Crochet 4 SQUARES Rainbow Mandala Poncho

2022-05-08

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I love to crochet and wear ponchos all the time, they are perfect for almost any season and for all kinds of occasions.

This crochet RAINBOW PONCHO with wonderful colorful design is made up of 4 squares. In this my new design, the square begins as a circle - flower, so there is a beautiful flower mandala design in the center of each square. This design incorporates both open and dense stitches. This makes the poncho warm and gives it a great drape, while also giving you a little bit of airflow.

Try this wonderful design for mandala flower poncho to make a great piece for yourself or for your friends & family!

This poncho is perfect for this spring and summer time and also for a transition period between summer and fall time.

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So let me now get started and tell you what you will need in order to crochet this amazing RAINBOW Mandala Poncho with Flower Pattern in the center of square.

4 SQUARES RAINBOW MANDALA PONCHO DIRECTIONS

This Mandala poncho is very fun and quick to make.

The pattern uses only basic crochet stitches - single, double crochets, trebles and chains.

The pattern was made with Papatya Batic yarn.

Papatya Batik: 100% acrylic, machine washable, 100g / 3.5 oz, 360 m / 393 yd

You will need 2 balls for girls/XS size.

Scissors and tapestry needle

Crochet hook: 5.0 mm

Difficulty Level: Level 2 – Advanced beginners

US crochet terms:

SlSt – slip stitch

CH/s – chain/s

TR - trebble / tripple crochet

DC - double crochet

SC - single crochet

SK - skip

T - turn

ST/s - stitch(es)

REP - repeat

Special stitches used:

2 Trebles Cluster / 2 Tripple Crochet cluster (2 tr together)
Cluster

Wrap your yarn twice around your hook and insert hook into the stitch of the previous round.

Yarn over, pull up a loop. You have 4 loops on hook now.

Yarn over, draw through 2 loops on your hook.

Yarn over again and draw through 2 loops on your hook.

There are 2 loops remaining on your hook right now.

You do not finish this stitch, but you start a new treble crochet in the next stitch of the previous round.

Wrap your yarn twice around your hook, insert into next stitch of the previous round.

Yarn over and pull up a loop. You have 5 loops on your hook right now.

Yarn over and draw through 2 loops.

Yarn over again and draw through 2 loops.

There are 3 loops remaining on your hook right now.

Now yarn over and draw yarn through all loops on your hook.

You just made your first cluster of 2 trebles crochets together.

PATTERN NOTES

1) Before you start take a measurement of height of your body and a body measurement (please see the final measurement of the poncho below).

2) This pattern is for GIRLS /XS size, but you can easily adapt to a smaller size or bigger size just by making the squares bigger or smaller.

Make the square bigger or smaller just by reducing or increasing the number of rows.
Remember that when making your poncho bigger you will need more yarn.
3) A ch3 at beg of the round counts as a stitch throughout. A ch4 at beg of the round counts as a stitch throughout.

2) The project is made up of 4 squares crocheted together. One square measures: 14.6 inch x 14.6 inch // 37 x 37 cm each

THE WRITTEN PATTERN

R1: ch3 (1dc), ch1, *1dc, ch1* repeat 15 times from * to * till you have 16 ds in magic ring, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round (16 dc and ch1 between them)

R2: sl st to move in ch1sp, ch3 (1dc) and 1dc together in first ch1sp, ch2, *2dc cluster in next ch1sp, ch2* repeat 15 times from * to * till end of round, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round (16 2dc-clusters and ch2 between them)

R3: sl st to move in ch2sp, ch3 (1dc) and 1dc together in first ch2sp, ch3, 2dc-cluster in same ch2sp,
* (2dc cluster + ch3 + 2dc cluster) in next ch2sp * repeat 15 times from * to * till end of round, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round (16 groups of (2dc-cluster + ch3 + 2dc cluster))

R4: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, (ch1 (1sc) + ch3 + 1sc) in first ch3sp,
* (1sc + ch3 + 1sc) in next ch3sp* repeat 15 times from * to * till end of round, sl st in 1st ch from beg of round (16 groups of (1sc-ch3-1sc))

R5: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, ch3 (1dc) and 1dc together in first ch3sp, ch4, 2dc-cluster in same ch3sp,
* (2dc cluster + ch4 + 2dc cluster) in next ch3sp * repeat 15 times from * to * till end of round, sl st in 3rd ch from beg of round (16 groups of (2dc-cluster-ch4-2dc cluster))

R6: 2 sl st to move in ch4sp, (ch1 (1sc), ch4, 1sc) in first ch4sp,
* (1sc + ch4 +1sc) in next ch4sp* repeat 15 times from * to * till end of round, sl st in 1st ch from beg of round (16 groups of (1sc-ch4-1sc))

R7: 2 sl st to move in ch4sp, (ch1 (1sc) in first ch4sp, ch8, (1sc in next ch4sp + ch6) repeat 3 times,

* 1sc in next ch4sp + ch8, (1sc in ch4sp + ch6) repeat 3 times * repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in 1st ch from beg of round

R8: 4 sl st to move in ch8sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch8sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch8sp) + ch5, (1sc in next ch6sp + ch5) repeat 3 times

* corner stitch (2tr cluster, ch3, 2tr cluster) + ch5, (1sc in next ch6sp + ch5) repeat 3 times * repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R9: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch3sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch3sp) + ch1, (7dc in next ch5sp) repeat 4 times, ch1

