willow, very much a favourite of mine! For whatever reason I had overlooked this one but just came back to it now, and so this is where the maths comes in. I have done my Wispy Willow with a #4 weight yarn but used a 6mm hook for my tension. This gave me a square that measured 8 1/4 inches. I would very much like to make this Mandala square to put with my Wispy Willow square for my cushion cover that I'm making, but from the measurements you gave at the beginning, you said the Mandala measures 9 inches, 3/4's more of an inch than the Wispy Willow I did. I can't remember what hook size you used (possibly a 5.5mm??) so don't know how your tension factors in with mine, just to add to the complications of it all if that does/would affect things? However I feel the only way I could do this to go with my cushion cover squares that I've made so far is if I downsize this square a bit, so was hoping for some ideas and suggestions of how I can do this please? I didn't know if any rounds can be skipped/eliminated, or if some stitches in certain rounds could be done with smaller stitches so the round doesn't have as much height to it, or if it can be finished off differently to make it smaller that way perhaps, but thought you would have the best idea of how it could possibly be adapted to be made a bit smaller. If you have any ideas at all I'd be very, very grateful!! Also by no means am I trying to take away from the lovely square you've created by asking for ideas to change it up a bit, but thought it could be a useful video idea for others who maybe like a range of certain squares that you've done and would like to use them together somehow, despite them being different sizes when they're completed? I know you've recently shown how to change the shape of some of your squares, so thought getting you to show us how to change the size would also be something very beneficial and helpful. Thanks so much for whatever you can suggest!! :)
This one would look nice with the Wispy Willow. Changing the rounds or stitch heights would change the look and dynamic of the overall square and therefore it's actual geometric design, making it a different square. I know people try to do this, but the elements all work together and by changing any of these you are changing what makes the square. I have experimented with this, and the square loses it's magic, or sometimes, becomes a completely different "magical" square. But non the less it changes it. So, I would say you have two options if you want to change the size of the squares. I usually suggest in my tutorials that you can play around with the number of border rounds to alter the size of the square. This one is bigger than the Wispy, so you would be best to add some rounds to the Wispy to bring it up to size. The alternative is to use a smaller hook. This sometimes works, but it too will change the "texture" of the square by making it more dense which will feel different than the Wispy Willow one. My go-to is to add border rounds to the smaller squares to bring them up to the size of my largest square. This also gives a neat look as it gives the smaller squares more "breathing" room with the extra border rounds. They can be done in a solid colour or you can do them in a few colours that you draw out from the square itself, to make them all create a cohesive design. You can even add border rounds that are just sc or you can make them hdc or dc instead to make them wider. I do think this would make a good tutorial as I do have some blankets I have done this with, so thank you for that suggestion. Hope this helps. Good luck with your blanket.
@@jspcreate Hi, thanks so much for getting back and providing your thoughts and feedback. I completely respect what goes into your work and obviously if it wasn't necessary by no means would I want to change a thing! However as it was really important to me to keep all my squares that I'm making being Jane Snedden Peever squares and not just wanting to make any ornate squares from anyone, my focus was to try to make some minor adjustments so that I could use this square as well, to go with the Wispy Willow. So I eliminated round 3 which actually made the least change compared to any other idea I could come up with, and then obviously because that made it a bit smaller I had to do less stitches of the ones you did in the rounds that followed, but this then allowed me to still make this square, and kept it almost looking the same, and with the bonus of being able to add a couple of border rounds in sc so that it looked more cohesive with the Wispy Willow. I chose to do it this way as when I measured what removing that round would come to, that round on its own measured exactly 3/4's of an inch, exactly the reduction I needed to get it down to the same size as the Wispy Willow! So all in all it worked out quite well! I didn't want to add more rounds to the Wispy Willow square as that already had three rounds, so I felt that would look too much, so this small sacrifice I think was the better choice. Please know I don't mean any disrespect by choosing to make these adjustments, what you created is truly lovely, and I just wanted to find a way to still use this in my project as close to what you did as I could. Your cardigans at the end of this tutorial are really stunning, a tutorial on any of those where you used these squares to make them would be so wonderful to watch. Lovely colour choices and beautifully made!
Sounds like you might be good at designing! I definitely encourage creativity, so no worries. I am glad you found a way that works using the designs you wanted.
@@jspcreate That's kind of you to say, I think what drove it more than anything was sheer determination of wanting to make it work, and I'm really glad I could come up with a solution but not sure designing is necessarily my forte'?? Just admire your work so much and love the squares you create, and I'm so enjoying the process of recreating them for myself! For some reason even though I'm having to make some adjustments along the way which would normally be frustrating I'm still finding the making of the squares very calming and also exciting as each one gets completed, it's been an enjoyable process and I'm so glad I could learn from you! Thanks :)
I like the invisible finish…not only for the look and ease when doing the next round, but I also finish winding in the end while the yarn is on the needle…after checking first that the stitch count was right of course…keeps it neater and not a lot of sewing in the ends when your finished. Bye💁🏼♀️
So glad you found this invisible finish helpful, it really is nice to finish in those ends as well, so you can enjoy finishing a square without seeing all the ends left to do. I prefer to darn them in as I go as well.
