The Greta turban is an updated snood-like version of the original Greta headband. You can see a picture of the new pattern in my photographs. I rather like it, and once I have grown my hair a little longer I’ll be wearing it all the damn time too!

I’m really enjoying knitting in Spindrift which I’d not tried before, and the pattern is really easy to remember, making it a lovely accompaniment to watching a bit of Miss Marple on the telly.

Oh, and the alter ego? At school one teacher persistantly called me either Greta or Bridget instead of Ingrid. I wasn’t so keen on Bridget, but Greta somehow had a more exciting ring to it, so I’d answer to that.

Pattern notes:
There is no tension given, but as I know I knit rather loosely, I went down a needle size to that given. This has actually made me a smaller turban than the original, but it still fits me fine.

I did the ties differently to those in the original pattern. As my turban turned out a little smaller, continuing on until the ties measured 12 inches would have made them out of proportion, so I stopped at around 8 inches instead and tied them differently to finish off as well as it seemed to suit me more.