Using instance variables in SQLite3 update?

Ok so basically I'm trying to update an existing SQLite3 Database with instance variables (typ and lvl)

#Set variables
typ = 'Test'
lvl = 6

#Print Databse
print("\nHere's a listing of all the records in the table:\n")
for row in cursor.execute("SELECT rowid, * FROM fieldmap ORDER BY rowid"):
    print(row)

#Update Info
sql = """
UPDATE fieldmap
SET buildtype = typ, buildlevel = lvl
WHERE rowid = 11
"""

cursor.execute(sql)

#Print Databse
print("\nHere's a listing of all the records in the table:\n")
for row in cursor.execute("SELECT rowid, * FROM fieldmap ORDER BY rowid"):
    print(row)

As an Error I'm getting

sqlite3.OperationalError: no such column: typ

Now I basically know the problem is that my variable is inserted with the wrong syntax but I can not for the life of me find the correct one. It works with strings and ints just fine like this:

sql = """
UPDATE fieldmap
SET buildtype = 'house', buildlevel = 3
WHERE rowid = 11
"""

But as soon as I switch to the variables it throws the error.