Yarn braids

My crew has come down with a nasty cold. Again. So this weekend was pretty much a bust. Although, I did try a new hair excursion with my little E. Yarn braids! Yes, it's hair extentions made out of cheap, acrylic yarn. Sound tacky? I thought so too.

I'd heard about these ages ago, but the first pic I saw of them done was, well, multi-coloured. Several colours of yarn used, with heaps of different kinds of bobbles, beads, and what-not on the end. Not my cup of tea. But recently, in my internet wanderings I saw some done that I thought really looked nice. Here.... http://imghanaadopt.blogspot.com/search/label/Hair . You've got to go a little scroll down the page.

Supposedly, once you put these braids in, they can really go the distance, making hair easy for a couple months before needing to take them out. As my first try, mine probably won't look as nice or last as long, especially as the princess is in swimming lessons at the moment. Had to give it a go.

We spent several painful hours on Sunday putting these in, and I'm still not done! I got it to a state where we could put a bandana on and send her off to preschool this morning though. Then today I was just too sick to finish it up, but will do tomorrow. I think it looks okay so far. I'll post some photos tomorrow once she's all done up!