These bold, bright, beautiful neon crochet mandalas are from Emily who writes, “Thank you for your beautiful patterns and inspiring me to crochet, Wink.”
Author: Kathryn
These lovely little crochet mini mandalas come from Dineke who writes, “Thank you for your great initiative to create awareness about depression and to honour Marinke. I hope these mini mandalas help a little!”
Julie’s three crochet mandalas each have a special message to go along with them, a message that touches the heart and gives more depth to this project.
An anonymous contributor shares how her crochet mandalas are made in memory of her mother. And some links to depression-related letters appropriate for Mother’s Day.
These two absolutely wonderful crochet mandalas come to us from Elisabeth of Geekly Chic Crochet. She’s a 12-year-old crocheter from Versailles, KY, who was inspired by Wink.
These fabulous crochet mandalas come from Cris Crawford of QuiltWrapUp. She says, “I found out about Marinke while looking for a pattern. It was really by accident that I found out. I was on the Signed with an Owl blog, looking for a granny square pattern, when I saw the news. I thought about Wink all day.”
This sunshine beautiful crochet mandala comes to us from Anne Crochette @yarnbombingbruxelles who says it is “from Brussels with Love”. This post also shares her Gender Tipi collaborative crochet and knit art project for gender equality.
This “Sunshine Amid the Storm” mandala comes to us from Melissa in Canada (on Instagram @mknyveld). She writes, “This mandala symbolizes my struggle from suicide attempt, to putting my life back together slowly. I didn’t think it was possible, but ti make with my hands continues to help bring light on dark days.”
These two precious crochet mandalas come to us from Kari Green of Jester Creations. Kari is a Scottish 40-something single mother of two teenage boys. She loves knitting, crocheting, drawing and reading and says she, “can’t not have a creation in the making in my hands when I’m not working. And I know all too well how mental health issues can impact on every aspect of life.”
This gorgeous colorful crochet mandala comes to us from Ann Benoot, a terrific crochet artist from Belgium. It is helping us to fight against depression and suicide.