Chanel Un Snood

Today I thought I'd share with you a technique I absolutely adore - the simple art of weaving. It is pleasing to the eye and gives fine detail in most things. The snood has once again put itself up to volunteer and today has developed into something a little more special...

Before you begin here is your shopping list: 12 metres of ribbon, about 1.5cm in width - roughly £5-7 for 12metres, (leather, suede, grossgrain or perfectly normal ribbon will work well) Fabric Glue, Scissors (which you already probably have - I hope) 

The ribbon you will find in any haberdashery shop or John Lewis.

Let's get Going...

You are going to weave the ribbon evenly through the holes of the knitted snood. Going all the way around  until you  meet with where you began. Leave a good 30cm then cut the ribbon. (You must leave 30cm because when you put this on you will see you need a lot of 'ease' in the skirt as the ribbon won't stretch (unless of course you've brought some Spandex ribbon).

Weave all of the snood so roughly 7-8 rows, maybe more depending on the length of your snood. Making sure the rows are evenly spaced and the start and end positions are in roughly the same place for every row. When you finish - put the snood - now - skirt on so that the lose ribbon ends are hanging in front of you. Now you will see why it was necessary to leave a good amount of ribbon, as you'll only have about 5cm left once you have put it on. Now is the time you can cut some of the ribbon ends if they are too long, if they are roughly 3-4cm don't cut anything off. Remove the skirt, lay it flat and with your fabric glue begin to join the ribbon ends - placing one end on top of the adjoining end.

Leave this to dry (Fabric glue drying times vary so follow the drying time of the one you've brought) . When it is dry it is ready to turn inside out, so all the jointing points are on the inside and not visible to anyone. (This skirt is exactly the same inside out so don't think it's not going to be as good when you reverse it)

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Enjoy Beauties...
LA xoxo 

DIY Snood Into Skirt

Ok... So here we have a very simple, and I must mention (cheap) snood from Primark £6 to be precise. I have used it all winter as its intended use (so excuse that it is a little worn!), but now I want to share with you another item of clothing that this fabulous tube of wool can transform into....

Introducing the SNOOD... 

But slide it a little southwards on your body And.... 

           Hello Skirt

             Happy Sliding and Belt Styling Beauties.

            LA xoxo