This small bandana cowl uses two different stitches to play with the colors in a variegated skein of fingering weight yarn. The linen stitch at the top is worked back and forth and blends colors together, while the rows of shell stitches at the bottom cluster sections of color.

Arcade is quick and fun to work and is a nice little accessory for the neckline of your jacket.

This pattern includes both written instructions and charts.

Because I’m a leftie and I hate flipping charts in my head, this pattern also includes reversed charts for my fellow leftie crocheters.

Yarn
Miss Babs Yummy 2-Ply
100% superwash Merino wool; 400 yd/3.9 oz (365 m/110 g) skeins 1 skein, shown in Patchwork
Or approximately 400 yards/365 meters of fingering weight yarn.

Finished Measurements
Circumference at neck: 21”/52.5 cm
Length center front: 16½”/41 cm
Length center back: 4½”/11 cm

Hook
US F 4mm hook, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
Blocked: 23 stitches and 22 rows = 4”/10 cm in linen stitch
pattern.
4 shells measure about 4½”/11 cm wide; 7 shells (14 rounds) measure about 4”/10 cm tall.
Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

Notions
2 locking stitch markers
Tapestry needle

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