Hooded Cowl

Now entirely sure I'd ever wear this except for a costume, but I made this thinking it'd turn out more.. normal-ish... than it did. In any case,  here goes.

 Here is my rather awful attempt at a self-portrait via my phone. Apparently, the front-facing camera isn't nearly as good as the rear-facing one, but it shows essentially what it looks like.

This scarf wraps around my neck twice, with the hood centered at the back.

 I started out with some of this cloth, which you probably have already recognized from my scrap pile I used to make this scarf a while ago.

 To measure, I cut out a piece about long enough to fit around my face once.

It settled to about this length.

 I then doubled that length. Running out of green cloth, and my red not being quite long enough, I improvised. Don't worry about that extra seam.

 Wrapped around, this is what it looks like. Not bad, as cowls go, though I'd probably make it more tubular if I were doing this as more than a mock-up of the final.

 To make a hood, I folded a rectangle in half into a square (sort of), then sewed one side.

Flipping it right-side-out and putting it on (with the sewed edge at back), this is what the hood looks like. Next time to make it slightly deeper.

I sewed this onto the middle of the red section of my scarf, with the seams all on the same side.

And this is the result!

When I made a better (tubular, hemmed on the hood) one, out of flowy grey cloth, and a deeper hood.. it ended up looking slightly more like a cosplay item than something I'd actually wear in public, but that might just be due to the color/material. Feel free to comment with links to your takes on this.