First post... and to tell the truth I'm feeling a little frazzled from all the font and layout configuration stuff so we begin with a little something I prepared earlier...
Materials:
- I used some chunky wool yarn I’d been given from Nepal, so I can’t specify a brand… but any chunky-superchunky weight yarn is ideal. 2 x 100g skein.
- Size 8mm needles
- A cable needle
- Yarn needle for sewing in tails
- Scissors
Abbreviations:
Cr4L: sl 3 sts onto cable needle at front, p1, k3 from cable needle.
Cr4R: sl 1 st onto cable needle at back, k3, p1 from cable needle.
Cr5L: sl 3 sts onto cable needle at front, p2, k3 from cable needle.
Cr5R: sl 2 sts onto cable needle at back, k3, p2 from cable needle.
C6F: sl 3 sts onto cable needle at front, k3, k3 from cable needle.
Cast on 34 stitches.
Row 1: p1, *k1 p1* 5 times, p1, Cr5R, Cr5L, p2, *k1 p1* 5 times.
Row 2: *p1 k1* 6 times, p3, k4, p3, *k1 p1* 6 times.
Row 3: p1, *k1 p1* 5 times, Cr4R, p4, Cr4L, p1, *k1 p1* 5 times.
Row 4: *p1 k1* 5 times, k1, p3, k6, p3, k1, *k1 p1* 5 times.
Row 5: p1, *k1 p1* 5 times, k3, p6, k3, p1, *k1 p1* 5 times.
Row 6: as Row 4.
Row 7: p1, *k1 p1* 5 times, Cr4L, p4, Cr4R, p1, *k1 p1* 5 times.
Row 8: as Row 2.
Row 9: *p1 k1* 6 times, Cr5L, Cr5R, *k1 p1* 6 times.
Row 10: *p1 k1* 7 times, p6, *k1 p1* 7 times.
Row 11: p1, *k1 p1* 6 times, p1, C6F, p2, *k1 p1* 6 times.
Row 12: as Row 10.
Repeat these 12 rows until the snood can fit loosely around your neck. I did 9 repeats for this one, I would recommend no less, but a couple more would have made for a nice and slouchy version. You could also make it long enough to fit doubled around your neck, for that I’d say at least 20 repeats. It is very important that you finish at the end of a 12-row repeat and not in the middle of a cable so as to achieve a cable that appears infinite.
Cast off with a 3 needle bind-off. Sew in tails and trim excess.
