Bandana Style Crochet Cowl by Veronika Cromwell

Updated April 2, 2026

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This week I am welcoming guest designer Veronika Cromwell from @bluestarcrochet to the blog with her beautiful Bandana Style Cowl.

1. Materials and Tools needed
2. Notes and gauge

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Materials and Tools needed

West Yorkshire Spinners ReTreat yarn x 1 ball in Harmony; chunky roving yarn; 140m per 100g ball

7 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Scissors

Notes and gauge

Your finished cowl should measure 18 cm height x 66 cm circumference

The cowl is worked flat in rows with a point created at the front and decreases worked at each end.

You start with creating L shaped piece which is sewn together at the end to create a round cowl.

Tension

11 sts x 8 rows = 10 cm measured over herringbone stitch

Skill level

Beginner

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Stitches and Abbreviations

Pattern written in UK terms but switchable to US terms above.

yoh– yarn over

st(s): – stitch

RS – right side

WS – wrong side

ch-sp(s): – chain space

Chain: ch(s): Yarn over, pull through.

Slip Stitch(s): sl st: Insert hook, yarn over pull through stitch and loop on hook

Double crochet: dc(s): Insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have two loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through remaining two loops.

Half Treble Crochet: htr(s): Yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, you will have three loops on the hook. Yarn over, pull through all three loops.

HBtr(s): – herringbone treble crochet stitch- yoh, insert hook into next st, pull up loop, pull the loop through 1 loop on hook, yoh, pull through 1 loop on hook, yoh and pull through 2 loops on hook

HBtr2tog(s): – work the following stitches together using herringbone treble crochet stitch- (yoh, insert hook into next st, pull up loop, pull the loop through 1 loop on hook, yoh, pull through 1 loop on hook) twice, yoh and pull through all 3 loops on hook.

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Pattern

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Chain 73.

Fold the L shape piece in half along the 2 ch-sp (the broken line in the sketch) with WS facing and sew or slip stitch the two edges together. Sew in all ends and turn RS out.