We seem to have fallen into a pattern of giving V yarn braids every fall. She did not have them for the first day of school last year, but we did them shortly after. I really only like to do yarn braids once a year for several reasons. 1) they take a long time to put in 2) I leave them in a long time -which is both awesome and boring 3) I just like variety so once a year makes it exciting every time she gets them!
This year I decided to basically repeat the fall inspired colors I did last year because I REALLY loved that style, but I HAD to make some changes. I NEVER do any style exactly the same way twice! I will be referring to last years braids all the way through, and I won't be explaining much about how I did the style so you should check last years post before reading this one!
Change 2 - No beads. The beads were great last year, but again I like change, and it is easier to get the hair into ponytails and other styles without a clump of beads on the ends.
Change 4 -We did a layered look instead of a blunt cut look. I usually try to have all braids the same length at the bottom, so for a change I tried layers. I am not sure it is as cool looking as I envisioned, but to achieve this look I just made the bottom rows really long and then with the rows after that I made them a bit shorter each time.
Change 5 - We did piggy back braids on top. Last year we had criss cross cornrows. Again, I will leave these in for a few weeks and then take them out and put more yarn braids on top while leaving the back as it is.
Change 6 - I also kind of changed the pattern in which I put in the different colors of yarn. This time I did the colors row by row from the bottom up. I did two black rows on the bottom and than did a burgundy row, a brown row, a red row, and back to black etc.
I think that covers all the changes. I made some little braided yarn pieces to use as hair accessories on the pigtails. I kind of liked them, but I got sick of them and took them out after a few days.
Lastly, if you don't know how to do piggy back braid, here is one of our original videos on how to do them! They are a great alternative for those who can't do cornrows. Notice that B is the hair model in this video - before locs!
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So cute and fun for back to school. I really like the layered look.
ReplyDeletewe did J's layered this time too, but only braided to the end of her natural hair so it naturally layered I actually REALLY love it short like we did this time, it's adorable on her, and since we are finally getting summer(30 celcius all week) it's not too hot.
ReplyDeleteFor the red and brown braids do you use a black strand as well?
ReplyDelete@revjenn - Yes, when I do the color yarn, I use one black piece and one color piece, it looks a lot nicer that way. Otherwise when you get to the point that the real hair runs out and you are just braiding yarn, it will suddenly be solid red instead or red/black like it is when the hair is mixed in.
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