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Hood in a Snood: Free Crochet Pattern

Dora wears a teal crochet hooded snood pulled up half way over her head.

Crochet snoods and hoods are everywhere at the moment and I am here for it! They are a quick and easy way to keep your head and neck warm during winter weather and simple to crochet!

There seems to be a lot of blurring between the names of these crochet accessories. You might refer to the hood in a snood as a cowl or a hooded cowl. Or maybe just ‘that crochet thing that keeps your head warm’ 😉

I dig into the semantics in this post about crochet cowls and snoods, so I won’t repeat that here other than to say, whatever you want to call it, this free crochet pattern makes for a quick win accessory that will keep you, or your loved ones cozy and warm

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Dora wears a turquoise crochet wool ribbed snood around her neck, looking cosy.

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About the crochet hood in a snood pattern

Regardless of how you like to define this accessory, it is a quick crochet project to work up that will keep your head and neck cosy all winter. Wear it pulled up like a hood or a snood, or down like a cowl.

It uses short rows to create shaping around the back of the head to avoid excess fabric at the front and to easily wear ‘up’ as a hood.

The snood in a hood crochet crown seen from behind as dora begins to pull the hood part up.
Dora wears the crochet snood in a hood, a turquoise crochet hood and cowl accessory, with the hood pulled over her head.

Pattern Notes

General Notes

  • Please read through the pattern and all associated notes before starting your project
  • This pattern uses standard US crochet terminology (UK equivalents are given in brackets in the abbreviations list where applicable)
  • Numbers at the end of a row / round indicate the number of stitches in that row / round and are only given at the start of a section or where there is a change
  • Chain 2 turning chain does not not count as a stitch throughout
  • Chain 1 turning chain in the short row section counts as one slip stitch / one stitch
  • Slip stitches count as a stitch except where they are used to join rounds (the joining slip stitch never counts as a stitch)
  • Unless otherwise indicated, stitches should be worked in consecutive stitches
  • Right and wrong sides are nominal so have been omitted

Construction

  • The pattern is worked from front to back in rounds which are joined and turned 
  • Short rows are used to create shaping for the hood function to allow the piece to fit comfortably over your head
Top down view of a ribbed crochet cowl or snood pattern shown folded in on itself with a hole in the centre where your head would fit.

Skills Used

  • Knowledge of basic crochet stitches, techniques and terminology is assumed
  • Working in the front 3rd loop of half double crochet and single crochets (see special stitches) and working into the front loop only
  • Simple short rows using stitch markers to assist (double ended short rows)
  • I have included a photos throughout the pattern demonstrating how the short rows are crocheted in this project.
  • You can also find an in-depth tutorial explaining how to crochet short rows here
A close up of two layers of ribbed crochet fabric which is a knit look crochet stitch in teal chunky wool yarn.

Materials

Crochet Hook

I recommend an 8mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

I used my knit pro Symfonie hook as I have a preference for wooden hooks when working with larger sizes.

Yarn Requirements

You will need approximately 270m/290yds of heavy worsted, aran or light chunky weight yarn. 

The item you see pictured used less than 2 balls (165g) of Hobbii Happy Sheep Woolpower, 100% Wool, 100g = 160m/174yds. Shade 23, Deep Turquoise.

A close up of a ball of happy sheep wool power teal yarn sits on top of a partially made ribbed crochet cowl.

Yarn Substitution Options

Different fibres and yarns will produce a different finished result. A similar yarn will produce similar results.

The yarn I used is classed as aran weight but is definitely on the chunky end of this weight category. This could be because it was a roving yarn (so is not twisted) and has a bit more loft than yarns with a twist. 

You may find this post useful when choosing yarn.

Given this project uses a hook that’s larger than recommended for most aran and chunky yarns, there is some scope for different yarn weights. But do make a swatch and check you make gauge and are happy with how the yarn drapes. It is a reasonably dense stitch pattern so the larger hook allows it to have lots of movement, which is an intentional part of the design.

If you want to understand more about yarn weight categories, this article goes into lots of detail.

Other Materials & Notions: 

  • Yarn needle, scissors and a tape measure
  • 2 stitch markers to assist with the short rows

Note that I did not block the project but you may wish to do so to neaten out where the short rows join, if desired. You can learn more about blocking here:

Dora wears the hood in a snood crochet cowl, a ribbed turquoise crochet accessory pulled up like a hood.

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Measurements & Finished Size

The finished item comes in one adult size only.

