This is what The Crochet Crowd has to say about this tutorial:
“This is the absolute beginning of learning mandalas. In this video, yes, we are doing round circles you may have done today. There are several goals in this tutorial.
Understand the Pie Shapes.
Understand the Growth Increments.
Shift the Starting Point to Break the Increment Lines.
“Crochet ON DEMAND made easy with Mikey to learn how to crochet. From simple tips to full projects, this channel is designed to inspire, delight and educate you.”
“Enjoy the comfort and explore the learning series with Mikey with a relaxed learning channel. Through quirky memory hooks and alternative descriptions of technique, skill building doesn’t have to be so hard”
“This channel is devoted to our website, http://thecrochetcrowd.com. Sharing our stories, creativity, latest projects and times together as crocheters”
“Mikey and his team receive a tremendous amount of email and messages from crocheters with YouTube, Facebook and other sources. While Mikey and his team makes it a point to answer as many questions as possible left within the tutorials, we will not get to everything”
“Mikey & Diva Dan are Canadian and this channel is broadcasting from Greenwich, Nova Scotia Canada. Just outside Wolfville, home of Acadia University.”
Today’s tutorial, Introduction to Crochet Mandalas Series by How to Crochet with The Crochet Crowd, is the first in a series of videos on, yes, you guessed it, how to crochet mandalas. I always love to see how mandalas can be found in such a variety of art forms and the “yarn arts” are no exception.
Here is what “How to Crochet with The Crochet Crowd” says about this video:
“Mandalas, pronounced as Mon-Dah-Lah, simply means “circle”. They have significance in the meaning of life in relationship to the cosmos. They can represent many things in life such as the sun, moon, earth, planets and even more items that that we humans have grown to be significant such as wind, fire and much more.
They can be significant in many religious cultures but was first created by the Hindus as a spiritual guide. The circle is about the idea of infinity and the never ending nature of how big a circle can get. It’s about the circle you surround yourself with which may be family, friends, and communities that you are part of.
One of my interesting finds is that Mandalas were not just for Buddhist, but studies show that individuals in many other religious also have used this artform for their own religious beliefs. This included Judaism, Christianity, Paganism and many other forms of religion that exist. Look to cathedral windows, paintings and symbols used in religion and you may realize that mandalas are in many places in history.
This makes a lot of sense to me as when you look up at the sun, you see a perfect circle. Moon, on full moon nights is a full circle. Beams of light from light sources appear as circles to our eyes. Ripples in a pond circle outward. In an empty room, my cat will sit inside a circle on the floor. I think we naturally, human instinct wise, gravitate towards circles. It could be part of our genetic make up as a species.
“Crochet ON DEMAND made easy with Mikey to learn how to crochet. From simple tips to full projects, this channel is designed to inspire, delight and educate you.”
“Enjoy the comfort and explore the learning series with Mikey with a relaxed learning channel. Through quirky memory hooks and alternative descriptions of technique, skill building doesn’t have to be so hard”
“This channel is devoted to our website, http://thecrochetcrowd.com. Sharing our stories, creativity, latest projects and times together as crocheters”
“Mikey and his team receive a tremendous amount of email and messages from crocheters with YouTube, Facebook and other sources. While Mikey and his team makes it a point to answer as many questions as possible left within the tutorials, we will not get to everything”
“Mikey & Diva Dan are Canadian and this channel is broadcasting from Greenwich, Nova Scotia Canada. Just outside Wolfville, home of Acadia University.”
How to Crochet Mandala Dreamcatcher by Naztazia is our tutorial for today. This is what she has to say on Youtube about this video:
“Donna Wolfe from Naztazia http://naztazia.com shows you to crochet a mandala or dream catcher with yarn and a hula hoop. This works great as an indoor decoration or outdoors for a yarn bomb event (urban graffiti).”
“This is more of an intermediate or advanced crochet pattern. You will need to know how to crochet the following stitches before starting this project: single crochet, double crochet, treble (triple) crochet (wrap your yarn around twice before inserting your hook), double treble (wrap your yarn around three times before inserting your hook), slip stitch and slip knot.”
I hope you enjoy learning how to create this beautiful dreamcatcher.
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