How To Braid Your Hair Down For Crochet
If you want to do your own diy crochet braids but don t know how to braid your hair down first this video is for you.
How to braid your hair down for crochet. What hair is best for crochet braids. Using any hair from the freetress braiding hair line are great options to use but for a more kinky look i suggest kanekalon or marley braiding hair. Crochet braids also known as latch hook braids are techniques for braiding hair that involve crocheting synthetic hair extensions to a person s natural hair with a latch hook or crochet hook. You can either watch a tutorial video or can take help from anyone who knows how to do it well.
On one side make a braid around the leave out down the perimeter of your face. This is a video of how i normally do braid patterns for crochet braids. Section out the part of the hair that will be your leave out for the center part. Then the choice of hair extensions is carefully looped through the cornrows via a crochet needle.
With regular sew in weaves a u part braid pattern means that you part a u shaped section of your hair to be left out creating a natural looking leave out. To see how what hair i installed for my client please follow the link below. Crochet braids do not hurt but if your braid pattern is too tight then it will hurt and cause you unnecessary hair loss and scalp irritation. I will show you a easy technique to have your base braiding pattern down in.
The process in itself explains the name of this particular style. Do the remainder of the hair into vertical cornrows from the middle top of your head down. Once you have. While crochet braids are a hybrid of traditional braids they re considered to be more similar to weaves.
In crochet braids with no leave out a u part can be simulated by braiding one s hair in straight backs and crossing the braids in the middle over one another. Typically the natural hair is braided into cornrows. Braiding hair crochet is very easy if you learn it properly.