A PDF version of this pattern is emailed as part of a Holiday Shopping Guide for members of the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA), as of December 1, 2020.

This pattern doubles as a versatile template: borrow individual elements from it to pair with your own favorite cord pattern and turn it into a hook-only lanyard.

A reversible crochet lanyard attaches to each ear loop of a face mask with 100% crocheted fasteners. No sewing on buttons or metal hardware.

Wear the lanyard around your neck. If you remove your mask, there it hangs, already found, like wearing reading glasses on a chain.

The chain loop end attaches with a lark’s head knot. The other end has a crocheted peg-like “shank” button. It loops around the other ear loop and buttons into a stitch space of the lanyard. This makes the length easy to adjust. The mask loops can be any thickness.