Florence Bandana | Free Crochet Pattern

Simple and feminine, the Florence Bandana is the sweetest little accessory for channeling your inner cowgirl or sophisticated European. Made with lightweight yarn, the triangle neck scarf is breezy and quick to crochet (perfect for using up scraps!). Available as a free crochet pattern, there are plenty of photos to assist in the process of crocheting this scarf.

Inspiration

I’m dubbing this year as the cottagecore cowgirl summer haha. Y’all know how much I adore a simple and feminine, cottagecore inspired aesthetic, and my most recent style that I’ve been tapping into is country/cowgirl🤭. While I was browsing on Pinterest, I kept seeing the cutest little neck scarves, and I knew I had to design one for summer! The western style inspired the triangle shape of the bandana, while I tied in the feminine style through the eyelet row and scalloped border.

Styling

The Florence Bandana is super versatile in terms of crocheting the scarf and wearing it. I designed this scarf to be more feminine with the pretty little scalloped border, but you can also opt out of the border, to make a more neutral scarf. Additionally you can easily adapt the size of the scarf by continuing to increase more rows, or you can make it smaller by stopping the decreases sooner (more details in the pattern notes).

As far as wearing this bandana you can wear it so many different ways! Style the scarf with the point in the front, for the cute cowgirl/bandana look, or style the knot in front for a more chic, sophisticated look. You can also wear this has a bandana in your hair, which would be sooo cute for summer! Lastly, if you have a little fur baby, you could even make a cute little bandana for your dog! (as shown below by one of my lovely pattern testers🥰)

Yarn

I intentionally designed this scarf to use less than one skein of fingering weight yarn. In the last few years, I’ve really been getting into purchasing and using more hand-dyed yarn. However, given the fact that hand-dyed yarn is more expensive (as it should be given the time and energy that goes into the dyeing process!), I typically only purchase 1-2 skeins. I found that I had these beautiful skeins of yarn with nothing to really do with them. So I set out on a mission to design more patterns that use 1 skein of fingering weight yarn. Last fall, I designed the Dorchester Scarf, and given how well that pattern was received (thank you, thank you, thank you!!). I was inspired to keep this little scarf under 1 skein of fingering weight yarn.

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Skill Level: Easy

Materials

Yarn

280 yards (70 grams) of fingering weight yarn. This is a great project you if you have a special skein of fingering weight lying around. All samples used yarn from Sewrella Yarn

Hook

US G/4.00mm crochet hook

Notions

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Pattern Notes

• The pattern is worked in US crochet terms.
• The scarf is worked from point to point, starting with increasing to the longest point and and then decreasing back down.
• This pattern is totally customizable! You can choose to opt out of the eyelet detail down the middle of the scarf. If you want the scarf to be less feminine, you can also opt out of crocheting the border.
• You can easily adjust the size of the scarf to fit your preferences! Simply work more or less increase rows and work the same amount of decreases.

Gauge

Keep in mind the gauge swatch counts only the single crochets and not the chains. So with a row of 14 sc, you should have 27 sts.

Pre blocked

26 rows of 14 sc (following granite stitch pattern) = 4 inches

Measurements

Measurements are approximate, and they DO NOT include the border

Pre blocking

• Length: 33.5 inches
• Width (from center point to the top side): 7.75 inches

After blocking

• Length: 43 inches
• Width (from center point to the top side): 7.75 inches

Abbreviations

Sl st: Slip Stitch

Ch: Chain

Sc: Single Crochet

Sc2tog: Single Crochet Together

Hdc: Half Double Crochet

Dc: Double Crochet

Video Tutorial

Click here for the video tutorial

Pattern

Ch 3

Row 1: 1 sc in the third ch (1 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Row 2: Skip the first sc, work 1 sc in ch2 space (1 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Row 3: In the ch space, [1 sc, ch 1, 1 sc]. (2 sc).Ch 2, turn.

Row 4-5: 1 sc in ch space, ch 1. 1 sc in last ch space (2 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Row 103: *1 sc in ch space, ch 1* repeat to end of row. (27 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Now we will begin the decreases

Row 104: 1 sc2tog over the first 2 ch spaces (see photos below), ch 1. *1 sc in ch space, ch 1* repeat to end of row. (26 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Row 105-107: 1 sc in ch space, ch 1* repeat to end of row. (26 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Row 108: 1 sc tog over the first 2 ch spaces, ch 1. *1 sc in ch space, ch 1* repeat to end of row. (25 sc). Ch 2, turn.

Repeat rows 105-108 until you have decreased down to 1 sc.

Border

Note: The border is totally optional! I’ve made a sample without the border, and it turned out just as cute! If you chose to opt out of the border, skip over this section

Round 1: Sl st into ch 1 space, ch 3, skip over 1 row, sl st into the next row, [ch 3, skip over 1 row, sl st into the next row], Repeat around the bandana.

Row 2: In each ch space, *sl st, ch 1, 1 hdc, ch 1, sl st*

Once you’ve reached the beginning of the round, fasten off and weave in ends.

The scarf may be wavy (shown below) after crocheting the border. This should fix itself in blocking (especially if you focus on stretching out the scarf)

Blocking

Due to the nature of the stitch used in the pattern, I highly recommend blocking this scarf.

Blocking will help relax the stitches, and add a lot of drape and length. I focused on blocking mine more for length verses width. I focused on gently stretching out the scarf while I pinned it to my blocking board to dry.

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I hope you enjoy crocheting the Avonlea Pillow! Be sure to tag me on Instagram with your cute flower pillow, I would love to see it!

xo, Grace