A New Style Piece: The Holiday Candy Bandana
I’ve seen so many incredibly cute crochet bandanas on the wonderful Internet! They are absolutely adorable additions to any wardrobe, and are perfect for completing that boho-chic look. While scrolling through some of the dozens of styles of crochet bandanas, I thought that my Holiday Candy pattern would be able to be perfectly adapted to the crochet bandana style! After a bit of fiddling around, I got the pattern all figured out! Now, I present to you, the Holiday Candy Bandana!
Holiday Candy Bandana
Difficulty: Advanced Beginner
Gauge: 2” = 9 stitches x 8 rows
Size: 28.5” long with ties, 13” long without ties. 7” tall.
Materials:
DK Weight Yarn— I used Hobbii Rainbow Cotton 8/6 in Burnt Orange
4.5mm crochet hook
Yarn needle
Scissors
Notes:
Pattern written in US terminology
Instructions in asterisks * * are a repeated pattern over separate stitches
Instructions in brackets [ ] are stitches worked together in one stitch
Yarn is not cut to work the ties for the bandana
Pattern
Row 1: MR, ch 2, dc 3. Turn (3 sts)
Row 2: Ch 2, 2dc, V-Stitch, 2dc. Turn (6 sts)
Row 3: Ch 2, 2dc, dc 2, V-stitch ch 1 space, dc 2, 2dc. Turn (10 sts)
Row 4: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 2 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 2 times, 2dc. Turn (14 sts)
Row 5: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 3 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 3 times, 2dc. Turn (18 sts)
Row 6: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 4 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 4 times, 2dc. Turn (22 sts)
Row 7: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 5 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 5 times, 2dc. Turn (26 sts)
Row 8: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 6 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 6 times, 2dc. Turn (30 sts)
Row 9: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 7 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 7 times, 2dc. Turn (34 sts)
Row 10: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 8 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 8 times, 2dc. Turn (38 sts)
Row 11: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 9 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 9 times, 2dc. Turn (42 sts)
Row 12: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 10 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 10 times, 2dc. Turn (46 sts)
Row 13: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 11 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 11 times, 2dc. Turn (50 sts)
Row 14: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 12 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 12 times, 2dc. Turn (54 sts)
Row 15: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 13 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 13 times, 2dc. Turn (58 sts)
Row 16: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 14 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 14 times, 2dc. Turn (62 sts)
Row 17: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 15 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 15 times, 2dc. Turn (66 sts)
Row 18: Ch 2, 2dc, *dc, hdc* 16 times, [dc, ch 2, hdc] ch 1 space, *dc, hdc* 16 times, 2dc. Turn (70 sts)
Row 19: Ch 2, 2dc, *hdc, dc* 17 times, [hdc, ch 2, dc] ch 1 space, *hdc, dc* 17 times, 2dc. Turn (74 sts)
Row 20: Ch 1, *sc, hdc, [dc, ch 2, dc in 1 sts], hdc, sc* repeat *to * 7 times, sc, hdc, [dc, ch 2, dc] in ch 2 sp, hdc, sc, *sc, hdc, [dc, ch 2, dc in 1 sts], hdc, sc* 7 times.
For Ties
Do not turn. Ch 51, sc 2nd ch from hook, sc 49. Sc 40 (sides of rows.) Ch 51, sc 2nd ch from hook, sc 49. Cut yarn, FO.
