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Mau · Spooky mask
A filet crochet face mask in black thread: a cat’s head with a crown of spikes, pointed ears and a grin from ear to ear, cut to the cat’s own shape and tied at the back. One of the Spooky masks, with the matching Mau bookmark pattern included.
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- Skill level
- Intermediate
- Size
- about 18.4 × 16 cm before the edging (46 meshes × 32 rows)
- Yarn
- cotton crochet thread size 10, black, about 85 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
Mau is the ancient Egyptian word for a cat: mjw, usually read “miu”, most likely the cat’s own meow. The mask is a black cat’s head in lace: filled meshes for the fur, open meshes for the eyes and the wide grin, and the ties come out of the cheeks like whiskers. An Egyptian name and a grin the Cheshire Cat would envy.
It is worked flat in rows from the chin up, with meshes added at both ends of a row; the ears and the crown are worked in parts. A picot edging goes all round, and starch over a bowl makes the ears and the crown stand up.
This pattern has been tested: Lilia has crocheted the first Mau, and photos of it are coming soon. The matching Mau 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 ears and the crown
- Picot edging and four chain ties
- Shaping with starch so the ears stand up
- The Mau 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
Picot Edging, Step by Step
How to crochet a picot and a picot edging all round filet lace: the single crochet base, the corners and a picot every third stitch.
Questions
Is this a finished item?
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