DIY: Yarn Braids

As you know I installed my yarn braids myself last weekend and honestly? It was not hard at all. Tedious yes, but really not hard to do. By just looking, it may seem as some sort of a puzzle to figure out. But all you really need to know is how many strands will give you the desired thickness of each braid. Take for instance I used 4 strand on each and It would probably would have come out with more body if I had used double the amount of strands. Because in my opinion, this set of yarn braids that I have in right now are indeed lacking in the body department..stil cute though :P But let's get to it.

What You Will Need

Acrylic yarn(wool yarn will tangle with your hair and also causes breakage). One to two spools of yarn should be able to do the trick. But if you know you want them extra long and thick consider getting three. The bigger the parts the more strands of yarn you should use for thickness. If your parts are extra small you can use two strands.

A comb for parting

Water in a spray bottle to moisturize your hair and the yarn

clips and or hair ties to keep unwanted hair out of the way

Directions

part hair into 4 symmetrical sections and secure with clips or hair ties. Then work with each section until the whole head is done.

Part out the hair that you wish to work with and mist it with water

overlap the desired amount of strand and place it under or over your hair with you hair in the middle of the two strands and then start plaiting like you normally would.

As you get down to the end of your hair assign two or more of the yarn strands to your hairs section and continue to plait to the end. This way when the braid is done there will not be much of your hair sticking out of the braid.

Tie the end of the braid once done. Which you then have the option of dipping into extremely hot water or burning with candle light to secure.

THAT'S IT!! That is all you have to do to successfully install yarn braids. I didn't even use a comb to part my hair and it still looks good. Have fun installing you braids :)


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