Easy ribbed crochet bandana cowl for your little one.

Meet the new fall scarf your kid will wear to school every day. Timeless and simple design for an elegant cowl that can be worn in two ways.

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The Avery crochet bandana cowl is a light scarf that can be easily tucked inside your kid’s jacket and protect their throat and nose.

It can be easily put on and taken off even from the youngest age and there’s no choking hazard as with the big long scarfs, which I never recommend for babies and toddlers.

This is the perfect crochet cowl for boys due to the simplicity of the design. Your little cowboy is going to love it if you are going to tell him that it’s what bandits wore back in the day.

Having said that, and since I am a lover of simple and elegant things I would say that this is a unisex design, and not all girl clothing should be unicorns and rainbows, in my opinion.

While I love a good frill, give simple designs like this that I can wear every day and you have my heart.

The stitches

For this beautiful crochet cowl, I used the same stitch pattern as the Avery towel from the Rustic Tea Towels Collection, and the Japanese knot bag (maybe I should call this one, too, the Avery bag?)

I am at the point right now in my design career where I am using the same stitch pattern that I love more than once and making families of patterns.

This is really inspiring for me because I love seeing the same stitch pattern transformed in another object, with a different yarn, and having different qualities.

Don’t you find that interesting, too?

The yarn

For the Avery crochet bandana cowl, I chose Drops Air, a soft and warm wool-alpaca yarn. It’s one of my favorite blow yarns, and it’s so easy to find it here.

If it’s difficult for you to find don’t worry. I will list some alternatives below.

But really, any worsted weight yarn will work for this project. Just make sure to make a gauge swatch and check it against mine.

It’s fine whether you choose wool or acrylic, but make sure it’s a soft one since you don’t want any complaints from your little one about itchy skin.

Crochet Bandana Cowl Construction

The Avery cowl is crocheted from side to side and worked flat. You will start from one side, increase on one end until you get halfway through, and start decreasing until you reach the original number of stitches.

You then seam together to form a circular bandana cowl. It can be worn as is or folded a bit on the inside for added warmth and comfort.

More kid’s crochet patterns you may like:

In order of appearance: The Carson vest, Grayson bonnet, and the Forest Fairy cardigan.

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Materials

Worsted Weight #4 • 65-90-110 yds, (60-80-100 m)
Drops, Air
Color: 35 Clay and 17 Denim blue

Crochet hook: US I/5.50 mm
Yarn needle
Scissors

Gauge: 17 sts x 17 rows is 4″ (10 cm) in pattern

Final size

Circumference: 16″, 17.5″, 19″ (40, 44, 49 cm)
Largest part (tip): 4.75″, 5.5″, 6.75″ (12, 14.5, 17 cm)

Substitute yarns

• Wonderfluff
• Brava
• Brava Tweed
• Wool of the Andes

Notes

– All my patterns are written in Standard US terms.
– Keep your slip stitches loose while crocheting.
– The pattern is written for size 1-3 years, and then following in parenthesis are (4-7 y, 8-12 y).
– The final stitch count is presented at the end of each row like this (1-3 y, 4-7 y, 8-12 y).

Abbreviations

R: row
RS: right side
ch(s): chain(s)
hdc: half double crochet
sl st: slip stitch
blo: back loop only
inc: increase
st(s): stitch(es)
dec: decrease

Avery Crochet Bandana Cowl Free pattern

R1 (RS): ch 12 (16, 19), hdc in second ch from hook and in all chs across, ch 1, turn (11, 15, 18)
R2-4: sl st in blo in each st across, ch 1, turn (11, 15, 18)
R5: in blo, hdc inc in first st, hdc in each st across, ch 1, turn (12, 16, 19)
R6-8: sl st in blo in each st across, ch 1, turn (12, 16, 19)
R9-36 (40, 44): repeat R5-8. In the last row you will have (20, 24, 29) sts.
R37 (41, 45): in blo, hdc dec, hdc in each st across, ch 1, turn (19, 23, 28)
R38-40 (42-44, 46-48): sl st in blo in each st across, ch 1, turn (19, 23, 28)
R41-68 (45-76, 49-84): repeat (R37-40, R41-44, R45-48). In the final row you will have (11, 15, 18) sts.

Fasten off and leave a long tail for sewing. Follow the photo tutorial for easy sewing directions.

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Assembly & Photo Tutorial

This is your finished cowl. Leave a long tail and prepare to sew.

Fold with the wrong side facing you and sew the first and last row.

For a seamless look, make sure to grab the chain that’s left from the initial starting chain and the back loop of the slip stitches of your last row.

The seam is invisible.

You may choose to add a slip stitch edging around the whole cowl for a neater look. As you can see in the photo below, the brown one (on the left) doesn’t have the edging yet.

To do this, join new yarn at the upper part of the cowl, near the seam. Make decorative slip stitches around and join in the first slip stitch. Cut yarn and repeat the same process for the bottom part of the cowl. Remember to keep your slip stitches loose.

That’s it! Weave in all your ends and you are done! I hope you enjoyed making the Avery bandana cowl.

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