How To Braid Your Hair Down For Crochet
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.
How to braid your hair down for crochet. To see how what hair i installed for my client please follow the link below. Braiding hair crochet is very easy if you learn it properly. 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. I will show you a easy technique to have your base braiding pattern down in.
What hair is best for crochet braids. Once you have. Do the remainder of the hair into vertical cornrows from the middle top of your head down. 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.
Section out the part of the hair that will be your leave out for the center part. You can either watch a tutorial video or can take help from anyone who knows how to do it well. But make sure to conditioned hair first before braiding them. On one side make a braid around the leave out down the perimeter of your face.
Although the process sounds simple enough the results are far from basic. 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. Then the choice of hair extensions is carefully looped through the cornrows via a crochet needle. 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.
While crochet braids are a hybrid of traditional braids they re considered to be more similar to weaves. 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. This is a video of how i normally do braid patterns for crochet braids.