Mandala Kimono Shawl

1- gray color Magic ring of 14 dc. 2- gray color. V all around (28st) 3- pink color. V every 2 st (40st) 4- gray color. Sc, 3 ch close with sc. leave 1 st space in between close with sc. 5- green color. 3 dc over the chain, 1 ch. * repeat all around. 6-gray color. here we start with front post sts, they will be attached to the single crochets of row 4. Start by making front post sts, then 2 dc. gray color, SEE CHART. 7- pink color. dc, V every 2 st. * repeat all around. 8- gray color. 2 dc, fp st attached to the previous one from row 6, (attaching in pairs) SEE CHART. 9- pink color. make 2 single crochets (each in its st.), 4 ch. 2 st. space, close with 2 sc *repeat all along the row. At this point you should have 20 chain spaces, now we need to divide them into 4 equal parts to make the granny corners. , place a stitch marker. 10- gray color. we start the granny. 4 dc. over the ch, 1 dc between the sc of row 9. SEE CHART, when reaching the stitch marker we open the granny corner = 2dc, 2ch, 1tr, 2 ch, 2dc. 11- green color. we make dc all along this row. until the granny corner = 2dc, 3ch, 2dc. SEE CHART. 12- gray color. 4 dc, fp st attaching the dc. that is between the 2 sc of row 9. * repeat all along the row making the granny corners. SEE PHOTO. *Repeat the granny sequence with the fp sts in gray color, (total of 5 rows). Rows 13-14 15-16-17 we make these 3 more rows in gray color in dc, without the fp st.

Repeat the last sts of the granny. we knit along the sides for a total of 16 rows. Close the sleeves (see FIGURE). Once the sleeve ends are closed, we start knitting the inner frame of the kimono. To make it a bit more fitted, you can make a decrease at each stitch I mark in red (see FIGURE). At the sleeve opening, make 6 dc.