A place to talk about Reynir's braid!
(Also I wasn't really sure where else to put this comment conversation. Am I doing it right Sunflower? or is there some sort of formula for putting comments into the forum?
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Mystwalker3-
Just wondering, since I have only braided someone's hair a few times in my life, but I seem to recall that starting it is the hardest part, and it didn't seem like something you could do yourself...
So who braids Raynir's hair? How often? Could he possibly do it himself?
Aprillen-
Braiding your own hair is easy. I actually find it easier to braid my own hair than someone else's. Doing it on yourself, you have to do it back to front, and that is actually quicker than doing it the "right" way.
It goes into your "muscle memory". My fingers just know what to do, I don't have to think about it.
polkad0tpanic-
mine's never been quite that long, but it has made it to the middle of my back. learning took a few days and mistakes but it's been all good since then. i get asked if i braid my own hair a lot.
i wonder if i got my hair that long... if my braid would behave this way. i don't see it happening but i want to try now. that'll be a whole lot more spent on shampoo and conditioner...
mamioja-
Normal braid is quite easy to do for yourself. Good instructions by the Aphid here. But a fishbone / french braid is much harder to do by yourself, especially without two mirrors. Mine is almost always uneven, but a friend of mine does hers just perfectly.
Aprillen-
French braids aren't all that hard to do either, with a little practice. That's what I usually do with mine, and I don't need mirrors anymore -- in fact, it usually turns out better if I do it without looking in the mirrors. But yeah, you do need two mirrors when you first start learning it.
The Aphid-
Yeah, he can do it himself. My hair is not quite that long, but almost, and I also do one long braid as my signature style. It took me until I was about twelve to figure out how to do that myself, but no problems since then.
The Aphid-
To further elaborate: I start with both of my hands behind my head, elbows up in the air. (Like if you touch the back of your neck with both palms). Separate the hair into three sections between my fingers, start braiding. After the first few over/under passes, the braid is far enough down that I can pull the whole business over one shoulder or the other to finish. I used to get lopsided results at first, and would try to counterbalance that by trading out shoulders several times during the course of doing a single braid. But by the time I was Reynir's age, I'd pretty much figured out how to leave enough slack so the braid didn't wind up curved in an over-the-shoulder shape.
Ruby-
Ditto for my sister, who has similar long red curly hair. She often leaves it in a braid for days at a time, since it gets so tangled and unruly otherwise.
Auleliel-
Yep, that's how I do mine, too. With enough practice hair can be self-braided in a matter of seconds.
Noodly Appendage-
My mom's hair is about that long and she can.
But yes, it takes practice, although a braid that comes over his shoulder like that is probably easier to start than one down the back.
poklad0tpanic-
do you think it's braided over his shoulder or he put it there? i always braid mine straight and move them as needed.
corncobman-
Either he does braid it himself or by the end of the story he'll look like someone dragged him backwards through a series of hedges.
Adrai-
I'm sorry.
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No, I'm not sorry. Sorry.