Yes you can, just be aware as you work outward in crochet on a square shape, because the stitches are not lined up on top of each other as they are in knitting, the square will skew. It is less noticeable with higher stitches such as dc than it is with sc. You can block it to help, or as you get bigger, dec as stitch before each corner and inc a stitch after each corner on every 4th row perhaps. Try it and you might not have to, but this is just a suggestion to help if it does. Enjoy and thanks for watching.
Hey All, I am so glad to see everyone giving this square a go. It is a rewarding square to make. If you are having any difficulties, be sure to check out the pattern blog post (linked in this comment) , where you can find the free pattern written out in full, as well as some tips on working through the square. Thanks again for all your support, interest and kinds words. Crochet is my calm and I feel blessed to share this with so many of you. ❤ Find the Pattern Here : www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/
I am curious about the situation when you plan to do an invisible join to double crochets. The ch3 as the first dc looks so awkward, squished, bulgey, when you do the duplicate stitch over the top of it. Do you think a ch2 as the first stitch would be adequate? (Also, excellent demos and discussion, education!)
Hi Gail, thank you. Yes. I have debated that but wondered if it was just me, so I agree. The ch 3 can be bulky and a ch 2 would work better. So thank you for suggesting that, I wasn’t sure if anyone else had this problem. 👍. I will suggest this in future tutorials
Good morning from west Virginia. I found your channel this morning and I'm enjoying it. Could you please tell me the name brand of yarn and colors you are using. Walmart is the closest store to me and they don't have colors like the ones you used. Thank you
Thanks so much for your kind words, so glad you are enjoying my channel. I have updated the post to have the yarn brands and colours I used for each part of the square now. They are just yarns I get at my local Walmart, Michaels and V&S (Canada department store) The link for the pattern info is here www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/ Enjoy
Just found this, so sorry for the delay. I think you figured it out, but yes you can do a slip stitch, it just gives a different look. I find as long as you are consistent than it doesn't really show. Good luck with it.
I would like to use these square to make an afghan, throw or blanket. Could you please tell where I can get a pattern for joining these squares together and how many I need for an afghan, throw or blanket? I'm making it for my family reunion. We have an auction every year to keep the reunion going and I do my part by donating an afghan. I need to have it done for the first Saturday of August so I have to get busy right away. Thank you for all your help. 😍
That sounds like a great idea to do an auction to fund the reunion, this will be a wonderful addition. The finished square measures 9" so depending on what size you want the throw to be you can calculate it out that way. For example a blanket that is 5 squares by 6 squares would be approx 45" x 54" plus add a few inches for joining or border. I also have a playlist of different methods to join the squares. Depending on the method you use you will want to calculate that into the finished size. You can find the playlist of videos with joining methods here th-cam.com/play/PLkhR0EY1e2xnQ7WQJKmUEfM0LB0UfGHI7.html
I have all my mandala squares made and I used you lacey pattern to crochet them together. Now I don't know what to use for the border. Help!! I'm running out of time. I have to have this ready for our reunion on Thursday, August 1, 2024. I didn't even think about that until I got it all together. I don't want to ruin the afghan now. Can you please send me some ideas or what border did you use? I'll gladly buy something from you to help me finish this on time. Thank you so much for helping me make this afghan so far. I really appreciate it.
@@michelebittner1226 I have a scalloped border tutorial coming out this Tuesday July 30th. It is the border I used on my Eclipse Blanket Pattern. I also have a different border I used on my Daisy Throw, the tutorial for that is in the Part 3 of the series Warm Hugs and Daisy Squares - Crafting A Perfect Crochet Throw - Part 3 th-cam.com/video/Muk9ZJziruA/w-d-xo.html
@@jspcreate I used the Crafting A Perfect Crochet Throw. I looked and look through your videos and found this. Thank you so much for all your help. I know the Bittner's will enjoy this afghan for a long time. Have a great week. I know I will now.
So glad you love the square. Yes, after the last row it is now just a square, so you can add as many straight rounds of sc, or hdc, or dc as you wish to expand the size of the square and make it fit your project. Good luck with it.
@@jspcreate THANKS! I thought as much but was a bit concerned it'd bee too stretchy since it's for a bedspread I was designing just for them, the little square will be similar to a compass of North star...gonna be a fun challenge 😊
Hi Pauline. Are you asking about the shawl at the end of the video. I do have a few patterns in the works at the moment. I had been so busy with tutorials, that the sweater and blanket patterns are taking a back seat at the moment. Let me know if that is what you were looking for. I will have some new patterns up in my shop in the next few weeks.
Yes it can be done in one colour. If you don't want to fasten off each rnd, you would need to start the next rnd right where you left off with the previous rnd. It isn't written this way so it might be a bit tricky on some of those rounds to determine where to start, however it can be done.
