Dragonfly Bandana Cowl

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Dragonfly Bandana Cowl

This Dragonfly Bandana Cowl, as pictured, is made with just one skein of this beautiful Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable yarn, but the pattern can easily be adapted into a full-sized shawl. (Instructions for this can be found near the end of the pattern.) I estimate 3 – 4 skeins will be needed for a shawl.

Supplies:

One skein of Red Heart Boutique Unforgettable (270 yards) – I used the colorway called Stained Glass
Size Clover Amour 4.0 mm (G-6) crochet hook or size needed to obtain the gauge
Yarn needle for weaving in ends


Gauge in DC: 16 stitches and 8 rows = 4″ (10 cm)

Abbreviations: ch = chain, spc = space, sk = skip, sl = slip, st(s) = stitch(es), sc = single crochet, dc = double crochet

Special Instructions:

The beginning chain counts as the first stitch.
Instructions between ( ) or * are to be repeated the specified number of times.
Instructions between [ ] are all worked into the same stitch/space.

V-Stitch 1 (V-ST1): Work [dc, ch 2, dc] all in the same stitch/space.

V-Stitch 2 (V-ST2): Work [dc, ch 3, dc] all in the same stitch/space.

Picot: Ch 3, slip stitch in first chain.

Split Stitch: Working a split stitch means that you will be working into the center “V” of the stitch below, not into the top loops.


Pattern Instructions

Row 1: Ch 3, in 3rd ch from hook make [2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc], turn (6 dc)

Row 2: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 2 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (14 dc)

Row 3: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 6 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 6 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (22 dc)

Row 4: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 10 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 10 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (30 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, ch 4, sk 4 sts, sc in next st, ch 4, sk 4 sts, dc in next 3 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 3 sts, ch 4, sk 4 sts, sc in next st, ch 4, sk 4 sts, dc in next 2 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (22 sts)

Row 6: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 3 sts, make 2 dc in next st, ch 3, work a split sc into sc from previous row, ch 3, make 2 dc in next dc, dc in next 4 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 4 sts, make 2 dc in next st, ch 3, work a split sc into sc from previous row, ch 3, make 2 dc in next dc, dc in next 3 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (34 sts)

Row 7: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 7 sts, make 3 dc in ch-3 spc, ch 1, sk next st, make 3 dc in next ch-3 spc, dc in next 8 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 8 sts, make 3 dc in ch-3 spc, ch 1, sk next st, make 3 dc in next ch-3 spc, dc in next 7 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (52 sts)

Row 8: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 12 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in each st to center, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 13 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in next 12 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (62 dc)

Section 2. If working stripes, join new color in first stitch.

Row 9: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in each st to center, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in each st until 1 st remains, make 3 dc in last st, turn (70 dc)

Row 10: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, (*ch 4, sk 4 sts, sc in next st, ch 4, sk 4 sts*, dc in next 11 sts), repeat between * one time, dc in next 3 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 3 sts, repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 2 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (46 sts)

Row 11: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 3 sts, (*make 2 dc in next st, ch 3, work a split sc into sc from previous row, ch 3, make 2 dc in next dc*, dc in next 9 sts), repeat between * one time, dc in next 4 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 4 sts, repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 3 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (62 sts)

Row 12: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 7 sts, (*make 3 dc in ch-3 spc, ch 1, sk next st, make 3 dc in next ch-3 spc*, dc in next 13 sts), repeat between * one time, dc in next 8 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 8 sts, repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 7 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (90 dc)

Row 13: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 12 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in next 19 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in next 13 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 13 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in next 19 sts, dc in ch-1 spc, dc in next 12 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (102 dc)

Section 3. If working stripes, join new color in first stitch.

Row 14: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in each st to center, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in each st until 1 st remains, make 3 dc in last st, turn (110 dc)

Row 15: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 2 sts, (*ch 4, sk 4 sts, sc in next st, ch 4, sk 4 sts*, dc in next 11 sts), repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 3 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 3 sts, repeat between ( ) two times, repeat between * one time, dc in next 2 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (70 sts)

Row 16: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 3 sts, (*make 2 dc in next st, ch 3, work a split sc into sc from previous row, ch 3, make 2 dc in next dc*, dc in next 9 sts), repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 4 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 4 sts, repeat between ( ) two times, repeat between * one time, dc in next 3 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (90 sts)

Row 17: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in next 7 sts, (*make 3 dc in ch-3 spc, ch 1, sk next st, make 3 dc in next ch-3 spc*, dc in next 13 sts), repeat between ( ) one time, repeat between * one time, dc in next 8 sts, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in next 8 sts, repeat between ( ) two times, repeat between * one time, dc in next 7 sts, make 3 dc in last st, turn (128 dc)

Row 18: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in each st and into each ch-1 spc to center, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in each st and into each ch-1 spc to end, make 3 dc in last st, turn (142 dc)

Section 4. If working stripes, join new color in first stitch.

Row 19 to Row 23: Repeat Row 14 to Row 18. The instructions between ( ) will be repeated 2 times.

*To turn the scarf into a shawl, continue repeating Row 14 to Row 18, adding one additional repeat of the instructions between ( ) on each section, until the desired width is achieved.

Row 24: Ch 3, make 2 dc in first st, dc in each st to center, into ch-2 space make [2 dc, ch 2, 2dc], dc in each st until 1 st remains, make 3 dc in last st (192 dc)


Border & Ties (For Bandana only)

Row 25: Ch 21, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 10 sts, hdc in next 10 sts, dc in next st, *sk 2 sts, V-ST1 in next st*, repeat to center, V-ST2 in ch-2 space, V-ST1 in next dc, repeat instructions between * until 4 sts remain, sk 2 sts, dc in next st, hdc in last st

Row 26: Ch 21, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 10 sts, hdc in next 9 sts, sc in next st, sc between post of next dc and v-stitch, *in ch-2 space of next v-stitch make [sc, picot, sc], sc between v-stitches*, repeat between * to center, in ch-3 space make [2 hdc, picot, 2 hdc], *sc between v-stitches, in next v-stitch make [sc, picot, sc]*, repeat between * to last v-stitch, sc between v-stitch and next dc, sl st in top of hdc. Fasten off.

Weave in ends.

Border (For Shawl only)

Ch1, working across top of shawl, sc evenly to end. Fasten off. Weave ends.