Tweens and teens often find themselves somewhere between wanting to fit in and wanting to confidently embrace their own identities. So what happens when that naturally curly head of hair is suddenly too old for bows and barrettes, but not yet in need of professional adult styles? Step away from the relaxers and join us as we explore natural hairstyles that find the balance between individuality and the desire to fit in.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Double Crossed Cornrow Style
Syd started cross country this week, so her hair needs to be in a style that won't be destroyed by a fair amount of sweat. So when I sat down to do her hair today, I knew I was going to do a cornrow style. Unfortunately, that was as far as my styling plan had gotten. While I pondered what kind of pattern I would do in the top half of Syd's hair, I made a part from ear to ear and put the back half into about 12 cornrows going straight down.
Moving on to the top section, I parted out enough hair for 4 cornrows in the center, and then I made a horizontal part across all 4 of those sections to divide them all in half. At this point, I was not cornrowing...I was only making the parts. I did this so I could make each cornrow cross over 2 other cornrows. I'm not sure how well I'm going to be able to explain this next part, so I added the picture below. Hopefully that will make it easier to understand instead of making it more complicated.
I cornrowed the hair in the top right section (D). When I reached the horizontal part, I made a few stitches without adding any hair and then moved over 2 sections to finish the cornrow with hair from section 2. So section D was joined with section 2, C with 1, B with 4, and A with 3.
Here's what it looked like when those crossover cornrows were finished:
After that, I cornrowed the sides in a pretty basic pattern and we were done.
All the braids can be pulled into a low ponytail every day while she's participating in cross country. No problem. :)
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Love it! You're giving me some ideas..thanks
ReplyDeleteThis is such a neat style! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI totally understood the D with 2, B with 4, etc - perfect way to explain it. Great style!
ReplyDeleteso cute! I love it, very creative
ReplyDeleteThat looks really great! Awesome job!
ReplyDeletethats very creative, i may have to try that
ReplyDeleteaww, i use to do my little sisters hair like that ... love it!
ReplyDeleteyour cornrows are always so neat and small! very pretty :)
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