Christmas Crafts – Snoody Buffs

For Christmas presents this year I decided to make everyone some scarves.

a white label with purple text describing the product materials and the washing instructions
The label

Well, I said the word scarf when I was talking to Tom about the idea, but I actually meant the snood. The mixup with words kept happening whenever I talked about my progress with him. And to make matters worse the word buff got mixed in there somewhere too.

We started referring to them snoody buffs and the name stuck.

several snoods in three different piles with carboard tube labels around each of them
Labelled and ready to wrap

I even made a label for my creations.

Each snood is a rectangle of fabric 1 meter in length, plus whatever width the fabric came in. I’d cut the fabric in half along the width and attach both pieces together at the shorter ends to make a tube of fabric. I used a rolled hem foot for my sewing machine to tidy everything up.

By the time I had made a few and gotten into the swing of things, I think I was finishing each snood in about 2-3 hours.

Each snood, with the exception of one, was long enough for three wraps around the head which gave enough volume for it to look nice. The plain grey one wasn’t as long but the fabric itself was much thicker so still looks voluminous enough.

I made 23 snoods in the end, and they seemed to go down well with their recipients – even if some of them didn’t know what a snood was.

I’m pretty pleased with my efforts, though I don’t think I’ll be looking forward to any projects that require the use of a rolled hem foot. I’d heard they were notoriously difficult to use and although I got the hang of it in the end, they can still go off-piste if you’re not concentrating the whole time.

  • a blue-grey snoody buff with a grey stripe pattern
    Blue-grey with grey stripes
  • a black snoody buff with a gold paper bird pattern
    Black with gold paper birds
  • a white snoody buff with a yellow and black flower patchwork pattern
    Yellow and black flower patchwork
  • a white snoody buff with a mustard, grey and black paralleogram pattern
    Mustard, grey and black paralellograms
  • a turquoise snoody buff with a pink flower pattern
    Turquoise with pink flowers
  • a green snoody buff with a red embroidery-style flower pattern
    Green with embroidery-style red flowers
  • a black snoody buff
    Black
  • a white snoody buff with a pink and black paisely pattern
    Pink and black paisely
  • a white snoody buff with a pink and black rectangle pattern
    Pink, white and black rectangles
  • a navy blue snoody buff with an orange flower pattern
    Navy blue with orange flowers
  • a khaki snoody buff with a white dot pattern
    Khaki with white dots
  • a grey snoody buff with a silver zip pattern
    Grey with silver zips
  • a grey snoody buff with a navy blue star pattern
    Grey with navy blue stars
  • a grey snoody buff
    Grey
  • a grey snoody buff with a navy blue compass pattern
    Grey with navy blue compasses
  • a dark green snoody buff with a black starburst pattern
    Dark green with black starbursts
  • a white snoody buff with a khaki and black face pattern
    Black and khaki faces
  • a dark blue snoody buff with a black flower pattern
    Dark blue with black flowers
  • a white snoody buff with a blue squiggle pattern
    White with blue squiggles
  • a navy blue snoody buff with a silver hot air balloon pattern
    Navy blue with silver hot air balloons
  • a dark blue snoody buff with a pale blue flower pattern
    Dark blue with pale blue flowers
  • a grey-blue snoody buff with a blue dot pattern
    Grey-blue with blue dots
  • a dark blue snoody buff with a white dog pattern
    Dark blue with white dogs
A collection of Snoody Buffs

Some of the images are a little blurry and for that I apologise.