Yarn Braids

Guess what I did Monday and Tuesday?

Pig tails: front and back

Just woke up...she slept on it without a sleep cap all night. We didn't do anything to it; she's fresh out of bed.

I put yarn braids in Conleigh's hair Monday night/Tuesday morning. Yes, it's plain old black yarn. Her real hair is braided into the yarn. At it's longest, the real hair is maybe 4 inches long so the rest is all yarn. It took me maybe 3 hours, maybe a bit longer. Because her head is so small, she only has like 35 braids or so. I also used shorter amounts of yarn because I didn't want it to be too long. I was going for a bit longer than chin length bob, sort of angled longer around the face. So far, I am really liking it. I was a bit concerned about how it would hold up to three year old play and her habit of twirling a braid when she is tired or stressed. So far so good. I haven't seen any of the braids start to look like they are slipping. She thinks it's a lot of fun to have long hair and to put it up in a pony tail. Next time I will use a bit longer pieces of yarn as the back is just a smidge short and doesn't want to stay in ponytails very well. It also isn't quite as long as i would have liked; the yarn isn't quite as pliable as regular hair so it has a tendancy to stick out a bit more which is okay but it makes the overall affect shorter. I also learned that it's really hard to cut the braids evenly when you're all done, especially with a three year old whose head is hardly every still. I am really hoping we get 6-8 weeks of wear out of these. I'm also excited to see how this protective style might help her hair get healthier.