  • The long edge from the top front of the hood (at the forehead) to the back neck measures 50cm/20in
  • The shorter edge from the bottom of the hood (under the chin) to the base of the cowl section measures 25cm/10in
  • The circumference measures 70cm/28in
A finished curved shaped crochet snood annotated with measurements.
The finished crochet hood in a snood crochet pattern, laid flat and seen at an angle showing the crochet ribbing and short row shaping.

Stitches & Abbreviations: US terms 

(UK Equivalent in Brackets)

  • ch = chain
  • FLO = front loop only
  • front 3rd lp = front third loop – see special stitches
  • fhdc = foundation half double crochet (foundation half treble) – see special stitches
  • hdc = half double crochet (UK half treble crochet)
  • rep = repeat
  • sc = single crochet (UK double crochet)
  • sk = skip (UK miss)
  • ss = slip stitch
  • st(s) = stitch(es)
  • yo = yarn over
A side back view of the snood in a hood crochet pattern, made in turquoise aran wool yarn.

Special Stitches 

Foundation half double crochet (fhdc)

Ch2, yo, insert hook into second chain from hook, yo and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yo and pull through 1 loop (3 loops on hook) this creates the base chain of the next fhdc, yo and pull through all 3 loops to complete the st.

*To start the next st, yo, insert the hook under the ‘v’ of the base chain you just created, yo and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yo and pull through 1 loop (3 loops on hook), yo and pull through all 3 loops to complete the st; repeat from * for required number of sts.

You can find more details on foundation rows including a tutorial here.

Crocheting in the front third loop (hdc front 3rd lp)

To create the ribbed effect in this pattern, you will crochet into the front 3rd loop of half double crochets (and single crochets during the short row section) on the previous row.

To find the front 3rd lp:

With your work facing you, having turned at the end of the previous row, the front 3rd loop is just below and in front of the two loops on the top of the stitch, where you would normally insert your hook.

In the image below, the green stitch marker indicates where the front 3rd lp is on a half double crochet (more commonly used and fairly easy to find). The light blue stitch marker shows where the front 3rd lp is on a single crochet, which is a little trickier to find due to the difference in stitch structure, but it’s there 🙂

Two stitch markers are inserted into two loops on a crochet swatch showing where the front third loop is on a single crochet and a half double crochet.

Gauge

11.5 sts and 9 rows in 10cm of half double crochet worked in the front third loop using an 8mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.

Variation in your gauge will lead to variations in the finished size of your project. 

Note that to achieve this gauge. I kept my tension relaxed. As you’re working with a larger hook than you would typically use for this yarn weight, try to avoid any tendency you may have to tighten up your tension.

Learn how to make and measure a gauge swatch here

A woman in a white jersy wears a turquoise crochet snood nestled around her neck, with one hand squishing the ribbed crochet fabric.

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The Hood in a Snood Crochet Pattern

Front of hood

Round 1: Make 80fhdc, being careful not to twist your work, ss to top of first st to join, turn. 80 sts

Round 2: Ch2 (does not count as st throughout), 1hdc front 3rd lp of each st to end, ss to top of first st, turn. 80 hdc

Rounds 3-4: As Round 2

Short Row Shaping

Row 5: Ch2, 1hdc front 3rd lp of 57 sts, 1sc front 3rd lp of each of next 2 sts, ss front 3rd lp of next st, turn, leaving 20 sts unworked on Round 4. 60 sts

A few rounds of a crochet snood have been worked, creating a ribbed loop of fabric. The last round is incomplete as it sets up for the short row section of the crochet pattern.
End of Row 5
A few rows of ribbed crochet stitches with a partially worked row which is setting up for crochet short rows. The crochet hook is still attached to the swatch.
Beginning of Row 6

Row 6: Ch1 (counts as one ss here and throughout), skip ss, 1sc front 3rd lp of next sc, 1hdc front 3rd lp of next sc…

Images below locate the front 3rd loops of the sc and hdc.