I have just done it with cream wool it looks good. You might want to use a stitch marker when done in one colour though, they may be fiddly little things but they are a great help.
Totally agree, I have a 3 part series I released after this tutorial on exactly that. You can find the first one here th-cam.com/video/lAPWn2p0ZeM/w-d-xo.html
Hi, this tutorial was made to compliment the free pattern over on the blog post, hence the reference to brackets and star repeats. Let me know where in particular you got stuck on rnd 4 and maybe I can clarify.
I mostly use acrylics, because that is where I can find the colour selection in my area. I have used cotton as well, but prefer cotton blends, just because they feel nicer to work with.
I prefer written patterns and am so happy you provide printable patterns for your squares. I also like to watch the corresponding videos too in case I need a little more information. Thank you for both!
You are so welcome! I am glad you enjoy the videos, I like the written too, but it helps to have the visuals when you get to the tricky parts! Thanks so much for watching
Love this pattern. I plan to make a blanket using different shades of blue. Thank you for the pattern and tutorial.
That sounds like it will be beautiful. Have fun and thanks for watching.
I tried this pattern a year ago when it was first posted. Now that my crochet skills have improved. I was able to follow your video with ease. Thank you so much!
That is so awesome that you have come back to try it again. Thanks for watching and enjoy your crochet journey
I love your earthy color choices. Absolutely beautiful ❤
Thank you so much!
I can’t say enough about how wonderful this tutorial is! I am a beginner and learned so much about stitches and reading a pattern! Thank you so much! My square is a bit wonky, but I know with practice it will improve. I didn’t think it was possible for me to crochet something so pretty.
You are so welcome, this makes my day! I love to hear that this has encourage you to try something new and that you are learning as you go. Keep it up and enjoy!
great join on the first row - I have never seen thabht before. Thanks for sharing!
So glad you found this helpful, thanks for watching.
This has been the absolute best explanation I've run across yet for crocheted squares. Thank you so much! I think I can finally do a square. ( I'm a knitter learning to crochet)
This is so awesome, It makes me so happy to hear when these squares inspire like this, so glad you like this one. Enjoy!
I am left handed and taught my self how to crochet during COVID. I just wished I'd found you then. This is the best tutorial I've seen. Just FYI, I've never commented on a video before on you tube.
Thanks so much, you made my day that I’m your first comment 🙌. That’s awesome that you taught yourself! So glad you like my videos. Enjoy
Im totally addicted to granny squares! Thank you Jane! One of my favorites! 😊
So glad you like it, thanks for watching
Thank you for making this....not so intimidating ! You make me believe I can do this too !!! Thank you for that :) ❤ 🙏
You are so welcome! I'm so glad you are giving it a try.
Jane thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials. It's so educational, your teaching is so pleasant and helpful.
I love to listen to you and each tutorial find something new I can learn from you. Thanks for your time, work and generously share your knowledge.❤❤❤
You are so welcome!
I told myself I want to up my crochet game and I think I found the game for me. You made it seem so easy, I know I can do this. Thank you.
You can do it! So glad you like it, Enjoy
Thank you.
This has pretty much what im looking for.
Simple.
Yet
Color - shape variety.
For me - understanding
changing shape
Round to octa to square.
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🤺💐
Glad it was helpful! Enjoy
Before I praise your square, I must compliment you on your beautiful hair style. You look awesome. We women focus so much on talent, we miss the person behind the skilled hands. Your voice and style of teachinv is so gentle. Wish you a great creative life. Love from India. ❤
That is so sweet of you, thank you so much. 😊
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! I just started crocheting about 3months ago now and have completed this beautiful pattern thanks to you!! I can also read patterns now too because of your PDF and this follow along video. I began with the video and ended using the written pattern!! Thank you so much! You explained everything beautifully, your camera is easily visible and you're just amazing!! Thank you so much again for helping me in my journey!!
This makes me so happy! I love hearing this. I am so glad you liked this square and you could learn to read the pattern with the help of this tutorial. So glad you found my channel and thanks for watching and your support 😊
Oh my goodness that's beautiful
Thank you
Greetings from Tennessee. Your mandala is beautiful. It looks like I'm going to have to incorporate another project in my crocheting endeavors. Thank you Jane for sharing this tutorial with us.
Thanks so much for your kind words, these make my day and keep me making more ❤
What an so amazing mandala you teach us. Thank you! I'll try it to make a breezy bag.
SO glad you like it. Enjoy
Thank You, @jspcreate 🕊 As usual, I’m watching tutorials *WAY ABOVE* my skill level 🤗 I can dream . . .
You are welcome, you can do it, practice and patience are the key!
