Realistic Skull Mask Crochet Pattern

Abbreviations Used: Materials Used:

• blk = black • Crochet hook
• wht = white • 1 skein Aran/worsted weight yarn, wht
• d = double • 1 skein Aran/worsted weight yarn, blk
• mag circ = magic circle • Scissors
• sk = skip • Yarn needle
• yo = yarn over • Stitch marker
• CC = change colors Sizing, Gauge & Yardage:
• prev = previous Child Small: Using size “B” hook and worsted weight yarn, 11 sts &
• lp = loop 5 rows equals 2” in dc. 125-145 yds (yards) total. 20-30 yds blk, 105-
• ch = chain 115 yds wht
• st = stitch Child Large: Using size “B” hook and Aran weight yarn, 10 sts & 5
rows equals 2” in dc . 140-160 yds total. 25-35 blk, 120-130 wht.
• inc = increase
Adult Small: Using size “D” hook and Aran weight yarn, 9 sts & 4
• dec = decrease rows equals 2” in dc. 160-180 yds total. 25-35 blk, 135-145 wht.
• sl st = slip stitch Adult Large: Using size “E” hook and Aran weight yarn, 8 sts & 4
• sc = single crochet rows equals 2” in dc. Between 190 & 210 yds total. 30-40 blk, 150-160
• dc = double crochet wht
• hdc = half double crochet
(Beginning worked in the round. Note that the front of the work will be where the row ends/begins.)
Rows
1. Using wht: Create a d mag circ. Pull up lp through mag circ. Ch 2 (counts as first st). Dc 4. Leave 4th st
open. CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk, leave st open, CC to wht. Dc 5 using wht. Leave 5th st open. CC to blk.
Dc 1 using blk, leave st open. CC to wht. Close mag circ. (12 sts total)
2. Inc every st of row (to inc, dc 2 times in same st). Dc 10 using wht. Into blk st from prev row, dc 1
using wht, leave open and CC to blk. To inc, dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC to wht.
Dc 10 using wht. Into next blk st from prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC to blk. Dc 1 using
blk into same blk st, leave open and CC to wht. (24 sts total)
3. Inc every 2nd st of row. Dc 16 using wht. Into blk st from prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC
 to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC to wht. Dc 16 using wht. Into next blk st from
prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC
to wht. (36 sts total)
4. Inc every 3rd st of row. Dc 22 using wht. Into blk st from prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC
to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC to wht. Dc 22 using wht. Into next blk st from
prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC
to wht. (48 sts total)
5. Inc every 4th st of row. Dc 28 using wht. Into blk st from prev row, dc 1 using wht, leave open and CC
to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same blk st, leave open and CC to wht. Dc 26 using wht. Into next st, dc 1
using wht, leave open and CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk. (Continue using blk in next row.) (60 sts total)
6. Inc every 5th st of row. Dc 1 using blk, leave open, CC to wht. Dc 33 using wht, leave 33rd st open and
CC to blk. Into blk st from prev row, dc 1 using blk, leave open
and CC to wht. Dc 1 using wht in same blk st, and continue to
use wht. Dc 30 using wht, leave 30th st open and CC to blk. Dc 3
using blk, leave 3rd st open and CC to wht. Dc 3 using wht, leave
3rd st open and CC to blk. (72 sts total)
7. Inc every 6th st. Dc 3 using blk, leave 3rd st open and CC to wht.
Dc 35 using wht, leave 35th st open and CC to blk. Dc 4 using
blk, leave 4th st open and CC to wht. Dc 32 using wht, leave 32nd
open and CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, leave 4th open and CC to
wht. Dc 6 using wht. (Continue using wht in next row.) (84 sts
total) See Picture (right). Picture 1: End of row 7, end of inc
8. End of inc section, do NOT inc. Dc 2 using wht, leave 2nd st open and CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, leave
4th st open, CC to wht. Dc 31 using wht, leave 31st st open, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open
and CC to wht. Dc 2 using wht, leave 2nd st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC
to wht. Dc 30 using wht, leave 30th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to
wht. Dc 9 using wht. (Continue using wht in next row.) (84 sts total)
9. Dc 5 using wht, leave 5th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd open and CC to wht. Dc 29
using wht, leave 29th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd open and CC to wht. Dc 4 using
wht, leave 4th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd open and CC to wht. Dc 28 using wht,
leave 28th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to wht. Dc 10 using wht.
