Free Crochet Face Mask Adapter With Or Without Buttons

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Crochet Face Mask Adapter – Free Crochet Pattern

Quick and simple Crochet Face Mask Adapter even if you don’t have buttons in the house.

This ear protector strap for a face mask is a very easy project you can make in a few minutes and you can donate them to those who need them the most and show your support.

You can use them with regular face masks or you can make your own face mask with filter inserts from one of my 3 designs here: Crochet Face Mask with Filter Pocket, Crochet Face Mask with Filter, and Crochet Face Mask with Filter Insert.

This crochet face mask adapter pattern comes in two versions: with regular plastic buttons or with your own crocheted buttons.

I will show you how to make your own yarn buttons the easy way. Make as many ear protectors as you like and spread the love.

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Video Tutorial

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Crochet Face Mask Adapter EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE BUTTONS

Learn The Basic Crochet Stitches

Crochet Face Mask Adapter – Pattern Info

Crochet Level

EASY – This pattern is suitable for beginner crocheters who are familiar with reading a pattern and know the basic stitches. Check out my step-by-step video tutorial.

Supplies I used

1 x 50g balls of Anatolya Yarn 100% cotton yarn
crochet hook size 3.5mm
plastic buttons (optional)
tapestry needle & scissors
sewing needle and thread (optional for the plastic buttons)

I can’t remember where I bought this yarn from, but any cotton yarn will do. Here is a substitution for my UK readers and one for my USA, CANADA & INTERNATIONAL readers.

Size

Using the yarn weight and hook size suggested in this pattern will create a crochet face mask adapter 13cm long.

You can make your as long or short as you need by changing the number of chains.

The Stitches

Pattern written in US terms using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.

Most basic stitches below have a video that shows you how to crochet them. Follow the blue link next to them for each individual video.

magic ring
ch – chain

hdc – half double crochet
sl st – slip stitch

Special Stitches

No special stitches were used to make this crochet face mask adapter.

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Crochet Face Mask Adapter – CROCHET PATTERN

The Crochet Strap

With 3.5mm hook and cotton yarn ch22

Row 1: sc in 3rd ch from hook, 18hdc, 3hdc in the last chain.

Don’t turn, instead rotate your work around so the working yarn ends up on the right side again. It’s now time to crochet on the other side of the chain.

19Hdc (one in each chain), sl st on top of ch2 you skipped at the beginning of the row. Fasten off and weave in the ends.

The Yarn Buttons

If you don’t have any spare buttons in the house to make this ear protector, I have a simple solution: make your own yarn buttons.
Here is a simple pattern.

With a 3.5mm crochet hook and cotton yarn, make a magic ring. Work in the round, without turning.

Round 1: ch1 (does not count as a stitch), 8hdc, sl st. Don’t close the magic ring just yet.

Round 2: 15hdc in the magic ring, made over the previous round of hdc, sl st, fasten off, and weave in the end.

Close the magic ring by pulling the tail tight. Don’t cut or weave the tail yet.

TIP: To make the buttons even bigger, repeat round 2 and crochet another layer of hdc stitches (make 20).