This is genius! Never thought one could do that. I've been crocheting for 2+ years. This is a must try. Thank you. 🌸
You are welcome
This is really such a lovely pattern for mandala square. The explanation was really nice and i managed to make 1 square. Cant wait to make few more❤❤
That is awesome, so glad you like the square
Thank you for sharing your wonderful work with us❣️ 😊
My pleasure 😊
Love love love this! And i think it's explained very well at an intermittent level. Which is what i prefer. If people feel they need/want steps repeated, rewind video. Love that you have the written pattern as I'm pretty much self taught and trying to learn how to read patterns, so having both written and video helps a lot!💕 Thanks! Will be using this, just need to finish the other 10ish crochet projects I've got going on😂 and figure out colors!
Thank you so much for your kind words. It is difficult to make a tutorial that satisfies all levels, but I am glad you enjoyed this one. Glad having the pattern helps you learn to read them, 🙌 Having 10 ish projects on the go makes you a true crocheter lol, so rest easy with that one! Enjoy and thanks for watching ❤️
Wow, I loved this tutorial!!!! I played it all the way through the first time, then crocheted along, pausing and replaying sections!!! I love the result!
So glad you enjoyed it and made the square along with the tutorial. Enjoy
It is so great. Your teaching crochet is so clear and precised. It is such a pleasure to learn from you. I love it! Thank you
Thank you so much for your kind words, so glad you like the tutorials. Enjoy
Thank you, this Mandala works up beautifully. I am going to make so many
Yay, so glad you like it, enjoy
You make this so easy to learn. Very good teacher. I think I can try this. Thank you how you have laid this out so clear and not assuming that we know the stitch. Thanks again.❤
Thank you so much, so glad you like it and are inspired to make it, Enjoy
Thank you for the excellent tutorial. I had no problem following it, and your voice is very clear and your annunciation perfect.
You're very welcome!
Thank you for this beautiful pattern and tutorial.
You’re welcome 😊
Wow! that was fun! my colours are a little brighter, such as purple golden light brown, white with a silver lining and bright purple and bright green. I am at round 7 the white colour. Your work is giving me the peace of Mind that I need. I love your work so much! thanks for the fantastic explanation. I have crocheted over 40 yrs. But never too old to learn new Challenges!
This is awesome, so glad you like this one. I agree, so many new things to learn and experiment with. Enjoy and thanks for watching.
This is beautiful! I appreciate when you bring the finished piece back into frame so we can see where/how the stitched fit into the overall piece. I did struggle with this one, particularly some of the "bracketed" stitches. I was really really wishing that you had demonstrated the bracketed stitches just ONE MORE TIME after the initial tutorial. Just a smooth talk through it as you stitch it, would REALLY have helped.
Thanks so much. I do get that request on this particular tutorial. It was one of my first squares that I made a tutorial, when I was trying to make the videos shorter. I have learned to slow down even more and work more of the square on camera. I used to think it made the video too long, but I see people really like to see it more of the square worked all the way through. Thanks again for your suggestion, enjoy
I just rewind and watch again….
This a beautiful piece of work though not that easy to follow. I had to rewind and watch again. When entering a new round I expected to see more of it. Finally I did it. Thank you.
Just a helpful suggestion, please do 2 repeats before you say meet me at the end of the round. It would save us time stopping n rolling the video back to view the section again before meeting you at the end of the round. I know it might make the video longer, but I think it might be more helpful to those of us who are not as experienced as you are. Thank you for a beautiful pattern!
Thank you for your suggestion. I initially didn't want the videos to be too long, but have since changed my take on that and I'm adding in more detail and more repeats. So glad you like this pattern and thanks for watching.
I found having the subtitles up helped quite a lot for me.
Everything you crochet is absolutely beautiful! Your voice is so soothing and your teaching is very clear and easy to understand! Thank you for your wonderful tutorials❤️💞 ❤💞❤💞❤
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means so much to me that you enjoy my work, thanks for watching :)
Thank you so much! I love this and I love your tutorials!!! This is so beautiful!!
You are so welcome! So glad you enjoyed this square and thanks for watching
Love the jacket behind you. 😊
Thank you!! 😊 I have a pattern for that ALMOST completed lol
@jspcreate oh ok, never made crochet clothing but I terested in making jackets. Lol! I haven't even made a granny square yet.
Your instructions are great. I love your work .
Thank you so much!
Very beautiful thanks so much for your video ❤
You are very welcome
Wonderful teaching skills - thank you for being so generous with your expertise. I would like to know what yardage is needed to crochet a throw measuring roughly 4x5 feet using cascade ultra Pima cotton using a 4 mm hook with slightly loose tension. My squares are measuring 5.75” square. I will purchase your pattern as well because you’re my kind of person and I love this pattern.
Thank you so much! I am not sure what the yardage would be for a completed blanket in this yarn, as I am not familiar with it. The best advice I could give is to work a square in the yarn, then either weigh the square ( I use a kitchen food scale ) or tear it back out and measure the length of yarn. Then based on the size of your finished square determine how many squares you will need and multiply the yardage or weight by this, adding a bit to be safe or for an edging. It sounds like with your square size and desired finished measurement, you would want 10 x 8 squares, which would be 80 squares. They are coming out smaller than mine, because of the thinner yarn and hook you are using. I used a 5mm with a worsted yarn. Hope this points you in the right direction.
