Password Information: If you’ve purchase the pattern before July 9, 2016, then please note that the password has changed from the original password found on your pattern. The new password is the same as the old one except for one important change: the first word of the old password (“super”) is excluded. For example, if the old password was “supercoolcats” then the new password is “coolcats.” This is due to a technical change in the password system. All customers who purchased this pattern before July 9, 2016 were emailed about this change. If you’ve purchased the pattern after July 9, 2016, then please ignore this note and enter your password as you see it on your pattern. Thanks for your patience!
Welcome to the full video tutorial for the Super Snood! Here you’ll find the video that walks you through the whole pattern, from beginning to end. Woohoo! If you have questions, leave a comment below and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Remember to follow along with your pattern and have fun!
Some knitting tips:
If you’re knitting with a hank of yarn (what looks like a big yarn spiral), check out How to Unwind a Hank of Yarn.
To knit this pattern, you should be familiar with the knit stitch and cast off. Need a reminder? Check out How to Knit.
The video tutorial goes through the longtail cast on, but for a more intensive tutorial, check out the Longtail Cast On.
Some technical tips:
** If the video does not play, try refreshing the page and pressing play again.
** If the video is slow to load, press “HD” in the video player so that it is greyed out. This turns off HD (high definition) viewing and allows the video to load quickly. The image quality will be slightly less sharp, but it will load faster. The other option is to press play, pause the video and wait for a few minutes to allow it to load before playing in full.
** Pressing “HD” in the video player will turn on and off the HD setting for the video. If “HD” is colored, then HD video is turned on. If “HD” is grey, it is turned off.
Share on Ravelry: For the uninitiated, Ravelry is like Facebook for knitters. You can create project pages for each knitting project, add your yarn, needles, photos of your work in progress, and notes on how it’s going. Best of all, you can see other knitter’s projects and ask questions and comments. It’s awesome! If you haven’t joined yet, consider creating an account. It’s free and, frankly, really addictive.
If you have a Ravelry account, add your Super Snood project!
Claire Peters says
Hello,
I purchased the pattern/tutorial for the super snood and am having trouble loading the video. I’ve successfully entered the password, removed the HD feature and tried reloading the page, but it will not play.
Suggestions?
Davina says
Hi Claire!
I’m sorry about your technical issue. Let me try to help you here. When you enter the password, does a new image of the super snood appear? If so, after you press the play button, does the screen just stay blank? And for how long?
I’ve tried to load the video on two different devices, and both times they load okay after about a five second pause where the screen stays blank. It’s possible that Vimeo, where the video is stored, was down for a few minutes. Or maybe your internet connection was slow when you were trying to load the video. Can you try loading the video again?
Sorry again for the inconvenience. We’ll make this work!
Claire Peters says
Hi Davina – When I enter the password, I see the same image of the model wearing the cowl. When I press play the screen goes black (the pattern in the time tracker moves). I am able to watch videos on other websites, so I’m not sure why it’s not working here.
Davina says
Hey Claire,
I’ll contact Vimeo support about this. For now, I’ve checked out their troubleshooting page to see if there’s something immediate that can help.
Firstly, I wonder if you’re able to view Vimeo videos directly on their site? Can you click the following link and see if this video loads? https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/145155469
Okay, onto the nitty gritty:
1. What browser are you using? And is it the latest version? Support suggests updating to the latest version of your browser.
2. Clear the cache of your browser and then try playing again. To do this, hold down the shift button and refresh the page.
3. Do you have firewall or an anti-virus software enabled? If so, disable it and then try playing the video. If the video plays, then we’ve found the problem. If you’d like to keep the firewall or anti-virus ON while the video plays then you’ll need to go into the software and whitelist the domains below in order for the video to get past the security software:
*.vimeo.com
*.vimeocdn.com
*.akamaihd.net
*.amazonaws.com
4. Are you on the Linux or Ubuntu operating system? If so, there are some extra packages you’ll need to download:
Chromium:
chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Firefox:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good
streamer0.10-ffmpeg
If you’re interested, this is the link to their troubleshooting page: https://vimeo.com/help/faq/watching-videos/playback-issues
If this isn’t resolved by the next day, I’ll figure out another way to get you access to this video. I really apologise for this delay.
Cheers,
Davina
Suriani Aziz says
Hi Davina, I heart all your videos!! I have a question for the supersnood pattern. Is there any special thing that I have to look out for if I need to add a new ball of yarn?
Davina says
Hey Suriani!
I would suggest connecting a new ball of yarn by holding both the new and old yarns together and knitting 2-3 stitches with both yarns held together. Then, you can let go of the old yarn and continue with the new yarn.
