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Can the Snood Save Christmas?

Antje

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Hamilton honey, great snood, :eusa_clap

when I want a snood I will ask my mom to make me one,
I wouldn't buy such an ugly thing I saw on the pictureshow.
 
Hamilton_Honey said:
This is one of my newest favorites - the 1945 "Loop the Loop" snood. I used a hand dyed fingering weight wool in a shade called "visual purple" that is just like honey to a bear for me :)

I love the fun textures of the loops and of course the Lover's knot stitch.

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Here's the picture from the original pattern:

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What a fun snood! That color is very pretty!

Here is my open crown snood. I've added to the original pattern by lining the inside of the headband with cotton.
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Lenore

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CherryRed said:
What a fun snood! That color is very pretty!

Here is my open crown snood. I've added to the original pattern by lining the inside of the headband with cotton.
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Supposed to go to a Christmas party tonight... I'm sad to be snoodless...I really could use one with the style I was planning to do. I'm too lazy to do the back.. on the plus/minus side, the monkey is sick so we might not be going anywhere...
 

shopgirl61

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I would love to know the purpose of a snood as in back in the day, were they an accessory, for adornment, for a quick way to keep your hair in place while not having to create an elaborate hairstyle? Also, what is a "rat" besides a rodent ;) ?

My grandmother almost always wore one and as a child I thought it was a hair net like a cook would wearlol They look appealing to me and if they are not to cumbersome to put on... I want one!
 

LizzieMaine

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Snoods became a fad in 1940 after the release of "Gone With The Wind," where they were featured as an element of Civil War-era fashion. They remained popular on thru the early forties as a practical and more attractive alternative to a babushka, and were also popular with war workers as a way of keeping hair out of machinery.

A "rat" is simply a form used for making big rolls or pompadours. Easiest way to make one is to harvest shed hair from a brush and stuff it into a cut-off piece of an old stocking until you have something that looks like a thick sausage. Roll your hair around it, pin it in place, and there you go.
 

C-dot

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LizzieMaine said:
A "rat" is simply a form used for making big rolls or pompadours. Easiest way to make one is to harvest shed hair from a brush and stuff it into a cut-off piece of an old stocking until you have something that looks like a thick sausage. Roll your hair around it, pin it in place, and there you go.

I love the rat. There is no faster way to amazing rolls. See avatar, and Fleur de Guerre ;)
 

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