This size is perfect for using up my scaps. Great explanations on stitches. So easy to follow along.
Thank you!!
So glad you like it, it is perfect for scraps
Thank you so much for posting this tutorial. It's a gorgeous motif and the colors are beautiful. I hope you have a blessed day. 😊❤
Thanks so much
I love your easy to follow videos. With this square, I found it very helpful to go to the written pattern for round 9 to crochet the repeat. Your written instruction are also clearly and simply written. I am just starting to crochet have have loved finishing this square. I have subscribed to your site and plan to use more of your ideas for my next blanket. Thank you so much, from a now enthusiastic crocheter!!😉
You are so welcome! So glad you found the pattern and it helped
Love this tutorial and the free pattern! I made a bucket purse out of these squares, and it’s gorgeous!
That sounds very cool, thanks for watching.
I was so lost I was off on round 9 it wasn't adding up,grrrrrr!! I finally found my mistake on round 7 I wasn't doing the 2nd sc in the ch2 space. Can I suggest showing 2 * - * so that ones like me who are beginners can really understand. Once I got it I got it but it did take a lot of grrrr's LOL thank you so much for this pattern it is lovely.
That is a tricky part because of the way I wrote the repeat. I do have the free pattern on my blog with all the repeat written out and I have also noted about being careful with that second single crochet. You can find it here www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/
I am glad you figured it out and that you like the squares. 😊
Jane thank you! This was so fun! I truly enjoy your designs!! 👏👏💕
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching
Jane this is gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊 Thank you so so much😊
You are so welcome, I am so glad you like it! Thanks for watching
Очень красивый квадрат ! 🎉
Спасибо большое за урок ! ❤
Thank you
I've successfully completed my square with your tutorial. It's easy to follow and I'm happy with the end result. It almost looks like yours. Usually when I follow tutorials, it was nowhere near. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much, it means alot to me that you enjoyed making this square. Enjoy and happy crocheting
@@jspcreate 😍❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful pattern - excellent instructions. Your voice is so pleasant to listen to. Thank you also for the written pattern. ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Took me a few attempts but got there in the end. Going to try doing a coloured version as I have just used cream coloured wool for this one.
Yay, so glad you kept going. There is a tricky spot in this one alot of people run into, the blog post with the pattern helps work through it. Enjoy
Loved the tutorial! My first mandala pattern! The only suggestion I have is maybe to at least demonstrate the start of the second bracket- I missed the one where there should be two sc in the chain, instead I only had one. I see how I missed it, but I’m visual, that why the tutorial is so great! Thanks!!
Thanks so much, this pattern seems to catch alot of people with that 2 sc in the chain st, because I have one at the beginning and one at the end of the repeat. When I wrote it, I felt it made sense as a symmetrical repeat, but one of the single crochets just seems to get overlooked. I have written an explanation for this on the blog to help. I also at the time was trying to keep the tutorials a little shorter and not over explain things, but going forward I am trying to take more time to do more visuals of the repeats, and just placing chapter markers in case people want to skip over the explanations. So glad you liked the tutorial and thanks for your feedback, I appreciate it. Enjoy!
Love this and love the way you instruct. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you for speaking clearly and showing exact stitches, where they go and what they should look like. ❤
Thanks so much, glad that you are enjoying these tutorials.
I made it, wonderful pattern.
That is awesome, thanks so much for watching, Enjoy!
Great tutorial but needed to extend another side to go around the next corner before you paused and meet you at the end of round
Thanks for the suggestion. I agree, when I first made this tutorial I was using it just as a quick visual aid to the written pattern, but I notice people want more of the visuals, so I have tried to start slowing it down and doing more of the repeats. Thanks for watching.
I made a mistake in round 7 so I redid it and the last two rounds worked perfectly. TIPS: always count the TOTAL sts using the written pattern at the end of each round. Watch out for Round 7! After you sc in ch-2, it says to hdc in each of next 3 sts. That first hdc (out of the three) is literally in the same space as the sc. That was my mistake. Overall, a beautiful modern pattern thank you very much for sharing.
So glad you made it work for you. Yes, counting stitches is important. On Rnd 7, The first sc is worked into the ch-2 sp and that first hdc is actually worked into the second of the sc that was worked into the ch-2 below, but it can look like the same as the ch-2 sp. There should be 8 sc per edge in Rnd 7 which includes one in each of the ch-2 sps at each of the corners of the edge. This is why I love charts more than written, I am more a visual person. Thanks for giving it a go, so glad you like the pattern.
Wow I just finally tried your invisible stitch on round 4 !!!❤ what a difference! Thanks
That is so awesome, I am glad you found it helpful!
I love it. Thank you❤
You are welcome
You do very well explaining patterns. I have never been able to read patterns.
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed this one
I'm saving the pattern...in my list...thank you so much
Awesome, glad you like it!
Lovely square. Great instruction!
Thank you so much!
