Stash Bandit by Donnie Herrington

Stash Bandit

Knitting
September 2025
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
24 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette
US 4 - 3.5 mm
400 - 430 yards (366 - 393 m)
one size 22x14
English
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This bandana shaped cowl will be your next steadfast pattern for that one skein of fingering weight souvenir yarn. You know the one. It was love at first sight. Some yarns you admire.This one spoke a language only yarn people understand, and you fell instantly under its spell.

It would also make a great stash buster!

The Stash Bandit cowl is knit top-down and starts out as a simple triangle before joining the ends in the round to add some neck-warming length.

Finished Size
14 inches wide X 22 inches tall
28 inches around.

Yarn
Road Trip Sock Merino - 85% SW Merino/15%
Nylon, Fingering weight.
400 meters / 100 grams (437 yards)

Needles and Notions
24-32 inch US# 4 circular needle.
Two visually different stitch markers
cable needle or DPN for two small cable sts.
Tapestry needle.

Gauge
24 sts X 36 rows / 4 inches in stockinette stitch