[blparent] French Braid

Thu Sep 3 18:18:01 UTC 2009

Just keep practicing and keep your hands close to her head.  When you get to 
the back of the head, you have a habit of pulling the hands away--at least I 
do.  It's the worst part to do because there must be less hair there or 
something.  It hurts when you pull on the bottom ones.
Barbara

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From: "Jessica Lucken" <pete1744 at umn.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:55 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid

> Thanks Kate and Dena.  I have been doing it your way Dena, but I think the
> hard part which probably will come with practice is grabbing the 
> additional
> pieces neatly and keeping it tight the entire time.  It always stays 
> pretty
> tight until I get to the back of her neck and then it loosens up and gets
> lumpy, but then as I do the regular braid at the bottom, it tightens back 
> up
> again.  Maybe I could just call Lucy Lumpy. :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:27 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>
> What Melissa says about the hair being wet is very true. If you braid the
> hair wet it will come out much tighter, and because it dries that way, 
> it's
> likely to stay in position longer. I do the braid slightly different than
> the other explaination you received; maybe because my hair isn't quite as
> long. I begin the same way, by grabbing a section of hair at the 
> top/middle
> of my head. I divide that section into 3, and begin braiding. I grab a bit
> of hair from each side every time I do a cross over. That's how I was 
> taught
>
> to do it, and I find my braids stay quite tight. In fact, aI have one in 
> my
> hair right now.
>
> Dena
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] French Braid
>
>
>> Hello Jessica,
>> I don't have any good resources.  The only thing that worked for me was
>> practice, practice, practice.  Perhaps start with regular braids or one
>> big
>> regular braid so you can get the hang of doing that nice and tight.  Then
>> try a french braid.  It might help if Lucy's hair is wet, so maybe do it
>> after a bath or shower the first few times.  Also, if she has a doll with
>> long hair, or if you have a friend with long hair, you might be able to
>> practice on that before you start with Lucy.  I'd think it would be much
>> easier to braid someone's hair who is sitting still.  Also, if you have
>> long
>> hair you can practice on yourself.  That's why I wanted to learn, and I
>> got
>> very good at being able to french braid my own hair.  Now, of course, I
>> only
>> have a son and I cut my hair after he was born, so all of that practice
>> isn't doing me any good at the moment.  I hope I'll have a daughter
>> someday!
>> Good luck,
>> Melissa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Jessica Lucken
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 8:48 PM
>> To: 'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'
>> Subject: [blparent] French Braid
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> So my three-year-old daughter always wants her hair in French braids, I
>> think mainly because her teachers often do this at school for her.  She
>> has
>> long thick hair, so definitely braidable.  Wondering if anyone has a good
>> resource for tactile descriptions of how to do the French braid.  I
>> basically have the concept, but would like to learn the real way so it
>> stays
>> nice and tight all day long.
>>
>> Jessica
>>
>>
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