What’s a snood?

Well spring break is over, so back to the blog world. The other day, my sister emailed me a picture of this white circle thing she had bought, but it was too small, asking could I knit one for her. My first question is “What is it?”

Long story short, my niece needs a bun cover to wear ice-skating. My sister had purchased one from Target, but it was too small. While looking for a knitting pattern I learned that the technical name for a bun cover is a snood. Webster defines it as “a net or fabric bag pinned or tied on at the back of a woman’s head for holding the hair”.

snood

I found a free pattern for a snowflake snood here. My niece thought it was a flower pattern. But whatever you call it, it worked great and she loved it.

I used “Jamie” yarn by Lion Brand Yarns in Angel White. I used less than 35 yards of yarn to knit a medium size snood.

UPDATE: It has come to my attention that the link to the Snowflake Snood Pattern by Lucia R. Hicks is no longer available. 

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National Pet Day and Pet Care Merit Badge

Poppy

Today is National Pet Day. During my life, I have had a wide array of pets: cats, dogs, fish, gerbil and hermit crabs.  Currently we have a dog – Poppy. She was a rescue dog we adopted about 3 years ago. She has been the best pet. She is part Chihuahua part Terrier, or so we think.

Pet Care

In recognition of National Pet Day, I thought today would be the perfect day to share AHG Pet Care merit badge requirement #5. Continue reading “National Pet Day and Pet Care Merit Badge”

Easter Dishcloth

Here it is the first Monday in April. It is hard to believe that the year is a quarter gone and spring is fully upon us.  Thankfully, I have been able to keep up with my monthly dishcloths, so when Christmas gets here I will have several gifts already done.

Easter Dishcloth

I created this pattern after reviewing several others.  I used my size 6 needles and Black Current 100% cotton yarn by Peaches & Creme. I hope to have the pattern written up for you later this week and will post it for you soon.

 

UPDATE:  Here is the link to the pattern for anyone interested.

 

Computer Fun #15

Computer FunThe first step to learning any new skill is learning the terminology associated with it.  This rule applies to crafts, cooking, school and merit badges. Computer Fun aims to teach girls fundamental computer skills.  At the Pioneer / Patriot level, girls look at the internal workings of a computer and storage.

If you are working on this merit badge, print out the worksheet below and define the terms listed.  A great resource (other than Google) is www.PC.net.  As a note to parents, there is ads on this site, but none of the ones I saw were questionable.  There is also a section on text slang and emoticons that was interesting. I have to admit, I already knew most of them and I am not always up on teenage lingo so they may not be up-to-date. Continue reading “Computer Fun #15”