A snood is a scarf that has no beginning or end. It is a ring made of fabric or wool, it is not only used to cover the neck, but also worn as a headdress. If you know how to sew a snood with your own hands, you can quickly update your wardrobe, complementing it with this simple and fashionable accessory. This scarf is made of knitted fabric. It not only warms in cold weather, but also decorates any image.
Materials and tools
It is easy to sew a snood with your own hands, you just need to choose the right material. Since it is a scarf, it is most often made of any soft fabric. A light snood made of thin linen, cotton or silk can be a decoration for a summer ensemble. Thicker knitwear is suitable for the off-season. It is advisable to choose a natural material that stretches well, because this scarf is put on over the head, often twisted several times, so the fabric should be soft and elastic..
There are several types of knitted fabric that are suitable for a snood:
- jersey – a thin fabric that stretches well in width;
- interlock – a very delicate and soft woven fabric, the same on the front and back sides;
- kashkorse - knitted elastic band with a relief pattern;
- ribana is a denser fabric, also has an elastic texture;
- fleece is a warm, soft material that makes an ideal snood for a child;
- fur – looks presentable and stylish.
Winter snoods are often made from footer, a soft, warm fabric with a fleece lining on one side.
To make a snood scarf you will need a sewing machine, threads in the color of the fabric, sharp scissors, pins, and a tape measure. For an experienced craftswoman, sewing such a scarf is not difficult; she can do it in an hour.
A knitted snood can be sewn easily and quickly from an old sweater or cardigan.
Measurements and pattern preparation
It is very easy to sew a snood from knitwear, as it is a strip of fabric connected into a ring. But you still need to take measurements and make a pattern. The most important thing is the head circumference, the scarf is put on over the head, so the ring should not be smaller than this size. Usually they make it even larger to lay the snood in beautiful folds or twist it.
The head circumference is measured with a measuring tape, passing it along the forehead, above the ears, and at the back - along the most protruding part of the back of the head. If the scarf is to be worn in several layers, with a twist, then this value is not needed, its length is determined arbitrarily, usually it is 100-150 cm. The width of an adult scarf can be from 15 to 50 cm.
A regular classic snood model is sewn without a pattern. Just cut out one or two rectangular pieces according to the selected sizes. Children find it inconvenient to wear such scarves. Therefore, the snood pattern for a child is different. Usually, it is a rectangle with an angle at the bottom, 15 to 30 cm high, and its width should be 2-3 cm larger than the head circumference. Such a pattern is easy to construct directly on the fabric using a ruler.
Sewing stages
The simplest snood scarf is made without a pattern with just one seam. You just need to take a long piece of soft knitted fabric and connect it into a ring. There are several models of such scarves, they are made double, with a drawstring, with a hood, in the form of a transformer. To make a more complex snood, it is better to study the master class on its manufacture.
Fashionable set for a child
Usually, the classic snood model, which transforms into a hat, is not used for children, it is not very convenient. Therefore, the headdress is sewn separately, and the ring scarf is sewn separately. In this case, the hat and snood are made double. The inner part is made of fleece, since it is a soft, elastic material, for the outer part you can take any bright knitted fabric.
Before sewing a snood and a hat, you need to take measurements and make a pattern. Usually, the head circumference of children under 3 years old is 47-50 cm. You need to add 2-3 cm to the resulting value so that the snood can be easily put on over the head. You should not make it wider, otherwise it will not fit tightly to the neck.
The result is a rectangle 52 cm wide, the height should be no more than 25 cm. Make a 5 cm protrusion at the bottom so that the end result is an angle. This shape looks more beautiful and covers the chest better. Cut out two pieces according to these dimensions. Then the children's snood is sewn like this:
- place the pieces with the right sides facing each other;
- stitch top and bottom;
- connect into a ring and sew both parts, leaving a small opening on the inside;
- Turn right side out, sew up the opening with a blind stitch, iron.
A children's hat is sewn from the same fabric. Its width can be 1-2 cm less than the head circumference so that it fits tightly. The headdress should also be double. To sew a hat you need:
- Draw a rectangle 45 cm long and 20 cm high on the fabric and cut it out.
- Fold both rectangles of fabric, which goes on the inside and outside, fold in half into a square and round off, cutting off the top.
- Sew the pieces together from the wrong side and iron the seams.
- Sew the darts along the top of the product. To do this, measure: depth - 5 cm, width - 3 cm, leaving 1.5 cm from the fold.