Buenas tardes. Me gustan mucho tus tutoriales. Te sigo mirando el video. El crochet no tiene idiomas se entiende😊. estoy haciendo ese squuare mándala. Precioso Saludos desde Argentina. 😘
Your work is amazing 🤩
Thank you so much 😀
Great class! Watching from Brazil 🇧🇷!! Thanks!
So glad you enjoyed this, thanks for watching!
This is one of the best crochet tutorials I have ever watched! Thank You! 😊
You are so welcome!
So beautiful...would use this for so many projects....ty😊
You are so welcome!
Wow what absolutely beautiful colors she picked to do this ! I'm here! Likin & subscribin! ❤ 🙏
Thanks so much, glad you like it. These are my fav colours too.
I did great till round 9. I will keep trying
Awesome, that round 9 can be tricky with the squaring up of the shape. Keep trying, sometimes placing markers can help with stitch count and repeats. Hope that helps. Keep trying. Enjoy!
@@jspcreate got it!! Looks beautiful
Really beautiful from chile 🇨🇱🌈🌹
Thanks so much
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful pattern ❤❤❤ I love it and I'll use it for a blanket (for one of my boys). Very well explained 😊🌹
Thank you, you have very lucky boys. Enjoy ❤️
Hi again! I have just been watching some of this through to see if I could work it out for myself, however I couldn't do it on my own so wanted to ask you a bit of a tricky question, and apologies in advance as it might get a bit mathematically challenging! :)
I have been looking through your different granny squares trying to find one that matches the exquisite detail of the very stylish Wispy Willow, very much a favourite of mine!
For whatever reason I had overlooked this one but just came back to it now, and so this is where the maths comes in.
I have done my Wispy Willow with a #4 weight yarn but used a 6mm hook for my tension. This gave me a square that measured 8 1/4 inches. I would very much like to make this Mandala square to put with my Wispy Willow square for my cushion cover that I'm making, but from the measurements you gave at the beginning, you said the Mandala measures 9 inches, 3/4's more of an inch than the Wispy Willow I did.
I can't remember what hook size you used (possibly a 5.5mm??) so don't know how your tension factors in with mine, just to add to the complications of it all if that does/would affect things? However I feel the only way I could do this to go with my cushion cover squares that I've made so far is if I downsize this square a bit, so was hoping for some ideas and suggestions of how I can do this please?
I didn't know if any rounds can be skipped/eliminated, or if some stitches in certain rounds could be done with smaller stitches so the round doesn't have as much height to it, or if it can be finished off differently to make it smaller that way perhaps, but thought you would have the best idea of how it could possibly be adapted to be made a bit smaller. If you have any ideas at all I'd be very, very grateful!!
Also by no means am I trying to take away from the lovely square you've created by asking for ideas to change it up a bit, but thought it could be a useful video idea for others who maybe like a range of certain squares that you've done and would like to use them together somehow, despite them being different sizes when they're completed?
I know you've recently shown how to change the shape of some of your squares, so thought getting you to show us how to change the size would also be something very beneficial and helpful. Thanks so much for whatever you can suggest!! :)
This one would look nice with the Wispy Willow. Changing the rounds or stitch heights would change the look and dynamic of the overall square and therefore it's actual geometric design, making it a different square. I know people try to do this, but the elements all work together and by changing any of these you are changing what makes the square. I have experimented with this, and the square loses it's magic, or sometimes, becomes a completely different "magical" square. But non the less it changes it. So, I would say you have two options if you want to change the size of the squares. I usually suggest in my tutorials that you can play around with the number of border rounds to alter the size of the square. This one is bigger than the Wispy, so you would be best to add some rounds to the Wispy to bring it up to size. The alternative is to use a smaller hook. This sometimes works, but it too will change the "texture" of the square by making it more dense which will feel different than the Wispy Willow one. My go-to is to add border rounds to the smaller squares to bring them up to the size of my largest square. This also gives a neat look as it gives the smaller squares more "breathing" room with the extra border rounds. They can be done in a solid colour or you can do them in a few colours that you draw out from the square itself, to make them all create a cohesive design. You can even add border rounds that are just sc or you can make them hdc or dc instead to make them wider. I do think this would make a good tutorial as I do have some blankets I have done this with, so thank you for that suggestion. Hope this helps. Good luck with your blanket.
@@jspcreate Hi, thanks so much for getting back and providing your thoughts and feedback. I completely respect what goes into your work and obviously if it wasn't necessary by no means would I want to change a thing!
However as it was really important to me to keep all my squares that I'm making being Jane Snedden Peever squares and not just wanting to make any ornate squares from anyone, my focus was to try to make some minor adjustments so that I could use this square as well, to go with the Wispy Willow.
So I eliminated round 3 which actually made the least change compared to any other idea I could come up with, and then obviously because that made it a bit smaller I had to do less stitches of the ones you did in the rounds that followed, but this then allowed me to still make this square, and kept it almost looking the same, and with the bonus of being able to add a couple of border rounds in sc so that it looked more cohesive with the Wispy Willow.
