Now that it is coming into the colder months here in Australia I am already trying to get ahead of it and find/ make some nice cuddly pieces for those winter months.
I have seen a lot of people wearing snoods whether they be thick woollen ones or nice light weight silky snoods for the summer months. However whenever I have gone to buy one I could never find the perfect colour or if I did, I never found one that had the perfect thickness. So I thought to myself "why not give it a go and make my own'.
Not only do you have an excuse to stay at home when you really don't want to move from in front of the television, it also gives you a sense of time well spent.
Now I picked my wool in the colour maroon as I would say that it is one of my closely favourite colours and it practically goes with anything! (especially when wearing a grey tee and a green army jacket/parka)
What you need:
x2 Knitting Needles
x6 balls of wool (depending how long you want it - 8)
and patience!
I started my Snood by casting on 51 stitches, this enabled me to knit two stitches then pearl two stitches. This meant that the last stitch was always different, meaning that you always started with either a pearl or a stitch. Which will give you this lovely pattern.
Now its time to knit to your hearts content. Then once you are happy with the length of your snood. Simply cast off and using any left over wool (I made sure that I had at least a metre of wool left over after casting off) thread a needle and sew the two sides of your snood together. This will now leave you with a circular scarf in which you can fashion however you wish around your neck!