(Continue using wht in next row.) (84 sts total)
10. Dc 6 using wht, leave 6th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to wht. Dc 27
using wht, leave 27th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to wht. Dc 6
using wht, leave 6th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to wht. Dc 26 using
wht, leave 26th st open and CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, leave 2nd st open and CC to wht. Dc 11 using wht.
(Continue using wht in next row) (84 sts total)
11. Dc 7 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 8 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 12 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 8 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk,
CC to wht. Dc 11 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 8 using wht, and CC to blk. Dc 2
using blk, CC to wht. Dc 12 using wht. (Continue using wht in next row) (84 sts total)
12. Dc 8 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 6 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 2 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 10 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk,
CC to wht. Dc 12 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 9 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2
using blk, CC to wht. Dc 2 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 6 using wht, CC to blk.
Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 13 using wht. (Continue using wht in next row) (84 sts total)
13. Dc 9 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 4 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to
 wht. Dc 4 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 8 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk,
CC to wht. Dc 14 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 7 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2
using blk, CC to wht. Dc 4 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 4 using wht, CC to blk.
Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 14 using wht. (Continue using wht in next row) (84 sts total)
14. Dc 10 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 2 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk. CC
to wht. Dc 6 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 5 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using
blk, CC to wht. Dc 16 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 4 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 6
using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 2 using wht,
CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 15 using wht. (Continue
using wht in next row) (84 sts total)
15. Dc 11 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 8
using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 1 using wht,
CC to blk. Dc 3 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 19 using wht, CC to blk.
Picture 2: Row 15, last row before Dc 3 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 1 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3 using
creating eye holes. Side view blk, CC to wht. Dc 8 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 4 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 16 using wht. (Continue
using wht in next row) (84 sts total) See Picture (left).
16. Dc 11 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 12 using wht,
CC to black. Dc 3 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 23 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 3
using blk, CC to wht. Dc 12 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 4 using wht. To Make Eye-holes: Ch 18 (continue using wht).
Sk 8 sts. Dc 1 in 9th st after ch. Inc next st (dc 2 into same st to inc). Dc 1
into next st. (Sk last st of row when making 2nd eye-hole.) (Continue
using wht in next row) (94 sts total) See Picture (right).
17. Ch 18. Sk 8 sts (including last st of prev row). Dc 1 in 9th st after ch. Dc 3 Picture 3: End of Row 16, ch
more, CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 15 using wht, CC to blk. and sk sts to create eye holes
Dc 2 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 21 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 2 using blk,
CC to wht. Dc 15 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 5 using blk. Crochet into
each of first eye-hole chs: Dc 1 using blk, CC to wht; dc 7 using wht,
CC to blk; dc 1 using blk, CC to wht; dc 9 using wht, CC to blk; dc 1
using blk. End of first eye-hole. Continue using blk. Sc 3 between both
eye-holes. (Continue using blk in next row) (105 sts total) See Picture
(left).
18. Crochet into each of second eye-hole chs: Dc 1 using blk, CC to wht.
Picture 4: Crochet into each of Dc 9 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk, CC to wht. Dc 7 using wht,
eye-hole chs in row 17 CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk into same st. End of second eye-hole.
Continue using blk. Dc 5 using blk, CC to white. Dc 16 using wht,
CC to black. Dc 1 using blk, CC to white. Using wht: Dc 4, dec 1
(To dec dc: yo, pull up lp in st, pull a lp through 2 lps on hook; yo,
pull up lp in next st, pull a lp through 2 lps on hook; pull a lp through
3 lps on hook); dc 3, dec 1; dc 4, dec 1; dc 4, CC to blk. Dc 1 using
blk, CC to wht. Dc 20 using wht, then (continue using wht) dec 1.
Continue using wht. Dc 7 using wht, CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk, CC to
wht. Dc 2 using wht. To make nose-hole: (Continue using wht) Ch 8,
sk 19 sts. (Continue using wht in next row) (99 sts total) See Picture Picture 5: End of row 18, ch and
(right). sk sts to create nose hole
19. Dc into each of next 2 sts after sk sts, CC to blk. Dc 1 using blk, CC
to wht. Using wht: Dc 4, dec 2, dc 21, CC to black. Dc 1 using blk, CC to white. Using wht: Dc 5, dec