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Braiding Techniques
Can't figure out how to tame your plait? This zine offers helpful braiding tips and tricks.
NEW ULM - On a gorgeous fall day in St. Cloud - Sept. 24, 1940, an eighth-grade Charlotte, also known as "Jibbie" West, made the decision to cut off her long, thick braids.
"It was a beautiful summer-fall day," said Charlotte West Anderson, who now lives in New Ulm and is a retired school teacher.
In those days, "Bit by bit the girls were getting their long hair cut.
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Fingerloop braids are braids woven using loops (or "bowes") of string on your fingers. Fingerloop braiding reached a high point in Medieval Europe and England between 1200 and 1600 CE. This braiding technique still survives today in isolated areas of Europe, the Middle East, South America and Japan.
This article focuses on the 15th through 17th century English-language instructions for making braids. We studied the braid directions in sample...
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