Boho Granny Crochet Bandana Pattern

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As I was making this crochet bandana pattern I was trying to think of a name for it and all that kept coming was “boho granny.” It’s a bit of a twist on granny stitch, worked from the bottom up, so you can make it whatever size you want. This gorgeous green would fit in just fine at a festival or the farmer’s market.

Inspiration

I’ve been playing with shell stitch crochet a lot lately and I was thinking I wanted to do a headband, but if you worked from a short side the shells would run sideways instead of up and down.

So I decided I wanted to make a crochet bandana pattern instead, but somewhere along the way the shells shifted into 5-stitch granny stitch clusters instead.

This easy openwork crochet bandana can be stitched up in about an hour, so you can try it with 3-stitch clusters, with fewer chains so the stitches look more like shells, or even in a solid double crochet stitch if you’d rather.

Supplies

For my boho granny crochet bandana pattern, I used this lovely Knit Picks Mighty Stitch in color Marina. I used about 75 yards. Mighty Stitch is a 100 percent acrylic worsted/medium/size 4 yarn, so you can use whatever you have on hand. Or you can use any weight of yarn you like and a corresponding crochet hook.

To stitch this I used a size I/5.5 mm crochet hook. The one shown is a Furls hook, which I love and it kind of coordinates with the yarn.

In addition you’ll need a pair of scissors and a yarn needle for finishing.

Gauge

Gauge is not critical because you can adjust as you go, but each of my 5-stitch clusters is about an inch/2.5 cm wide and a little less than an inch tall.

Size

As shown the boho granny bandana is 9 inches/22.8 cm long and 12 inches/30.5 cm wide at the top. Adjust the width by working more or fewer increases, and the length by working more or fewer rows.

How to Make the Boho Granny Crochet Bandana Pattern

This bandana is worked from the bottom up, starting with a short chain. I like 2 chains to mimic the height of a double crochet stitch, but if you prefer 3 do that instead. The chains at the beginning of rows count as a double crochet stitch.

Chain 3.

Work 5 double crochets in the first stitch of the chain (farthest from the hook).

Turn, chain 2 and work 4 double crochets in the last stitch of the previous row.

Chain 2.

Skip to the last stitch of the row, and work 5 double crochets in that stitch.

Turn, chain 2 and work 4 double crochets in the last stitch of the previous row. Chain 2, skip to the chain 2 from the previous row, and work 5 double crochets there. Chain 2, skip to the last stitch of the row, and work 5 double crochets in that stitch.

Repeat this row until you have 5 clusters of stitches. Below we will call this the increase row.

To begin the next row, chain 4.

Skip to the chain from the previous row, and work 5 double crochets. Repeat across.

At the end of the row, chain 4 and join the chain to the last stitch of the previous row using a slip stitch. For this row you will have 4 clusters.

Turn, chain 2, and work 4 double crochets in the chain from the previous row. Chain 2, skip to the next chain, work 5 double crochets in the chain space. Repeat across. Now you have 5 clusters again. Together these are the straight rows below.

Turn, chain 2, and work an increase row. Work 2 sets of chain rows. You now have 6 clusters of stitches.

Work another increase row, then check and make sure the bandana is as wide as you want. If it’s good, work as many sets of straight rows as you need for the length you want. I did three sets. You can work another increase row in here if you need to.

End with the second row of the straight rows.