Nica bandana
Elevate your pet’s style with the Nica Bandana. This charming accessory easily clips onto any collar, allowing you to add or remove it effortlessly. The bandana is knitted flat from the button tip up, providing customizable width for a perfect fit. Perfect project for beginner knitter!

Needles
1 set of circular or double pointed needles: US 2½ - 3.0 mm, 40 cm/15.75 in length or shorter. Sewing needle.

Gauge:
10x10 cm (4”x4”) = 20 sts and 33 rows on US 2 1⁄2 - 3 mm needles in stockinette stitch.

Sizes
The pattern comes in 1 (2) 3 (4) 5 sizes based on the pet collar circumference:

1: 17-24 cm/6.75-9.5 in
2: 25-32 cm/9.75-12.5 in
3: 33-42 cm/13-16.5 in
4: 43-52 cm/17-20.5 in
5: 53-62 cm/20.75-24.5 in

and collar width:
1: 2 cm/0.75 in
2: 2 cm/0.75 in
3: 2.5 cm/1 in
4: 3 cm/1.25 in
5: 3.5 cm/1.5 in

Materials:
12 (16) 23 (33) (44) grams 0.42 (0.56) 0.81 (1.16) 1.55 oz of sport weight cotton. This yarn amount includes a 10x10 cm (4”x4”) swatch.
For this pattern samples I used Drops Safran Egyptian cotton (50 g, 160 m / 1.76 oz, 175 yards)

2 (2) 2 (3) 3 buttons approximately 1.8 cm/0.75 in in diameter.