A snood hood is a universal thing that can replace two things at once - a hat and a scarf. It is intended for girls who always want to look fashionable and do not want to spoil their hairstyles. Easy to take off and put on. It goes well with any clothing, except that which is made of bulk material or has its own hood. It costs in stores from 1.5 thousand rubles. You can save if you knit a snood hood on your own. The diagrams and descriptions below will help you. Pick up the needles, prepare the strings and continue reading.
Yarn for knitting
To make the snood hood soft and warm, you need to choose a good yarn for knitting it. It should be elastic and keep in shape. Therefore, it is better to pay attention to acrylic or woolen threads. You can, for example, take yarn of the following brands:
- Brilliant Vita. These strings are great for creating casual and holiday dresses. They allow you to create even the most fantastic patterns and realize bold ideas. Perfect for creating scarves, hats and snoods. They include 45% wool laster and 55% acrylic.
- Mohair Delicate Nako. This yarn, consisting of 40% mohair and 60% acrylic, is very beautiful and light, it is great for creating autumn and winter items. Economical in knitting. Any things created from it, very practical and soft, do not prick and do not cause allergies.
- Angora De Luxe YarnArt is a great yarn for creating light and at the same time warm things. It is very economical in knitting (about 2 skeins are enough for snood), it holds color well, does not prick and does not roll. Any products knitted from it, whether they are blouses, hats or snoods, retain their shape and size for a long time. Composition: 70% mohair and 30% quality acrylic.
- Cashmira Alize. Many women needlewomen like these threads for several reasons at once. So, they easily fit into beautiful patterns, suitable for knitting demi-season and winter things, including hoods and snoods, do not require special care. Products created from them turn out to be soft, fairly dense, non-short-walled and bright. They can be machine washed.
In addition, to create a snood-hood, you should use pure Angora or goat down. Products from them will turn out more elegant and airy, but not warm enough.
Knitting needles and other accessories
Before you look at the diagrams and description of the snood-hood with knitting needles, you also need to purchase knitting needles. It is better to take circular products with a thick fishing line, about 40 cm long. They will allow you to create a beautiful thing without a seam and various stretch marks. If it’s not very convenient to work like this, hosiery needles up to 7 mm thick are also suitable. Choose the size in accordance with the thickness of the yarn from which you will knit. And also depending on how comfortable it is to hold the knitting needles. In addition to these accessories, you may also need a pin, a hook, and a needle and thread. Here you are free to take any products you wish.
Size calculation
Another step that you need to do before you start reading the scheme and description of a knitted snood-hood with knitting needles is to calculate the size of the future product. Here it is worth considering that the height and thickness of a thing is usually indicated in the instructions and workshops. If you are only trying your hand at knitting, you should stick to them. If you already create the schemes yourself and select patterns, take into account the size of the head circumference, the number of revolutions around the shoulders (maybe 1-2-3) and the desired length (there will be a scarf only to the forearm or lower below). This is about height. Width can be any.
Men's snood knitting
After the yarn and knitting accessories are prepared, as well as the exact dimensions of the product are calculated, you can proceed to create the thing. For a husband or an adult son, you can make a do-it-yourself snood hood with men's knitting needles. The scheme and description are quite simple, even beginners can handle it. It is better to take knitting needles circular, on a thick fishing line, it will be much more convenient to knit.
If there are no circular knitting needles at hand, use hosiery. Only in this case, knit across. In this case, the "elastic" pattern for a snood-scarf should be changed to another vertical one. For example, for men's scarves, medium-sized “braids”, “protectors”, and diagonal stripes are well suited. Connect the two ends of the snood-hood carefully - an "invisible" seam.
Women's snood knitting
If you plan to knit a snood hood, the diagram and description must be read very carefully. Similarly, the choice of pattern to create this product should be considered. For example, the figure below can be replaced with any beautiful lace. But they should not have extra holes or holes too large. Still, a snood hood is a product designed to be worn in cold autumn or winter when cold and frost are raging in the yard. This is not a shawl or cobweb that can be worn just for the sake of decoration.
In any case, knitting a snood-hood called "Pink Ash" is not difficult. The main thing is to follow the instructions and complete the work in time so that the product does not turn out to be too long or large. You can wear this item with a coat, jackets (including leather ones), sweaters and sweaters that do not have hoods or a high collar.
Another female option
If you dream of creating a more modern version of a snood-hood with a photo, the diagrams and description located just below will help you with this. Just pay attention to the next moment: to get a snood, you need to knit the product from one end to the other with one piece. After completion of work, the scattered edges should be connected with a mattress seam.
To do this, you need to spread the product on the table with the ends to each other, carefully watching that nothing is mixed up. Then determine the first loops going beyond the edge. Pick up the handle of the front loop, pull the thread through it. The same thing to do from the other end. And so on until the product is firmly stitched. You can always learn more precisely how to perform a mattress stitch in knitting from the master classes of various needlewomen.
Competent care for snood-hood
After completing the knitting of the snood-hood with knitting needles, the schemes and description for beginner needlewomen can be put aside. Now it’s worth starting to prepare the product for wearing. To do this, wash it, dry it and iron it if desired. We’ll tell you how to do it right.
For washing, you need to heat the water to a comfortable temperature, dilute a small amount of shower gel or liquid baby soap in it, stir well. Put a knitted thing in it and leave it for 0.5-1 hour to soak. After that, wrinkle it a little, squeeze it slightly (do not twist!), Put it on a towel, curl up into a lump and move it to a dry clean sheet. Leave in a warm place (you can near the battery) to dry. Then iron through a moist gauze with a slightly heated iron (in no case hot!).
Useful Tips
To make the snood-hood more elegant, it can be decorated with sequins, brooches, pompons, buttons, fur, beads, unusual ornaments, intricate pigtails, relief patterns, Macedonian or Polish elastic. At the same time, it is worthwhile only to ensure that the product remains ideally suited to the image you created. For example, if you plan to wear snood daily, do not sprinkle it with plenty of beads, because it is very impractical.
If you knit a scarf-snood-hood with knitting needles with a description and patterns for the first time, it is worth creating a “control” pattern from the selected yarn. It will allow you to correctly calculate the required number of threads, loops and rows. Please note that it is not necessary to make the sample too large. It is perfectly acceptable that it be 10x10 cm in size.
In conclusion
Now you know how to knit a male or female snood hood with knitting needles. Schemes and descriptions, photos presented in the article, we hope, helped you figure it out. Now pick up the needles and go on a "long journey" to fulfill the dream of having an exquisite and warm accessory in your wardrobe. Let all the loops fit beautifully and evenly. Good luck!