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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #30 - Jul 8^th, 2003 at 12:11am Sorry to say, I have not yet tried the crown braid on myself. I need more time to "play" with my hair to figure it out. You are right to try to learn things while your hair is at a manageable length. Maybe if I grew another arm I could figure out the crown braid?
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Re: Crown braid
Reply #31 - Jul 8^th, 2003 at 2:07am

It did take me a few tries before I could get it to look like a crown, LOL! In the meantime, I created a "baby crown" (http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/thread?forumid=242462&messageid=1057331676). I couldn't get the crown to go anywhere near my hairline at first! But you just figure it out with practise. The hard thing is changing hand positions.

Good luck trying! Grin

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Re: Crown braid
Reply #32 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 1:36am

this is soo very gorgeous!!! i had never heard of this braid...i have braided my hair in anywhere from 2 peices to 5 peices..this.this is...i am on a mission now to learn how to do this braid..you know that right? i'm a SCAdian.. and somehow someway i am going to learn this one..
i've learned most braids from books **beautiful braids etc*...
only one i've not been able to finish **damned arthritis!!** was the fishtail braid..
now i have to find a book with this braid just to learn this..it looked magnificent on you...in fact a freind of mine is getting handfasted..soon..i sent her the url for the pic..she may end up wearing this in the ritual.
awesome...just awesome!!
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leia Diamond Offline Posts: 745 Dhaka, Bangladesh Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #33 - Apr 10^th, 2004 at 8:32am If you mean the Baby Crown, I'm sorry - you can't find it in any books! I made it up
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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Crown braid Reply #34 - Nov 5^th, 2004 at 12:06pm I love crown braids and would like to start to practice making them as soon as I am able to. What is the minimum hair length that a crown braid requires? My hair is just about two inches below shoulder line.
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leia Diamond Offline Posts: 745 Dhaka, Bangladesh Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #35 - Nov 6^th, 2004 at 12:51pm It's best to start doing the crown while your hair is still shorter. I'm not sure if your hair is too short to do it, but you can certainly try. Here is the latest crown braid I've done on myself: I did it this Halloween when I dressed up as Princess Leia (I did NOT want the double buns! LOL)
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Rua Emerald Offline "Soft, yes. Weak, no." Posts: 341 Dublin, Ireland Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #36 - Nov 6^th, 2004 at 2:52pm WOW Leia, you're hair is sooo lovely! You've got mounds of it!! Carrie Fisher: eat your heart out!!!!
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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Crown braid Reply #37 - Nov 7^th, 2004 at 12:15pm Wow, your hair is really gorgeous. And the braid is beautiful. Thanks for encouragement, I'll start practicing.
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Re: Crown braid
Reply #38 - Nov 10^th, 2004 at 3:24pm

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What is the minimum hair length that a crown braid requires? My hair is just about two inches below shoulder line.

Your hair is long enough. I would start with a Dutch crown braid (you know, an inside-out braid). if you have a problem with short pieces of hair sticking out all over the place, try doing it a French braid.

Leia, your crown braid is so pretty! Mine usually end up a bit closer to the top of my head (like dreamweaverbraiding.com pics), but I'm working on getting it to stay at the back like your picture. Oh, and you were smart to stay away from the double buns *gag*! Only Carrie Fisher can pull that off!

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leia Diamond Offline Posts: 745 Dhaka, Bangladesh Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #39 - Nov 12^th, 2004 at 1:01am Thank you Galadriel, Rua, and BraiderSC. You know, I've never tried making it closer to my head. I like the look of big, open crowns, that are close to my nape and not TOO close to my hairline (the top will usually touch my crown). Thanks again for the compliments
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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Crown braid Reply #40 - Nov 12^th, 2004 at 2:22pm First try with crown braid. It did not, repeat: it did not go well. There was hair everywhere, except where it should have been. I'm in real trouble when I have to divide my hair into sections... But I'll keep trying.
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Babyfine Emerald Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 492 Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #41 - Nov 12^th, 2004 at 4:35pm Leia, thats beautiful!!
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Re: Crown braid
Reply #42 - Nov 12^th, 2004 at 11:22pm

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First try with crown braid. It did not, repeat: it did not go well. There was hair everywhere, except where it should have been. I'm in real trouble when I have to divide my hair into sections...

But I'll keep trying.

Do keep trying. It's just one of those styles that you try and fail, over and over, then all of a sudden you get it. Grin

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Re: Crown braid
Reply #43 - Nov 12^th, 2004 at 11:31pm

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First try with crown braid. It did not, repeat: it did not go well. There was hair everywhere, except where it should have been.

that kinda sounds interesting too though
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my braiding talents stop with a single dumb braid that even a toddler could do (nothing that starts somewhere on the head that is, dutch or french i dunno. My mother can do all those thingies, but then she has super easy coarse hair that stays nicely where you order it to stay.

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Galadriel Stardust Offline Posts: 1671	Re: Crown braid Reply #44 - Nov 13^th, 2004 at 9:12am I'm not experienced braider either, and my hair is super slippery, so I work powered by sheer stubborness. EDIT: second try a while after my shower while my hair was still damp, went very well . I managed to braid about one and half quarter.
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