Mandalas
The Mandalas represents the cosmos: they are a microcosmos of the universe. There’re circular and square mandalas. The second ones belongs to Hindu cosmology: they represent the surface of the earth with a square. This form is the most fundamental for this religion. The Mandalas are four corners that represents the sunrise, sunset, North and South.
The Mandalas are two axes that make a square: 4 corners and 4 quarters. In this case I decided to do Wool Mandalas. One more time, I used the rest of yards that I’ve already used and sticks. It’s very easy to do it and a very nice gift.
a - First of all, you have to decide to which person you'’ll give the Mandala: that person may inspire to you some feelings and that feelings can be represented by some colours and some combinations of colours.
b - Then, you have to take the wool and knot the two sticks in the middle, the sticks are making two perpendicular axes. The knot should be very strong in order to have the 2 sticks very firm making the rectangular angle.
c - After that, you have to start the work with the wool. As it’s very simple, you can understand it through pics. The first example is the back style and the second is the front style. The other pic shows a variation: you can knot in the corners some wool.
Here is the finished Mandala!!!
