Author
by Elijah K.
Introduction
This pattern is a reply to a-to-z's request for a kids' face mask.
Materials List
Medium-weight yarn, any color
size I-9 hook (5.5 mm)
Finished Size
variable, depends on your kid's face size
Gauge
3 cm - 4 rows of sc, 5 sc
Notes
Try it on constantly as you work.
The Pattern
Nose
Chain until 4 times the width of the your child's nose is reached, plus one extra chain.
1-Sc into 1st ch from hook, and across row to 1 ch from the end, sl st.
2-Ch 1, repeat row 1 across row.
3+4-Ch 1, repeat row 1 across rows, but in place of sl st, sc 2 into next st.
Repeat row 4 as needed, if the distance between the bottoms of the nose and the eyes is larger.
Eyes
1-Ch 1, {sc into each sc} until 3 sts' width from corner of eye, hdc 2, dc, ch width of eye, sk however many sts to make a good eye hole, hdc, sc width of between the eyes (minus the hdc's), hdc, ch eye width, dc, hdc 2, sc same number of sc's in { }'s, which should be to the end of the row.
2-Ch 1, sc in each sc, sl st in each hdc, dc, and each ch, across row.
Forehead
A-Ch 1, sc in each st across row.
B-Ch 1, sc in each st across row, sc2tog at ending 2 sts.
C-Ch 1, sc2tog, sc in each st across row, sc2tog at ending 2 sts.
Repeat rows A, B, and C in a random pattern to fit your kid's forehead, starting with A right after the eyes.
You and your kid have fun!