Openwork braids

One of the spectacular and at the same time simple enough to perform the options, suitable as a celebratory or everyday hairstyle is a delicate, or, as it is also called, lace braid.

What is an openwork braid?

Under the openwork weaving is understood such kind of plaiting of a braid at which from it separate separate strands pull out to create a certain pattern.

The advantage of openwork braids is that they are braided on hair of almost any length, from relatively short (up to the shoulders) to long ones, and give the hairdo an extra volume.

There are many schemes of braiding such braid, the main among which are the following:

1. A classic option is to create individual strands when weaving a pigtail-spike.
2. Sea knot - a variant of weaving on the basis of a braid of four strands, the type of macrame.
3. Spit-caterpillar - is formed by the creation of oval links, like the anchor chain.
4. Scythe - when braids are braided in the usual way, the hinges, from which the pattern is formed, are stretched only on one side. The variant is widely used when creating a variety of patterns and colors from hair based on a lace braid.

How do weave lace braids?

The scheme of weaving braids:

1. We comb our hair and begin to weave the usual pigtail of spikes , free enough, not tight. On hard and naughty hair, you can pre-apply mousse or foam.
2. After two or three weaving, we pull out of the pigtail part of the strand, giving the desired volume and appearance. You can pull strands from one or both sides of the braid, depending on the desired result.
3. The braid is added to the end in the same way and the end is fixed.

Hairstyles with tracery braids

Openwork braid can be braided as itself, and create a hairstyle based on it:

1. On thick, long hair, an openwork braid is often weaved not from the middle of the head, but two plaits from the temples, gradually picking up strands and connecting them to a common braid on the back of the head, or even in several tiers.
2. Also, on long hair, the variant with a dropping asymmetric scythe effectively looks.
3. A popular variant of the hairstyle is the laying of the finished braid in the form of a flower or wreath, which is fixed with "invisible". In this case, when weaving, it is better to stretch the strands only on one side of the pigtail.
4. On short hair, the spit-bang looks good, when one braid is weaved in loose hair. No less good is the option of a Greek-style hairstyle, with a braid, threaded around the head.