Sewing a Snood Made Easy – Perfect for Beginners in Just One Afternoon!

As the colder weather arrives, comfortable, warm and soft scarves come out again. If you’d like something special that you make yourself, try this simple snood (loop scarf) sewing idea!
This is the kind of project you can confidently start even if you’re only just getting to know sewing. It’s quick to make, and success is almost guaranteed! What’s more, if you sew it yourself, it will be exactly the way you want it to be!

Possible variations:

• Snood made from a single layer of fabric
• Two-layer snood made from folded fabric
• Two different fabrics – for example, a patterned and a plain one, or fabric and faux fur 😊

Several variations are possible, depending on how thick the fabric is and how many layers you’d like.

Basic idea:

The starting point is always a rectangular piece of fabric.
The long side of the rectangle determines how many times you’ll be able to wrap the snood around your neck once it’s sewn together.
The short side determines how much fabric will drape and gather around your neck. 😊
Based on this, you can customise your scarf. 😊

By sewing the two short ends of the rectangle together, you get the “tube” – which is where the name comes from.

My version:

This time, I made myself a scarf from a simple, single-layer knitted fabric. I chose a fabric that looks the same on both sides.
The fabric width was 140 cm, and I had 60 cm cut from it.

I know this might seem like a lot, but I get cold easily – I love being able to really wrap my neck up warmly. 😊

Steps:

As a first step, I trimmed the edges so that the fabric was evenly 60 cm everywhere and the edges ran parallel. I also cut off the fraying threads at both ends (in this case, because it’s a knitted fabric).

The next step is to sew the two short sides of the rectangle together. For this, I used the flat-felled seam (semi-French seam) I showed earlier.
If you’re not confident, feel free to click the link and reread that post – I describe step by step how to make a flat seam there. It’s one of my favourite techniques because it doesn’t need finishing, and nothing gets caught in it (earrings, necklaces… yes, that has happened 🙈).

Finally, all that was left to do was to hem the long edges with a double 1 cm turn, just like a simple trouser hem – and it was done!

💡 Tip:

• If you’re working with patterned or printed fabric, pay attention when sewing to which side will be on the outside.
• You can also make it from two different fabrics – that way it’s wearable on both sides and can even match your mood.
• One extra tip: if you choose patterned fabric, it’s worth working with two layers so it looks nice.

From 140–150 cm wide fabric, you’ll get a scarf long enough to wrap twice around your neck.

From thinner fabric, you can make a longer, 200 cm version that you can wrap three times. 😊

From thicker textiles, 30–40 cm width is enough.

If the fabric is patterned, sew it inside out so the pattern ends up on the outside.

If both sides of the fabric are the same, one layer is enough (like mine this time).

For crinkled silk, I bought 1 metre and used the whole piece (140 cm × 100 cm).

And if you sew two different fabrics together, one of them can even be a warm lining – making it truly winter-ready.

This little project is perfect for creating something for yourself on a rainy afternoon with a mug of tea. Simple, quick, and yet it still has that special magic of making something with your own hands that you can actually wear. 💕

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