I chose to do it this way as when I measured what removing that round would come to, that round on its own measured exactly 3/4's of an inch, exactly the reduction I needed to get it down to the same size as the Wispy Willow!
So all in all it worked out quite well! I didn't want to add more rounds to the Wispy Willow square as that already had three rounds, so I felt that would look too much, so this small sacrifice I think was the better choice. Please know I don't mean any disrespect by choosing to make these adjustments, what you created is truly lovely, and I just wanted to find a way to still use this in my project as close to what you did as I could.
Your cardigans at the end of this tutorial are really stunning, a tutorial on any of those where you used these squares to make them would be so wonderful to watch. Lovely colour choices and beautifully made!
Sounds like you might be good at designing! I definitely encourage creativity, so no worries. I am glad you found a way that works using the designs you wanted.
@@jspcreate That's kind of you to say, I think what drove it more than anything was sheer determination of wanting to make it work, and I'm really glad I could come up with a solution but not sure designing is necessarily my forte'??
Just admire your work so much and love the squares you create, and I'm so enjoying the process of recreating them for myself! For some reason even though I'm having to make some adjustments along the way which would normally be frustrating I'm still finding the making of the squares very calming and also exciting as each one gets completed, it's been an enjoyable process and I'm so glad I could learn from you! Thanks :)
Really a beautiful design. Thanks for sharing. I shall make a bedcover. Love from India 🇮🇳 ♥️ ❤️ 💕
You are welcome, enjoy!
Outstanding video! Thank you so very much! ☮️
You are so welcome!
Thank you for your videos. So beautiful ❤
You are so welcome
Thank you so much for your video. Very clear instructions for beginners. 👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful pattern!!
Thank you! 😊
Precioso ❤
Jane thank you so much for sharing this tutorial, i absolutely love it, am using it in my tote bag that i have just started 👌👌💕👍🙏🏻
You are so welcome!
Thanks for the video and your time.
You are very welcome 😊
I like the invisible finish…not only for the look and ease when doing the next round, but I also finish winding in the end while the yarn is on the needle…after checking first that the stitch count was right of course…keeps it neater and not a lot of sewing in the ends when your finished. Bye💁🏼♀️
So glad you found this invisible finish helpful, it really is nice to finish in those ends as well, so you can enjoy finishing a square without seeing all the ends left to do. I prefer to darn them in as I go as well.
I love this pattern and thank you for sharing.
Just wondering if i wish to make it large enough for cushion would i just keep repeating the last round
Yes you can, just be aware as you work outward in crochet on a square shape, because the stitches are not lined up on top of each other as they are in knitting, the square will skew. It is less noticeable with higher stitches such as dc than it is with sc. You can block it to help, or as you get bigger, dec as stitch before each corner and inc a stitch after each corner on every 4th row perhaps. Try it and you might not have to, but this is just a suggestion to help if it does. Enjoy and thanks for watching.
Hey All, I am so glad to see everyone giving this square a go. It is a rewarding square to make. If you are having any difficulties, be sure to check out the pattern blog post (linked in this comment) , where you can find the free pattern written out in full, as well as some tips on working through the square. Thanks again for all your support, interest and kinds words. Crochet is my calm and I feel blessed to share this with so many of you. ❤
Find the Pattern Here : www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/
I am curious about the situation when you plan to do an invisible join to double crochets. The ch3 as the first dc looks so awkward, squished, bulgey, when you do the duplicate stitch over the top of it. Do you think a ch2 as the first stitch would be adequate? (Also, excellent demos and discussion, education!)
Hi Gail, thank you. Yes. I have debated that but wondered if it was just me, so I agree. The ch 3 can be bulky and a ch 2 would work better. So thank you for suggesting that, I wasn’t sure if anyone else had this problem. 👍. I will suggest this in future tutorials
Finding this pattern interesting, going to give it a try in the near future 😉🤗
So glad you like it, let me know how it goes 🤗
I just found you and looovvveee your design! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much you are very kind, so glad you like my designs!
Good morning from west Virginia. I found your channel this morning and I'm enjoying it. Could you please tell me the name brand of yarn and colors you are using. Walmart is the closest store to me and they don't have colors like the ones you used. Thank you
Thanks so much for your kind words, so glad you are enjoying my channel. I have updated the post to have the yarn brands and colours I used for each part of the square now. They are just yarns I get at my local Walmart, Michaels and V&S (Canada department store) The link for the pattern info is here www.jspcreate.com/mandala-crochet-square-easy-tutorial-pattern/ Enjoy
Do we have to do the invisible join ? Or is doing a slip stitch into the 3rd chain at the end in Round one acceptable?
Just found this, so sorry for the delay. I think you figured it out, but yes you can do a slip stitch, it just gives a different look. I find as long as you are consistent than it doesn't really show. Good luck with it.
Great job......
