Knitted snood for a wee scone

using a vintage pattern

This post feels like blogging of old, in the days of yore when I used to exclusively write about my finished makes. Back in those days I had so much more free time for crafting, so used to churn out finished objects of varying degrees of success. Many of those items are long gone, gifted, donated, or consigned to the great textile recycling bin in the sky. I’m glad I have the blog posts and terrible, grainy, poorly lit photos as a journal. I would have forgotten a lot of these projects otherwise, and it’s nice to be reminded once in a while of how far your skills have come.

All that is to say, I have a finished object to share with the class. A knitted snood, as a gift for a wee pal, using Drops Merino Extra Fine from, you guessed it, Knitted Home. I don’t have sponsored posts, I’m not big or important enough for collaborations, but if I did, Knitted Home would be an obvious choice. It’s basically the only place I buy new yarn these days, since most of my stash is second hand.

I bought this digital pattern file from Etsy, Sirdar 8195. As a side note, how great is that business idea, to buy old vintage patterns, scan them, and sell the digital file? Niche, but limited initial upfront costs and no real ongoing maintenance. Genius.

• Edited to add: I assumed this pattern file being available to purchase on Etsy meant it was out of copyright. A person in the comments has pointed out this may not be the case and it may, in fact, be illegally scanned and sold. I won't be making that mistake again, to purchase a scanned digital copy of a vintage pattern, but wanted to point it out here in case anyone else made the same assumption as me!

I knit the top right version, with the kid being swallowed alive by his snood. Essentially, I paid £1.85 to have someone else do the knitting maths for me on how many stitches to cast on. Otherwise, I made my own way through this pattern. I converted knitting flat to in the round, then made it into an infinite loop by knitting the two ends together.

I moved the seam around so it faces inwards, giving the final snood a smooth, hopefully fairly professional look from the outside. I hope the inside seam doesn’t make it difficult to get on and off over the head, since it’s less stretchy than the rest of the ribbed section. I tested this by putting it on and taking it off several times myself and hopefully my head is larger circumference than a 4yr old.

You saw this pic last week, in my latest podcast episode, but it’s a goodie so I’m reposting it here. I’m really pleased with the final snood, the yarn is superwash so can go through the washing machine (essential for small kids). Incidentally, I realised too late I’d posted the unedited version of the podcast last week, complete with all the umms, background noise, and no intro and outro music. That has been rectified and I’m sure no one but me noticed, but it’s a good reminder to double check BEFORE you post, lest the hour you spent editing is basically wasted.

As ever, thanks for reading to the end if you’re still here. I appreciate each and every one of you and I’ll write again soon.