A stitch marker is placed in the front third loop of a single crochet, indicating where the next stitch is to be crocheted.
Light blue marker indicates where the front 3rd loop of the single crochet is. You’ll crochet 1sc into this marked loop
Two stitch markers are placed in the second and fourth stitch of a row in a crochet cowl in progress, indicating the front third loops of the stitches.
Green marker indicates front 3rd loop of half double crochet you’ll work into

Row 6 contd… 1hdc front 3rd lp of each of next 34 hdc, 1sc front 3rd lp of each of next 2 sts, ss front 3rd lp of next st, leaving 20 sts unworked on Row 5, turn.  40 sts

PM in ch1 (which counts as one ss) at the beginning of the row you just completed

A step by step tutorial for crochet short rows in the hood in a snood crochet pattern, step 1; marker is placed.
The lilac stitch marker was placed in the chain 1; the first stitch of the row.
The first short row in the hood in a snood crochet pattern tutorial. A lilac stitch marker is placed in the first stitch of this row, worked in contrasting teal yarn.
End of Row 6

You will now begin the short row increases section, increasing the row length by 2 sts each row;

Row 7: Ch1, skip ss, 1sc front 3rd lp of sc, 1hdc front 3rd lp of next sc, 1hdc front 3rd lp of each st to marked st, 1sc FLO of marked st (ch1 at the beginning of the previous row), remove marker, 1sc front 3rd lp of next unworked hdc, ss front 3rd lp of next unworked hdc, turn. 42 sts (2 sts increased)

A close up of the last two stitches in a short row section, with place markers indicating where the next two stitches should be crocheted.
The light blue marker indicates the front 3rd loop of the single crochet you’ll work a half double crochet into, the lilac marker indicates the chain 1 where you will make 1 single crochet in the front loop.
A view of the end of a crochet short row where the stitch count has been increased by two stitches into the unworked section. A loose stitch marker is to the side, ready to be placed in the next row.
The short row has been extended by two stitches.

PM in first st (ch1) of the row you just completed (you can see the green maker in the image above that was placed at the start of Row 7).

Rows 8-12 (5 rows): As Row 7. 52 sts (you should be left with 14 sts unworked each side)

Row 13: Ch1, skip ss, 1sc front 3rd lp of next sc, 1hdc front 3rd lp of each st to marker, 1hdc FLO of marked st, remove marker, 1hdc front 3rd lp of each st to end, ss to top of first st, turn. 66 sts

PM in first st (ch1) of the row you just completed

A close up of the different row counts in a crochet short row tutorial for the hood in a snood crochet pattern.
The underneath area of the narrower half has one more row, where the first set up row for the short row section was started but not completed.
A close up of the thin end of a crochet hood, where the two layers of crochet fabric are the same width.
After this row (Row 13), the narrower ends are both the same height as all the unworked stitches from the start of the short row section have now been crocheted into.

Round 14: Ch2, 1hdc front 3rd lp of each hdc to marked st, 1hdc FLO in marked st, remove marker, 1hdc front 3rd lp of each st to end, ss to top of first st, turn. 80 sts

A top down view of the completed first section of short rows in the hood in a snood crochet pattern. The last stitch marker has been removed and is placed besides the work in progress which still has a crochet hook and ball of yarn attached.
The first short row section is complete

Rounds 15-16 (2 rounds): As Round 2.

The first section of short row shaping for the hood in a snood crochet pattern is complete, the teal ball of yarn remains attached.
Two additional pattern rows have been crocheted following the first short row section.

Rows 17- 28 (12 rows): Rep Row 5 – Round16. 

The last rows of short row shaping of the hood in a snood crochet cowl pattern.
The second short row section is complete.
A top down view of the hood in a snood pattern after the second set of crochet short rows have been completed and two additional rounds have been crocheted.
The last two rows of the short row repeat are pattern rows.

Back of hood / cowl section

Rounds 29-38 (10 rounds): As Round 2

Top down view of the finished hood in a snood crochet pattern.

Note that you can work more or fewer rounds in this section to alter the length and amount of fabric around the neck and shoulders depending on your preference.

Fasten off and weave in ends to finish.

Dora holds the ‘hood in a snood’ crochet accessory out in front of her to demonstrate the unusual shape.

And there you have your finished hood in a snood!

Landscape view of a finished teal crochet snood coiled up on itself, showing how it would scrunch up around your neck.

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The hood in a snood crochet cowl laid flat with the top half of short rows folded over to give the impression of a collar.
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  1. I adore this snood!!! I love that you added the shaping – I believe that will make sure it stays up on the head! Like you, I first heard the term snood in the 80’s and 90’s, pre-internet days. Later, I learned of the hairnet version post-internet days. But I like this kind so much better!! I tried knitting an extra long cowl to become a snood, but it didn’t work out the way I’d hoped, which is why I love the short row shaping you added. Oh, and just to add to the confusion – I’ve seen lace snood patterns called “smoke rings”. Anyway, thank you again for the design, and for choosing to gift it in the 24 Giveaways!

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  2. According to Maryl Birds blog, you just need to click the 24 Quickies button, but you are asking for a coupon code which Marly hadn’t posted. Help!

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