Thank you :)
thank you so much for this! ill be using it for a top :D
Awesome. So glad you are inspired to create a top with this one ❤️
Hi there, do you offer some color charts, to give us ideas?
I only have the one colour way for this one so far, but working on more.
Muchas gracias por tan hermoso granny ❤❤❤
You are very welcome, so glad you like it
Hello thankyou for the tutorial. I can not find the sweater pattern using this Mandela. Is there a pattern?
I have not released one yet, but there is a jacket pattern on its way, so glad you like the tutorial ❤
I would like to use these square to make an afghan, throw or blanket. Could you please tell where I can get a pattern for joining these squares together and how many I need for an afghan, throw or blanket? I'm making it for my family reunion. We have an auction every year to keep the reunion going and I do my part by donating an afghan. I need to have it done for the first Saturday of August so I have to get busy right away. Thank you for all your help. 😍
That sounds like a great idea to do an auction to fund the reunion, this will be a wonderful addition. The finished square measures 9" so depending on what size you want the throw to be you can calculate it out that way. For example a blanket that is 5 squares by 6 squares would be approx 45" x 54" plus add a few inches for joining or border. I also have a playlist of different methods to join the squares. Depending on the method you use you will want to calculate that into the finished size. You can find the playlist of videos with joining methods here th-cam.com/play/PLkhR0EY1e2xnQ7WQJKmUEfM0LB0UfGHI7.html
@@jspcreate Thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate it.
You have a great July 4th weekend.
I have all my mandala squares made and I used you lacey pattern to crochet them together. Now I don't know what to use for the border. Help!! I'm running out of time. I have to have this ready for our reunion on Thursday, August 1, 2024. I didn't even think about that until I got it all together. I don't want to ruin the afghan now. Can you please send me some ideas or what border did you use? I'll gladly buy something from you to help me finish this on time. Thank you so much for helping me make this afghan so far. I really appreciate it.
@@michelebittner1226 I have a scalloped border tutorial coming out this Tuesday July 30th. It is the border I used on my Eclipse Blanket Pattern. I also have a different border I used on my Daisy Throw, the tutorial for that is in the Part 3 of the series Warm Hugs and Daisy Squares - Crafting A Perfect Crochet Throw - Part 3
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@@jspcreate I used the Crafting A Perfect Crochet Throw. I looked and look through your videos and found this. Thank you so much for all your help. I know the Bittner's will enjoy this afghan for a long time. Have a great week. I know I will now.
Jane, how can I make it 10"x10"??? Just add a row around??? suggestions please???
BTW, love the square, will go perfect @10" in my project...
So glad you love the square. Yes, after the last row it is now just a square, so you can add as many straight rounds of sc, or hdc, or dc as you wish to expand the size of the square and make it fit your project. Good luck with it.
@@jspcreate THANKS! I thought as much but was a bit concerned it'd bee too stretchy since it's for a bedspread I was designing just for them, the little square will be similar to a compass of North star...gonna be a fun challenge 😊
Hi miss Jane this Pauline there is a pattern i want to buy it is the mandala home decor do you have a video for it thank you
Hi Pauline. Are you asking about the shawl at the end of the video. I do have a few patterns in the works at the moment. I had been so busy with tutorials, that the sweater and blanket patterns are taking a back seat at the moment. Let me know if that is what you were looking for. I will have some new patterns up in my shop in the next few weeks.
Hey there! New to crochet and just wondering if this can be done with all one color? If so, how do you continue without the color exchange?
Yes it can be done in one colour. If you don't want to fasten off each rnd, you would need to start the next rnd right where you left off with the previous rnd. It isn't written this way so it might be a bit tricky on some of those rounds to determine where to start, however it can be done.
I have just done it with cream wool it looks good. You might want to use a stitch marker when done in one colour though, they may be fiddly little things but they are a great help.
If you carried your tails in and out over and under your hook for next 5-10 st.. be a lot cleaner and no ends to see
Totally agree, I have a 3 part series I released after this tutorial on exactly that. You can find the first one here th-cam.com/video/lAPWn2p0ZeM/w-d-xo.html
Je n'ai pas la traduction en français 🇨🇵 😠 . Il est magnifique j'adore ❤❤❤
Glad you like it. TH-cam can do most languages as subtitles, you just have to choose your language in the settings and turn on captions
Does anybody know if using the magic circle would cause a problem in starting this square?
The magic circle will work fine as well. Sometimes I mix it up and show a chain foundation. But go ahead and use a magic circle 🤗
In my experience a magic circle will work but make sure that the yarn tail is secured within the 16 stitches so it doesn't unravel 😊
I stuck at round 4.can u explain more. Tq
Hi, this tutorial was made to compliment the free pattern over on the blog post, hence the reference to brackets and star repeats. Let me know where in particular you got stuck on rnd 4 and maybe I can clarify.
Do you use 100%cotton yarn or 100 acrylic yarn
I mostly use acrylics, because that is where I can find the colour selection in my area. I have used cotton as well, but prefer cotton blends, just because they feel nicer to work with.
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