ConnieLene – KnitDesigner

ToftAlpacaShop 11:07am via Web sent message on twitter in response to “What is a Wimple?”

“so would a snood also be a wimple and vice versa? Curious, they’re all over the fashion mags this season though!”

So it looks like my wimple research might just provide me with a pattern or two opportunity. But in the meantime I checked Wikipedia regarding The Snood:

A snood is a type of headgear, historically worn by European women over their long hair. In the most common form it resembles a close-fitting hood worn over the back of the head. A tighter-mesh band may cover the forehead or crown, then run behind the ears and under the nape of the neck. A sack of sorts dangles from this band, covering and containing the fall of long hair gathered at the back. A snood sometimes was made of solid fabric, but more often of loosely knitted yarn or other net-like material. Historically (and in some cultures still in use today) a small bag — netted, tatted, knitted, crocheted, or knotted (see macrame) of fine thread, enclosed a bob of long hair on the back of the head or held it close to the nape. Modern hair nets, commonly in use where shed human hair may be undersirable, are often made of microfiber.

From this Wikipedia statement – I would say that a Wimple and a Snood are not the same. But then Wikipedia went on to state as follows:

In modern times the word also has come to be applied to a tubular neck protector or warmer, often worn by skiers or motorcyclists. The garment may be worn either pulled down around the neck like a scarf, or pulled up over the hair and lower face, like a hood.

So I guess the answer to the question is yes – that is a snood and a wimple can be one and the same – in this our modern world. Maybe more research needs to be done, as I have not heard the neck warmer as worn by a skier or motorcyclist called a snood. Have you?

But for the biker who is wearing a helmet I suggest my neck warmers instead. I call these my “Not Isadora Duncan” pieces.