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Re: Crown braid
Reply #45 - Dec 16^th, 2004 at 3:48pm

I have now managed to complete the braid a few times. For me Valerie's advice works: I start from upper left quardant and start braiding upwards. I change hand positions after each quadrant- it seems to work best.
The lower left quadrant (the last one) is the most difficult one: braiding upwards is really difficult.

The biggest problem for me right now is, that my braid ends up being terribly loose though I try to tighten it constantly. Does anyone know, why? Is it just lack of practice or is there some trick?

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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 #46 - Dec 16^th, 2004 at 4:54pm This may not be the answer, and forgive me if it sounds too obvious, but it is something I have to remind myself of ......... When you want a braid to be "tight" to the head, you must make sure that as you tighten the braid, you are not pulling the hair away from the head - that will create a loose braid.
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Re: Crown braid
Reply #47 - Dec 17^th, 2004 at 10:15pm

Wow, Leia! Shocked

That braid is gorgeous in your gorgeous hair!

When my hair used to be long before, I could do French and Dutch braids pretty well on myself, but I never tackled anything like this. I can't wait til my hair is a little longer to try this.

My hair is so slippery it just slides out at this point. Cry

Ladies, I am impressed.

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Re: Crown braid
Reply #48 - Dec 18^th, 2004 at 5:37pm

Some crown braiding realizations.

1) Take more hair from down and less from center of head.

2) Take hair very little at one time. I realized that my big mistake was, that I took hair way too much- like I was braiding a classic braid.

I guess my crown braid will look passable only after my hair has grown a bit -too much baby hairs and short hairs sticking out now. Neverthless, I'm happy I started practicing it early- every braid I make looks a little better than the braid before that.

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Re: Crown braid
Reply #49 - Dec 19^th, 2004 at 6:04am

Working with wet hands will also help.

Today I managed to do first time a crown that doesn't look totally awful- one I didn't want to unravel right away.

I moved the starting point to lower left quarter again after realizing that it makes the braid prettier. But it's definitely a good idea to start practicing from upper left quarter until the hand position changes go nicely.

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Lady_Of_The_Wood Amethyst Offline Yes, I have returned! Posts: 18 Louisiana Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #50 - Oct 27^th, 2005 at 3:43am I've been wanting to try this forever, I guess its about time I just crack down and do it... Lady
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Re: Crown braid
Reply #51 - Oct 27^th, 2005 at 6:04am

I did this once on my wife years ago when she had long hair, it took a fair while and she hates having her hair fiddled with which I suspect is why it only happened once!

The point I found with any of the braids where you add hair from one side only, rather than French of Dutch braids where you add from both, is that it is easier going one way than the other - I'm sure it's got something to do with 'handedess'. If it won't work going clockwise, try anti-clockwise [or turnwise and widdershins for Terry Pratchett fans] round the head.

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Re: Crown braid
Reply #52 - Jan 1^st, 2006 at 8:09pm

I finally managed to pull of a decent crown braid on my own hair (decent being that i would leave the house). My hair is barely BSL, and For those of you with shorter hair, I really recommend the French Crown. When I did the dutch crown, I'd get about a thrid of the way around my head and no matter how hard I pulled, the braid would be loose. I finally realized it was because the dutch didn't catch as well, and the ends would slide right out.

So yeah, french works better for me...

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oldkathy Sapphire Offline Longlocks Hairstick Addict Posts: 150 Central Texas Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #53 - Aug 26^th, 2006 at 8:56pm After reading this thread, I practiced crown braids. The third one was all right, so I showed my DH. He just rolled his eyes. Then I did a half down crown braid. It turned out great! I have a nice little halo crown all the way around with my gray hair ringlets in the back. Love it!
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #54 - Aug 26^th, 2006 at 10:24pm Your hair is beautiful(so's the hairpin!)
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #55 - Aug 27^th, 2006 at 11:18am Quote: Your hair is beautiful(so's the hairpin!) A second that! Hey, I have the same hair stick but in orange.
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #56 - Aug 27^th, 2006 at 10:26pm Ok fess up ladies!!! Where did you get the lovely hairpin?
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #57 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 2:01am Quote: Ok fess up ladies!!! Where did you get the lovely hairpin? Ebay!
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #58 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 12:37pm I should have guess!!! lol I am on there all the time looking for yarn and what not! Do you remember who the seller was?
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Lisabelle Stardust Offline Kami wa onna no inochi - A womens hair is her life Posts: 2797 Southern Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: Crown braid Reply #59 - Aug 28^th, 2006 at 1:53pm Quote: I should have guess!!! lol I am on there all the time looking for yarn and what not! Do you remember who the seller was? I sent you a pm!
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