I’m using two balls of bobbledy yarn (a kind called ‘Splendour’ that goes through two shades of pink to mauve and purple), four balls of chunky purple wool and 10mm needles.
Using the textured yarn of your choice (to make a frilly, luxurious edge for wearing up over the head like a hood), cast on 90 stitches (this is the painful part of using this yarn – it takes a while to cast on and knit the first row!). Also, these needles are so big it sometimes feels like I’m knitting with huge, pointy sticks, which I am, I guess.
Knit 1 row, purl 1 row, until you have used up the two balls.
Switch to the plain wool and continue to knit 1 row, purl 1 row, until it measures, say, 40 cm in length. You want it to have a roomy, hoody look when it’s worn up on the head and not be skimpy and stretched.
Then knit 1, purl 1, for 6 rows to make a nice ribbed finish that won’t curl back on itself.
Sew the two sides together with the purple yarn and a wool needle and neaten off any loose yarn.
VOILA! A lovely luxurious snood.