Making Mandalas

I have seen quite a few mandalas popping up around Blogland lately and was inspired, obviously, to put my color block blanket aside for a short while and make a mandala of my own. It has been a while since I have made any mandalas (more accurately put, since I became obsessed with making them and ended up with quite the stack) so I was happy to go back to making these beautiful, colorful circles.

I found a beautiful pattern here and set to work using cotton yarn from my stash.

I did not plan out the colors before I began but simply figured it out as I went along; I do really like this three color combination.

When I was finished this colorful mandala, I got out my leftover yarn from my cozy stripe blanket and made a mandala with it; it may just be impossible to stop at one when making mandalas, they are completely addictive.

This is the first mandala that I have made with acrylic yarn (all my others have been made with cotton) which was a nice change.

Again, the colors were completely chosen at random, though I used a few more colors in this one.

My absolute favorite thing about making mandalas is that it provides a great opportunity to experiment with different color combinations on a small scale....that and they are just so darn pretty.

And I'm not done yet. This gorgeous mandala is next on my list.