I go over how to do this in this video: https://sheepandstitch.com/joining-a-ball-of-yarn/ Fast forward to the 3:05 mark to see this method in action.
The thing to keep in mind is you’ll need to loop both the new and old yarns around your stitch twice in order to keep with the stitch pattern. When you’re working your next row and you come to the loops that were knit with both old and new yarns, remember to knit into all those 4 loops as if they were just 2 loops. Then, continue knitting and weave in the tail ends from where you joined the new and old balls of yarns.
Hope that makes sense! Let me know if you need more clarifying!
Claire Peters says
Hi again – Unfortunately I’m still having issues with the video and have tried it on a few different computers. I am able to view Vimeo videos on their website. To answer your question, my browser is Google Chrome, though I tried it on IE as well. Sorry to keep bugging you about this!
Janice says
I also had problems getting the video to play, but I had my son help me clear the browser cache and then the video played like normal. I’m enjoying the snood so far. Will you add the pattern to ravelry?
Davina says
Yes! Good idea about Ravelry. I’ll add the pattern and link it to the page here. Very good suggestion!
Davina says
Hi Claire, I’ll contact you via email and send you a link to view the video privately via Google Drive. Fingers crossed that will do the trick. I apologise for this!
Cindy says
Hi Davina!
Really loving this pattern and such an easy to follow tutorial. I’m not sure if I missed it but I was wondering if there was a name for this pattern? I know you mentioned “looks suspiciously like a garter stitch, but with a twist!” in the pattern, is that pretty much what it is considered?
TY!
Davina says
Hey Cindy! The stitch pattern is called “double garter stitch” although I’ve also heard it referred to as “double wave stitch.” Hope that helps!
Cindy says
Thank you!
hrhzilla says
I purchased the pattern for this lovely snood and would really love to try knitting it with your Finnish yarn; however, you seem to be out of stock of most of the colors you sell. Do you have any idea when you will have more in stock?
Davina says
Hey there! So, the bad news is that we most likely will not be re-stocking the TJOCKT yarn. However, because there have been quite a number of requests for this yarn, we’re looking into the possibility of doing a small run, but whether this comes to fruition really depends on a number of factors that are out of our control. So, the short answer is: I’m not sure if and when the yarn will be re-stocked. However, if you haven’t already, I encourage you to sign up for the newsletter. If we do re-stock, the newsletter list will be the first to know!
hrhzilla says
Fair enough; then I shall find another yarn to play with. I am still excited to try my hand knitting it. Thanks for your response.
Cindy says
I am still a beginner knitter pretty much got most of the basics down and was so excited to test out my skills with this one. Super happy it came out so well and so plush!! I really have to thank you for your tutorial, extremely helpful! 😀
Davina says
Hi Cindy! So glad to hear the snood was a success. And kudos for completing this snood as a beginner! It’s not the easiest pattern to master, so good for you!
AmyL says
Hi Davina,
I’m in the process of knitting the super snood and I have a couple questions. On a couple of my stitches instead of being a double stitch its a triple. I don’t know what I’m doing to have that happen and it’s only happened a couple times. The other thing I’ve noticed is that it is a very tight knit, I’m not pulling the yarn at all. I’m using a super bulky wool blend called zumie, I know some yarns have more give than others. Any help or thoughts about this would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Davina says
Hey AmyL!
For your stitch with three strands of yarn, it could be that you’re looping the yarn around three times instead of two times. If only a few of your stitches have three loops, I’d wager that on those stitches, you may have just accidentally done three loops around the stitch.
As for tightness in the fabric, you could try jumping up a needle size by 1mm. The stitch itself is quite fluffy, but the size of your needle will definitely affect the tightness or looseness of your knitted fabric. What’s the recommended needle size for for you yarn? And what needle size are you using?
DALVA SERRANO says
Can the supersnood be knitted on flat needles?
Davina says
Yes, it’s knit back and forth on a large circular needle. It’s not joined in the round. However, if you use a pair of flat needles, the fabric will likely get bunched up.
Tricia says
Hi Davina!
I absolutely love this pattern. It really feels like you are wearing a cloud! I was just wondering if there is a way to make it smaller, for a child. Could I cut it down to 35 instead of 75?
Thank you so much!
Davina says
Hey Tricia,
Sorry for this late reply. Yes, you can absolutely use 35 stitches instead of 75. The great thing about this stitch pattern is that you can cast on with ANY number of stitches and the stitch pattern will still work!
Tricia says
Great! Thanks so much!