ITEM GIVEN AWAY IN ONEONTA
Crochet Club Makes
1,750 'Mask Mates'
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – Wearing a mask is that much harder if it doesn't fit, said Emily Phillips.
"I got masks for my partner and I, and mine kept falling off my face, and his was pulling on his ears," she said. "I reached out to a crochet group on Facebook, and they had patterns for 'mask mates'."
The crochet band is designed to lift the back of the elastic off your ears – ideal for those who have to wear masks for long periods of time.
She tried several different patterns – some were too big, some too small – before she combined them into a belt-like design. "It's a long skinny band with 15 button holes," she said.
