Free Crochet Bandana - Crochet Dreamz

Looking for a free crochet bandana that’s light, stylish, and easy to wear? This crochet lace bandana features a delicate shell pattern that creates a beautiful, airy fabric perfect for warm weather.

Cream crochet bandana with an open shell stitch lace pattern and long tie, photographed flat on a white fabric background.

This simple crochet bandana pattern is beginner-friendly and works up quickly with just a few repeating rows. Whether you’re new to bandana crochet patterns or searching for an easy crochet bandana, you’ll love how relaxing this project is to make.

Wear it as a crochet head bandana for sunny days or pair it with your favorite outfits as one of your handmade crochet fashion accessories. You can even make it in autumn colors for a beautiful fall accessory.

Crochet Bandana Pattern

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Materials

1. Premier Cotton Sprout 100% cotton DK weight yarn. I used colors Peach and Cream for the samples.
2. Hook C (2.75mm)
3. Tapestry needle to weave in the ends

Finished Size

2o inches wide and 10 inches tall

Yardage

100 yards

Abbreviations

Pattern is in standard American terms.

sc: single crochet
sl st: slip stitch
ch: chain
dc: double crochet
sk: skip
tr: treble crochet
dtr: double treble crochet

Pattern Notes

The bandana is worked bottom up.

Stitch Explanations

Treble crochet (tr): YO twice, pull up a loop in the specified st, (YO, pull through 2 loops)3 times.

Double treble crochet (dtr): YO thrice, pull up a loop in the specified st, (YO, pull through 2 loops)4 times.

Shell: (4 tr, ch 3, 4 tr) into the same space specified.

V-st: (tr, ch 3, tr) into the same st specified.

Picot: sc, ch 3, sl st to top of the sc.

Row 1 of the crochet bandana showing the first shell stitch worked into the starting ring with chain loops on each side. — 1. Row 1 of crochet bandana

Row 1: Ch 4, sl st to 1st ch to form a ch ring, ch 4 (counts as a tr), 3 tr in ch ring, ch 3, 4 tr in ch ring, turn. ——–(1 shell)

Row 2 of the crochet bandana with 2 V-titches connected by chain spaces, beginning to form the triangular shape. — 1. Row 2 of crochet bandana

Row 2: Ch 7 (counts as a tr+ 3 chs), 1 tr in first st (same st where you worked the beginning ch 7), ch 3, 1 sc in middle ch-3 space of shell, ch 3, 1 sc in same ch space, ch 3, (tr, ch3, dtr) on top of beg ch, turn. ———(2 V-sts and 2 sc).

Row 3 of the crochet bandana showing five shell stitches joined with chain loops. — 3. Row 3 of crochet bandana

Row 3: Ch 5 (counts as a dtr), 3 tr in 1st ch-3 space, ch 3, 4 tr in same ch space, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, (4tr, ch 3, 3tr) into the last ch 3 space, dtr on top of beginning ch 4, turn.——(2 shells and 1 sc)

Row 4 of the crochet bandana with additional shell stitches and chain spaces, expanding the triangle evenly. — 4. Row 4 of crochet bandana

Row 4: Ch 8 (counts as one dtr+ch 3), 1 tr in first st (same st where you chained 8), ch 3, (sc, ch3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the shell, ch 3, sk next 4 tr and ch loop, V-st in next sc, ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the shell, ch 3, (tr, ch 3, dtr) on top of beginning ch, turn.—-(3 V-sts and 4 sc)

Row 5 of the crochet bandana featuring a wider lace triangle with repeating shell stitch motifs. — 5. Row 5 of crochet bandana

Row 5: Ch 5 (counts as a dtr), 3 tr in 1st ch-3 space, ch 3, 4 tr in same ch space, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, shell in next V-st, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, (4tr, ch 3, 3tr) into the last ch 3 space, dtr on top of beginning ch 5, turn.——(3 shells and 2 sc)

Row 6 of the crochet bandana showing the growing triangle with open chain spaces and more V-stitches. — 6. Row 6 of crochet bandana

Row 6: Ch 8 (counts as one dtr+ch 3), 1 tr in first st (same st where you chained 8), *ch 3, (sc, ch3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the shell, ch 3, sk next 4 tr and ch loop, V-st in next sc, repeat from * once, ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the last shell, ch 3, (tr, ch 3, dtr) on top of beginning ch, turn.—-(4 V-sts and 6 sc)

Row 7 of the crochet bandana displaying the repeating lace shell pattern as the triangle continues to expand. — 7. Row 7 of crochet bandana

Row 7: Ch 5 (counts as a dtr), 3 tr in 1st ch-3 space, ch 3, 4 tr in same ch space, *ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, shell in next V-st, repeat from * once, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, (4tr, ch 3, 3tr) into the last ch 3 space, dtr on top of beginning ch 4, turn.——(4 shells and 3 sc)

Row 8: Ch 8 (counts as one dtr+ch 3), 1 tr in first st (same st where you chained 8), *ch 3, (sc, ch3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the shell, ch 3, sk next 4 tr and ch loop, V-st in next sc, repeat from * until you work a V-st in the last sc, ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch space in the middle of the last shell, ch 3, (tr, ch 3, dtr) on top of beginning ch 4, turn.—-(5 V-sts and 8 sc)

Row 9: Ch 5 (counts as a dtr), 3 tr in 1st ch-3 space, ch 3, 4 tr in same ch space, *ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, shell in next V-st, repeat from * until you work a shell in the second to last V-st, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, 1 sc in ch-3 space between the sc sts, ch 2, sk next ch-3 loop, (4tr, ch 3, 3tr) into the last ch 3 space, dtr on top of beginning ch 4, turn.——(5 shells and 4 sc)

Repeat Rows 8 and 9 until the triangle measures approximately 9 inches tall, ending with a repeat of Row 8.

Border Around the Bandana

Ch 1, 3 sc in next two ch-3 spaces, 1 sc in next space, *(3 sc in next ch-3 space, 2 sc in next ch-3 space, 3 sc in next ch-3 space, 1 sc in next space), repeat from * until you work 2 sc in last ch-3 space, 3 sc in beginning ch-4, pivot to work along the side of the triangle.

4 sc in first space on the side, picot in the hole at the base of the dtr st, *(4 sc in next two spaces, picot in the hole at the base of the dtr st), repeat from * until you work a picot on top of the first shell, 4 sc in last space to reach the base of the triangle, picot in bottom point, sc in same point, 4 sc in first space on the right edge, picot in the hole at the base of the dtr st, *(4 sc in next two spaces, picot in the hole at the base of the dtr st), repeat from * until you work a picot at the base of the V-st of the last row, 4 sc in last space, 2 sc in the corner, ch 45, fasten off.