The Liliana Bandana

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Hey crochet friends! Welcome back to another Free Pattern Friday! Today we're making the Liliana Bandana Pattern and it is so fun and easy to make. I hope you love making this pattern as much as I do!

This bandana is such a nice piece to make for the summer and autumn months. It's also a fantastic accessory to pull together a ren-fair outfit! While I personally like to make mine from cotton or a cotton/silk blend, you can make it from whatever yarn you'd like as long as it's worsted weight yarn.

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Materials:

• 5mm crochet hook

• Worsted weight yarn, I prefer cotton or cotton-blend but you can use whatever fiber content you want!

• Scissors

• Yarn needle

Abbreviations:

• mr- magic ring

• ch- chain

• dc- double crochet

• st- stitch

• tc- triple crochet

• ss- slip stitch

• picot- picot stitch

Pattern notes:

• The brackets [ ] mark out the stitches that go into the ch space in the point of the triangle to help with ease of reading.

• At the end of each row, you will chain 3, which counts as the first tc of the next row.

• You may need to give your finished handkerchief a gentle stretch to loosen it up and give it the correct shape at the end, especially with the ties, which tend to curl up a little bit as you’re making them.

Row 1: into a mr ch 3, dc 2, ch 2, dc 3, ch 3 and turn work. Pull mr tight.

Row 2: into first st, place 2 dc, ch 1, skip 2 st, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3, ch 1], skip 2 st, place 3 dc . Ch 3 and turn work

Row 3: into first st, place 2 dc, ch 1, in next ch space place 3 dc, ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3, ch 1], in next ch space place 3 dc, ch 1, place 3dc, ch 3 and turn work

Row 4: in first st, place 2 dc, ch 1, in next two ch spaces, place 3 dc and ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3, ch 1], in next two ch spaces, place 3 dc and ch 1, in last st place 3 dc, ch 3 and turn work

Continue in this fashion until you reach 12 rows. If you find that this size is not quite large enough, or is too large, I recommend adding or taking away rows until the tips of your triangle reach an inch or two behind your ears.

After your last row, ch 49 (make sure your chains are not too tight!!) instead of chaining 3.

•  In the 3rd loop (pictured below, it’s the back loop of the chain), ss 48. 

• Then evenly place sc across the top portion of the kerchief.

• When you reach the end, ch 49, and in the 3rd loop, ss 48.

• Continue on to the last row.

If you needed to add or take away a row and now have an odd number of rows you will need to start on a triple picot stitch in the first ch 1 st, rather than a regular picot st, because we want a triple picot st to end up in the ch 2 space at the tip of the bandana.

How to picot:

• To make a picot st: place a sc and ch 3, and then ss into front two loops of sc (pictured below)

• To make a triple picot, you will start with a regular picot and then, chain 4, ss back into the two front loops, chain 3, and ss back into the two front loops. That’s it!

Last Row: 

Start by placing a sc in each of the first 3 st, in the ch 1 space, place a picot st, sc 3, in next ch space place triple picot. Continue alternating between picots and triple picots until you get to the chain 2 space. 

In the chain 2 space, place a sc, triple picot, and one more sc. Continue the same pattern of alternating picot styles until there are 3 st left. Sc in each one and tie off. 

Now all that’s left to do is weave in your ends and you have a brand new bandana! 

I hope you have so much fun making your bandana, if you do, you should tag me on Instagram so I can see your wonderful creations! (@cutiepie_crochet).

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