🎉 Cinco de Mayo Is for Pets Too! 🐶🐱
Cinco de Mayo isn’t just for tacos and margaritas—it’s a fiesta the whole family can enjoy, including the four-legged members! Whether you’ve got a chihuahua ready to party or a tabby cat that just wants to lounge in a sombrero, here’s how to include your pets in the Cinco de Mayo fun (safely, of course).
Get your pet in the festive spirit with a festive bandana!
Small: fits dogs with a neck size of 10-14 inches.
Medium: Fits dogs with a neck size of 14-20”.
Large: Fits dogs with a neck size of 20-26”.
Extra Large: Fits dogs with a neck size of 26-32”.
Finished bandana measures approximately 5” [7”,10”,13”] tall by 11” [16”,21”,26”] wide.
Materials:
I Love This Cotton worsted weight yarn:
20 yards red, yellow, green, blue
40 yards black
Size G (4.0 mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle
Gauge: 9 sc = 2”, 10 rows = 2”
Instructions are given for size S with M, L, XL in [ ].
Pompom: After making sc in black row, ch 5. In 3rd ch from hook, make a cluster (*yo, insert hook, yo, pull through, yo, pull through 2 lps,* 3 times, yo, pull through all lps.
Directions:
Work sc rows in color sequence of 3 rows red, 1 row black, 3 rows yellow, 1 row black, 3 rows green, 1 row black, 3 rows blue, 1 row black.
Straight edge will be neck edge; angled edges will be bottom.
Row 1: Ch 2, sc in 2nd ch from hook (1 sc).
Row 2: Ch 1, turn, inc (2 sc).
Row 3: Ch 1, turn, inc, sc across (3 sc).
Row 4: Ch 1, turn, sc across to last st, inc in last st (4 sc).
Repeat Rows 3-4 until bandana measures approximately 5” [7”,10”,12”] wide. In order to have a symmetrical appearance with a center stripe, the last inc row should be the first row of color change.
Next row: Ch 1, turn, sc in each st.
Next row: Ch 1, turn, sc across with dec at bottom edge.
Repeat dec row (with all decs at bottom edge) until only 1 sc remains.
Attach black yarn at top edge and sc across with 3 sc in corner. Sc across bottom edge until you reach a black row. *Sc in black row, make pompom, sc in next 3 sts,* repeat across until reaching the tip of the bandana. Work 3 sc in tip and continue in sc until next black row. Repeat * to * to end. Join with sl st in first black sc at top edge. Ch 25 [30,35,40] to make neck tie. Fasten off black. Knot the end tightly.
On opposite corner, attach black yarn and ch 25 [30,35,40]. Fasten off black. Knot the end tightly.
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