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Title: intricate looking, fairly simple braid!
Post by Kiraela on Aug 28^th, 2007 at 4:49pm

Alright, I got to thinking, I can now make a two strand rope braid... what can I do with this knowledge? So I got the idea to make three rope braids, and then do a standard english braid, with said rope braids. It looks very cool, swirly, and much more complicated than it is.

As a note, my hair wasn't long enough for the rope braids to look good all the way down, so I got the idea to band it off where the rope braid started getting odd... and do three english braids, braided together. Pardon all the pokey ends.

Anyway, photos.

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Post by Angel Spun on Aug 28^th, 2007 at 5:15pm

Quite creative, K. It's cool how you can see all of the different colours in your braid...like wood grain or something.

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Post by Arcadian on Aug 28^th, 2007 at 5:44pm

Unusual colouring.... :)

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Post by Kiraela on Aug 28^th, 2007 at 8:49pm

I'd never thought of likening it to wood grain, I've always called it tiger striped or calico(hee, I match my cat!) but in that braid, I can see where wood grain is a better term! *biggrin* thankee, I think... on my journal, I'm about to post a picture of the colors, now that the dye's grown out for just about a year. It's ... noticeable. but it looks like I've done it on purpose, rather than out of laziness, now.

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Post by juri on Aug 29^th, 2007 at 4:29am

That's pretty neat. Thanks for sharing!

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Post by Curlgirl64 on Aug 29^th, 2007 at 9:16pm

very nice!

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Post by bikerbraid on Aug 30^th, 2007 at 9:24am

Very cool! Another variation that I've done, is to make 2 two-strand ropes and then twist them together into a single rope. Twist that around into a bun and it looks very complicated!

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Post by Kiraela on Aug 30^th, 2007 at 2:27pm

ooh, when my nail polish dries, I'm going to try that.

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Post by VictoriaLynn on Oct 5^th, 2007 at 11:53pm

Really cool...and pretty. I love it!

Lynn :)