THE SNOOD LADY

GET IN THE MOOD - WEAR A SNOOD

IN 1942 WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD I WORKED IN A WOOLLEN MILL. MY DAD WAS IN THE ARMY ABROAD AND I OFTEN WONDERED WHEN I WOULD SEE HIM AGAIN.  TO ENCOURAGE ME MY GRANMA TAUGHT ME TO CROCHET WITH A WHALEBONE HOOK WHICH I HAVE TO THIS DAY.  THE YARN I 'SCROUNGED' FROM WORK - FAULTY SAMPLES THAT WERE GOING TO BE THROWN AWAY.  I WANTED TO BE  IN THE FASHION - SNOODS WERE VERY MUCH A FASHION ITEM AT THAT TIME, SO MY GRANMA SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE A SNOOD.

SINCE THEN I HAVE 'DISCOVERED' THE '40s WARTIME WEEKENDS' AND FOUND THAT SNOODS WERE VERY MUCH IN DEMAND, SO STARTING WITH A FEW, THEIR POPULARITY HAS GROWN SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE NOW CALL ME 'THE SNOOD LADY'.

SO I HOPE YOU LIKE MY SNOODS - YOU CAN WEAR THEM WITH OR WITHOUT A RIBBON.

BUT BEFORE I SHOW THEM TO YOU I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME OF MY FAMILY

MY DAD, IN THE ARMY IN  ROME.  ME WHEN I WAS 14, WITH MY MUM AND DAD AND LITTLE BROTHER. AND MY GRANMA WHO REALLY WAS THE START OF IT ALL.

HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES.