A traditional head covering for women is the crochet snood. Snoods are a decorative hair net used both to contain and cover the hair. Historically, snoods served a very practical purpose: They both held back the hair like a pony-tail clamp, and disguised greasy hair when bathing was accomplished less frequently. Today, snoods are used by historical actresses, by women at formal events and by those covering their hair for religious reasons.
Instructions
1. Tie a slip knot, and slide the resulting loop over the head of the crochet hook to anchor it for the first stitch. Use a weight 10 thread and a size I steel hook.
2. Chain 10 stitches. A chain stitch is the most basic crochet stitch and is created by wrapping the thread around the end of the hook and pulling it through the loop on the hook's stem.
3. Join the first stitch to the last stitch in the chain with a slip stitch. This will create a ring from the chain. It is the center of the doily, and will have only a small opening.
4. Chain six chain stitches. This will form the length of a loop that joins to the center ring, like the petal of a daisy, off of the yellow center.
5. Single crochet a single stitch into the middle of the crochet ring. This will anchor the six chain strand in place.
6. Repeat the six stitch chain and single crochet anchor five times, working around the center ring.
7. Chain three and double crochet into the center ring to form the sixth and final petal on the center flower. This double crochet should but up against the original chain loop, and represents the end of the first row of crochet.
8. Chain six. Single crochet in the second stitch of the first loop in row one.
9. Chain six. Single crochet in the fifth stitch of the first loop.
10. Repeat the chain six, single crochet pattern into the second and fifth stitch of each loop around the ring.
11. Chain three. Double crochet in the fifth stitch of the last loop. This closes the second row.
12. Chain six. Single crochet in the top of the loop in the previous row. The single crochet should exactly bisect the loop.
13. Repeat the chain six single crochet bisection pattern in each loop around the ring.
14. Chain three and double crochet in the last loop in order to finish off. This closes row three.
15. Repeat the chain six, single crochet to bisect pattern again, for a second row to complete row four.
16. Repeat the second row of the pattern, followed by two rows that mimic the third row of the pattern until the snood reaches the appropriate size for the head it is intended to cover.
17.Run a satin ribbon in the color of your choice through the outer stitches in the snood. This will be used to gather the snood in around the head, and tie it securely in position.
Tags: This will, center ring, chain single, chain single crochet, Chain Single crochet, Chain three, fifth stitch
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