* (corner stitch (2tr cluster + ch3 + 2tr cluster) in next ch3sp + ch1, (7dc in next ch5sp) repeat 4 times, ch1* repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R10: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch3sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch3sp) + ch6, skip 3dc, 1dc in next 1dc, (ch6, skip 6dc, 1dc in next st) repeat 3 times, ch6, skip 3 dc

* (corner stitch (2tr cluster + ch3 + 2tr cluster) in ch3sp + ch1, skip 3dc, 1dc in next 1dc (=middle of 7dc-group), (ch6, skip 6dc, 1dc in next st) repeat 3 times, ch6, skip 3 dc * repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R11: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch3sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch3sp) + ch1, (7dc in next ch6sp) repeat 5 times, ch1

* (corner stitch (2tr cluster + ch3 + 2tr cluster) in ch3sp + ch1, (7dc in next ch6sp) repeat 5 times, ch1* repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R12: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch3sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch3sp) + ch1, (1dc in next st, skip 1 st, ch1) repeat till next corner stitch

* (corner stitch (2tr cluster + ch3 + 2tr cluster) in ch3sp + ch1, (1dc in next st, skip 1 st, ch1) till next corner stitch * repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R13: 2 sl st to move in ch3sp, corner stitch: (ch4 (1tr) and 1tr together in first ch3sp, ch3, 2tr-cluster in same ch3sp) + ch1, (1dc in each dc and 1dc in each ch1sp), repeat till next corner stitch, ch1

* (corner stitch (2tr cluster + ch3 + 2tr cluster) in ch3sp + ch1, (1dc in each st and 1dc in each ch1sp) till next corner stitch, ch1 * repeat 3 times from * to * sl st in top of 2tr cluster from beg of round

R14 and R15 = repeat R12 and R13

If you want a bigger poncho repeat R12 and R13 until desired measurements.

Join squares

Place 4 squares like this.

With your yarn and hook you will now join the squares together, making sure they are right sides together.

Remember not to make your stitches too tight and not too loose.

Start in the right corner of the front square and work from bottom to neck edge.

Start in corner ch3sp (between 2 2tr clusters): 1 sl st to move into the corner, 1 sl st to join front square (1) and right shoulder square (2).
Then: ch1, sk one ch, 1sl st on top of both 2tr cluster (on both squares 1 and 2)
ch2, sk ch1sp, 1sl st in next st,

Repeat: *ch2, skip 1dc on opposite square, place 1sl st on next st on this opposite square,
ch2, skip 1dc on first square, place 1sl st on next st on this first square*
repeat from * to * till you reach the end, the corners.
Join corners: sk last 1ch sp, 1sl st on top of 2tr cluster on both squares, sl st in next st

Once you have assembled 1 (front square) and 2 (right shoulder square) squares together and it is time to repeat the same for 1 (front square) and 3 (left shoulder square), putting right sides together and repeat the instruction above to crochet the squares together.

Making sure that when you are done your work will be joined and lay out like the pic above.

Now it is time to turn these 3 squares into your poncho by adding the 4th square (back square)
Keeping your work right side facing you, you will take and fold in half square 2 (right shoulder) and 3 (left shoulder).

You will crochet the same as you did for the other squares assembling 3 with 4 and 2 with 4.

Making sure right sides are facing you, join them the same way you joined the first 3 squares.

Now that your poncho is assembled you will hide all loose tails in the wrong side of your work and turn it right side facing you.

You will now work on the neck opening to make it smaller, if you like the size it is leave it and you are done, but if you want to decrease the opening continue below.

Make a neck opening:

With the right sides facing you, with your hook and yarn join with a slip knot to the front V corner of the neck opening. Join at the bottom of the V neck = start in the corner

crochet hook 5.0 mm

R1: ch3(1dc), ch1, sk 1dc, 1dc in next st

repeat around till you reach the beg of round, sl st in 3rd ch from beg to close round

R2: ch3 (1dc), skip ch1sp, 1dc in next st
repeat: 1dc in each ch1sp and 1dc in each ds around the neck space till V-corner on the back side: skip ch1sp before the middle st, 1dc in middle st, skip ch1sp, 1dc in next st.

repeat: 1d in each ch1sp and 1dc in each ds around till you reach the beg of round, skip last ch1sp, sl st in 3rd ch from beg to close round

Repeat round 1 and 2 for as many rounds as you like I did mine with 2 rounds only.

Make an edge around the bottom of poncho:

With the right sides facing you, with your hook and yarn join with a slip knot to any stich of your last row of square. Work a finishing edge around the bottom of poncho.

crochet hook 5.0 mm
Repeat R12 and R13.

R1: *Work 1 dc in first/next st, ch1, skip 1st* repeat from * to * around the entire poncho but where 2 squares meet and where there are 2tr-clusters, work 1dc on top of 2tr-cluster, ch1, skip ch1sp, work 1dc in join of squares, ch1, skip ch1sp and work 1dc on top of 2tr cluster.
Work corner stitch in each corner stitch as always.

R2: Work 1 dc in each st around the entire poncho

Work corner stitch in each corner stitch as always.

Add 2 or more rows

Fasten off, hide all loose tails in the back of your work and you are all done my friends.

You just created a beautiful 4 SQUARES RAINBOW Mandala Poncho!

You may would love to try these Wraps and Cowls as well:

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