Colorful doily: Crochet Mandala Doily Generator

Compare two constructions under a shared color plan

This colorful set contains a five-round shell reference and a six-round mesh companion. Both end with sixty double crochets, but their interiors, chain budgets and color workloads differ. The design question is how to plan yarn colors across genuine structural stages rather than recolor one unchanged circle. Equal outer counts make a useful comparison checkpoint; they do not prove that the two washed samples have the same centimeter size or can be joined without adjustment.

Prepare matching yarn families

Choose smooth DK cotton in gold #C29524, coral #C44833, green #526B45 and blue #243BCE, and begin with a four-millimeter trial hook. Have scissors, a tapestry needle, repeat markers and a ruler ready. In the primary project, select Six five-post fans, five total working rounds and US joined rounds. Its palette repeats gold for the first two circuits, then assigns coral to fans, green to their frame and blue to the final sixty-post perimeter.

Read the shell project's color workload

The primary counts are twelve, twenty-four, thirty-six, forty-eight and sixty. Gold therefore supplies thirty-six double crochets across two circuits. Coral supplies thirty fan double crochets and six separator single crochets. Green supplies forty-eight double crochets, and blue supplies sixty. The primary total is one hundred eighty completed stitches, with no decorative spacing chains. Fans intentionally skip twelve of the twenty-four old bases; those skips are a construction feature, not missing coral stitches.

Exact project and complete source diagram

Download this exact project JSON into the Mandala & Doily Generator.

1. Magic ring: ch2 (not counted),12 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 12 completed stitches or units.
2. Ch2 (not counted). Repeat [0 dc,2dc in next stitch] 12 times. 24 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 24 completed stitches or units.
3. Ch1 (not counted). Repeat [sc in next post, skip next post,5dc in next post, skip next post] six times. Join to first sc. Six five-post fans and six sc; 36 completed stitches. Count 36 completed stitches or units.
4. Ch2 (not counted). In each old six-stitch group [sc plus five dc], work2dc in its first and fourth stitches and one dc in each of the other four. Join to first dc. Forty-eight dc; all36old stitches preserved. Count 48 completed stitches or units.
5. Ch2 (not counted). Repeat [3 dc,2dc in next stitch] 12 times. 60 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 60 completed stitches or units.

Restore the independent mesh companion

Download the separate mesh companion JSON. It selects Openwork center then solid and six total working rounds. Its six palette slots are gold, coral, coral, green, green and blue. This extra slot is necessary because the mesh center has an additional working stage. Do not import the primary project and merely change its displayed name to claim that it represents this second construction.

1. Magic ring: ch2 (not counted),12 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 12 completed stitches or units.
2. Ch2 (not counted). In each old dc work dc, ch2. Join to first dc. Twelve dc and twelve ch-2 openings. Count 12 completed stitches or units.
3. In each old ch-2 opening work2dc, ch1. Starting ch2 is not counted; join to first dc. Twenty-four dc and twelve ch-1 openings. Count 24 completed stitches or units.
4. Ch2 (not counted). Repeat [dc in each of two old posts, dc in following ch-1 opening] twelve times. Join to first dc. Thirty-six dc; all twelve openings filled once. Count 36 completed stitches or units.
5. Ch2 (not counted). Repeat [2 dc,2dc in next stitch] 12 times. 48 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 48 completed stitches or units.
6. Ch2 (not counted). Repeat [3 dc,2dc in next stitch] 12 times. 60 dc. Sl st to first actual dc. Count 60 completed stitches or units.

Compare the companion's actual stages

The mesh counts are twelve, twelve, twenty-four, thirty-six, forty-eight and sixty. Gold supplies twelve foundation double crochets. Coral supplies thirty-six double crochets across two opening rounds, plus thirty-six spacing chains. Green supplies eighty-four double crochets across the fill and next solid circuit. Blue again supplies sixty outer double crochets. The companion contains one hundred ninety-two double crochets, so its equal final edge does not imply equal cumulative work or equal yarn consumption.

Keep purchasing arithmetic separate

Compare colors before rounding ball quantities. Primary coral includes single crochets and fan groups; companion coral includes post/arch transitions and spacing chains. These are different workloads even where a completed-unit subtotal happens to match. Starting-height chains, ordinary joins and tails remain outside the stated construction budgets. Measure actual consumption for each sample instead of assuming every counted stitch uses the same yarn length, or that the two sixty-post blue edges need identical meters.

Inspect the pair before planning a set

Can the two references be called size-matched from their JSON alone? Both have sixty outer posts, but gauge and center behavior still need physical comparison. Can one color family change fiber without affecting the plan? A washed trial must establish compatibility. Retain each artifact separately with its measurements and color-use notes. Consult the color guide when comparing balance. No physical set, matched dimensions or tested yarn quantity is claimed.