New York frame of mind
This week, more of what will be keeping me warm in NYC this Thanksgiving.
Recently I was browsing, as you do, the Fashion Week shows far and wide (New Zealand, Paris, London, Milan, NY, etc).
Flicking through the Burberry show I noticed that what we knitters have been calling a cowl, i.e. a tube which can be worn around the neck and spares us the dingle-dangliness of a scarf but still keep our necks warm, is now called a snood. I thought a snood was something like a hair net, and it may well be, but come to think of it, a cowl can be worn on the head anyway, so snood it is. It has a slightly British, elementary-my-dear-Watson sort of ring to it so I’m going with it.
I made this one with a drawstring to pull it close to my neck should I encounter a bitter wind in NYC and in case it gets a bit slouchy after a few wearings. It’s threaded through the eyelets across the back.
The stitch pattern is easy and very attractive. It uses a multiple of 4 stitches. If you want to make it into one of the oversized snoods/cowls that seem to be in fashion this season, you could cast on 136 stitches and make it longer. This would require extra yarn but would be stunning.
So here it is. Happy knitting!
–Mel
PEEL STREET SNOOD
MATERIALS
• Jade Sapphire 6 ply Mongolian Cashmere; 100% cashmere; 55g; 138m [150yd]; 1 hank 77-mallard (MC)
• Size 4.5 [US7] 40cm[16”] circular needle
• 4mm crochet hook (optional)
• Stitch marker
• Scrap yarn
MEASUREMENTS
Circumference 46cm; length 22cm
RECIPE
Using scrap yarn, cast on 88 sts.
Join in rnd, taking care not to twist sts. Place marker.
With MC, work pattern stitch as follows:
Rnd 1: Purl
Rnd 2: *(P1, k1, p1) all in the same stitch, k3togtbl; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Rnd 3: Purl
Rnd 4: *K3togtbl, (p1, k1, p1) all in the same st; repeat from * to end of rnd.
Repeat Rnds 1-4 10 times.
Work Rnds 1&2.
Work I-cord bind off as follows:
Cast on 1 st by knit cast on method; *K1, k2togtbl, pass 2 sts on right needle back to left needle; repeat from * to end. Bind off last st.
Unravel provisional cast on stitches and place remaining live stitches in MC on needle.
Work I-cord bind off as above.
CROCHET TIE (optional)
With crochet hook, chain 180, turn, sc 180.
Weave in ends. Thread tie through eyelets across back of snood and tie in front.
October 20th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Lovely! If I knit one does that mean I can come to New York as well?
October 21st, 2009 at 3:42 am
Oooh I love this, thank you for the pattern! Very generous of you.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:20 am
Looks fab Mel, I will add that to my list of things to knit!
ps – your model is gorgeous
October 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Perhaps it’s only “women of a certain age” who can respond to the snood issue! In the late 60’s into the early 70’s a “snood” was what we called a little knit or crochet basket that you put your bun of hair into. Kind of like Princess Leia in Star Wars with the buns on her ears? It was part of that whole crochet vest and macrame belt era….cheers, Karen
November 2nd, 2009 at 2:58 am
I really like this a lot. I’m going to need one for sure!
Thank you for the pattern!