The last thing you need to do is sew the hat from the inside out, leaving an opening through which you should turn the product inside out, and sew it up with a blind stitch.
Stylish women's transformer
The snood itself is a transformer. This means that it can be worn as a scarf, a hood, a hat. If you sew the accessory from a large wide fabric, you can use it as a shawl or a stole. But most often, the snood is modified into a hat.
To make such a transformer snood, you will need a rectangular piece of knitwear. To ensure that it fits well both as a hat and as a scarf, measurements are taken. You need to measure the head circumference (HC) at the protruding areas (forehead, back of the head, above the ears) and the depth (distance from ear to ear, through the crown). HC is the width of the rectangle, and the depth of the hat should be doubled. Having made allowances for the seams, cut out the strip. Then sew according to the instructions:
- fold the rectangle in half with the right sides together and stitch to form a tube;
- turn it inside out, then fold it in half with the wrong side inward along the height, twisting one side 180 degrees;
- sew both edges with an invisible seam.
You will get a hat with a hole at the top. If you stretch it, it turns into a snood, which lies in beautiful folds on the neck.
Fleece collar with drawstring
If you know how to sew a warm fleece snood, you can make yourself several different accessories for the cold season and change them according to your mood. This material is convenient because you can sew a one-sided scarf from it, without even tucking the edges, but only processing them with an overlock.
The easiest way to sew a snood scarf is from a single piece of fleece, by folding it in half. The manufacturing principle:
- take a piece of fabric 100-150 cm long, its width should be 2 times larger than the finished product (usually for an adult it is 50 cm);
- fold the material right sides together along the long side;
- stitch along the length, turn inside out;
- connect the edges so that the front sides of the product touch;
- stitch, leaving 5 cm;
- turn it inside out through the hole and sew it up with a blind stitch.
Before joining the edges of the scarf into a ring, you can twist it 180 degrees. Then, when finished, it will lie in beautiful folds.
Warm double sided
For a woman or a girl of any age, you can sew a warm double snood from knitted fabric. To make it, you need a strip of fabric 150-170 cm long. Its width is from 70 to 100 cm, depending on whether the scarf will be worn as a hat.
Description of the process:
- fold the fabric lengthwise with the right side facing inward;
- stitch along the long side, turn inside out;
- fold the unsewn edges to form a ring, sew, leaving 5 cm;
- turn inside out and sew up the hole.
To make sure the seams are not visible, you need to carefully pull the thread out of the fabric and use it for sewing.
From a knitted sweater
You can sew a warm snood from an old sweater, cardigan or jacket quickly and easily. Even a novice craftswoman can do this. After all, the base is already there, all that remains is to cut off the excess and hem it. The work algorithm:
- Lay an old sweater out on a table and cut off the sleeves and neck to create a neat rectangle. You may need to cut off the part under the armhole.
- Turn the resulting piece inside out and stitch along the sides.
- Turn up the top part where the neck was and stitch it. It is better to do this with a blind stitch by hand.
The result is a warm and stylish ring scarf. It can be worn around the neck, it will warm and complement the image. And if necessary, the snood can be pulled over the back of the head like a hood.
Any sweater or cardigan will also work for this accessory. Only you will need more seams, since you will have to stitch the front part where the fastener was. But the principle is the same: you should get a ring.
If the buttons are beautiful, you can leave them. You will get an original accessory with a clasp.
The nuances of working with knitwear
Knitted fabric is soft, elastic, does not wrinkle, and drapes well. That is why hats and snoods are most often sewn from it. But there are some nuances when working with this material. Those who have decided to sew a knitted snood for the first time should take into account that:
- when cutting, the fabric twists;
- When sewing, the needle can make holes;
- After washing the product shrinks.
To avoid these problems, when working with knitwear, you need to use sharp scissors, make seam allowances of at least 1 cm, and choose special needles for the machine. They should have a rounded tip. It is better to choose knitted or nylon threads, they are thin and elastic.
When processing seams, it is better to use an overlock. But you can do it without it. If the product is made of fleece, you can simply trim the edges with curly scissors. But usually knitted fabrics require more careful processing of seams. You can fold the edges and stitch if the fabric is thin.
If you are using knitted fabric, you will have to pick up each stitch while sewing, preferably with a crochet hook, so that the finished product does not unravel.
It is very easy to sew a snood yourself. Any woman can make this comfortable and fashionable accessory for herself and her child. You just need to choose the right material and get acquainted with the features of such scarves.
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