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Aranea · Spooky mask
A filet crochet face mask in black thread: a spider’s web worn over the whole face and tied at the back, with a little spider dropping from the chin on a thread. One of the Spooky masks, with the matching Aranea bookmark pattern included.
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- Skill level
- Intermediate
- Size
- about 17.6 × 19.5 cm before the edging (44 meshes × 39 rows)
- Yarn
- cotton crochet thread size 10, black, about 90 m (one ball)
- Hook or needles
- 1.5 mm crochet hook; starch and a bowl for shaping
- Gauge
- 25 meshes and 20 rows = 10 cm, blocked
- Files
- PDF · English and Polish · 6 pages each, plus the bookmark pattern
About this pattern
Aranea is Latin for both the spider and its web: one word for the weaver and the work. The mask is the web and nothing else. Its outline is the shape of the web itself, the threads that anchor a web to the world have become the four ties, and there are no eye holes: you look out through the lace.
It is worked flat in rows from the chin up, the top points in parts, then edged with picots. To finish, starch it over a bowl so it keeps the shape of a face on its own, or leave it soft and flat.
This pattern has been tested: the first Aranea was crocheted by Tanya Rae, our tester, and the photos show her mask. The matching Aranea bookmark pattern comes free with the mask. The bookmark pattern hasn't been made yet: if anything in it needs fixing, the corrected version reaches you for free through your download link.
What's inside
- The chart, with numbered rows and the ties marked
- Every row written out, mesh by mesh, including the rows worked in parts
- Picot edging, four chain ties and the little spider
- Shaping with starch, or leaving it soft and flat
- The Aranea bookmark pattern, free
Learn the techniques
Free step-by-step guides with drawings, for this pattern and any other chart. All guides
Filet crochet basics
How to Read a Filet Crochet Chart
Learn to read any filet crochet chart: what the squares mean in stitches, where row 1 starts, which way each row goes and how many chains to make. Drawn out step by step.
Filet crochet basics
Adding and Removing Meshes at the Edges
How to increase and decrease in filet crochet: add or remove meshes at either end of a row, drawn out step by step.
Finishing
How to Starch and Shape Crochet Lace
How to block crochet lace and starch it: wet it, roll it in a towel, pin it out flat or over a bowl, starch it and let it dry.
Questions
Is this a finished item?
No. This is a digital PDF pattern for you to make it yourself. Nothing is posted to you.
How do I get the pattern?
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Can I sell what I make?
Yes, you can sell what you make by hand from this pattern. Please don't share or resell the PDF itself.
