Vespertilio · Spooky Filet Crochet Face Mask Pattern (PDF, Beta)

Two bats kiss under a little heart, and their lace wings close round your face into a heart, the point under your chin. Vespertilio is a filet crochet face mask in black thread, with solid bodies and lace wings, tied at the back of the head.

BETA PATTERN

The chart and the row-by-row text have been checked against each other, but the mask hasn't been made yet. If anything needs fixing, the corrected version reaches you for free through your Payhip download link. Please crochet a swatch first, and write to me if anything doesn't add up.

WHAT YOU GET

• 2 PDFs, in English and in Polish, 7 pages each

• The chart, with numbered rows and the ties marked

• Every row written out, mesh by mesh, with the two halves in order

• Picot edging and four chain ties, stitch by stitch

• Shaping with starch

• FREE: the Vespertilio bookmark pattern (English and Polish): three bats flying down to a tassel, also a beta pattern

SIZE

About 20.4 × 23 cm before the edging, which adds about 0.5 cm all round (51 meshes × 46 rows).

MATERIALS

• Cotton crochet thread size 10, black: about 100 m, so one ball

• 1.5 mm crochet hook

• Gauge: 25 meshes × 20 rows = 10 cm, blocked

• Starch and a bowl or a ball the size of a head, for shaping

SKILL LEVEL

Experienced: from row 7 to the kiss you work two halves side by side, with meshes added at both ends of a row.

THE NAME

Vespertilio is the Latin word for a bat, most likely from vesper, "evening": the bat is the one that comes out at dusk.

This is a digital pattern, not a finished product. Images marked "digital preview" are made from the charts, not photos. For personal use: you may sell masks you make by hand, but please don't share or resell the PDFs.