Aranea · Spooky Filet Crochet Face Mask Pattern (PDF)

A spider web across the whole face, with no eye holes: you look out through the lace. Aranea is a filet crochet face mask in black thread, the shape of the web itself, tied at the back of the head with four chain ties, and a little spider drops from the chin on a thread.

TESTED PATTERN

The first Aranea was crocheted by Tanya Rae, our pattern tester, and the photos show her mask. She shaped it with starch over a mask, so it keeps the shape of a face on its own; you can also leave yours flat.

WHAT YOU GET

• 2 PDFs, in English and in Polish, 6 pages each

• The chart, with numbered rows and the ties marked

• Every row written out, mesh by mesh, including the rows worked in parts at the top

• Picot edging, four chain ties and the little spider, stitch by stitch

• Shaping with starch

• FREE: the Aranea bookmark pattern (English and Polish), the same web with its own spider. The bookmark is a beta pattern: if anything needs fixing, the corrected version reaches you for free through your download link.

SIZE

About 17.6 × 19.5 cm before the edging, which adds about 0.5 cm all round (44 meshes × 39 rows).

MATERIALS

• Cotton crochet thread size 10, black: about 90 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

Intermediate: shaping at the edges, rows worked in parts.

THE NAME

Aranea is Latin for both the spider and its web: one word for the weaver and the work.

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.