Beginner DIY- Weft linkies/microrings

  to all the beginner DIYers who want to try using linkies on a weft for install:  going in is a cinch!  taking out is a different story.  while the installation of my wefts using microrings was a breeze, i discovered that the removal without assistance was a different story.

  removal is a pain since both ends of the linkies are attached to your head, and lining up your pliers so it's perfectly up and down is an awkward angle to do to yourself on the back of the head.
  while i'm sure a person would get used to this after practice, the initial attempt is frustrating and can be a little painful.  if your pliers are angled too much, you end up re-folding your links which leaves you no choice but to snip it, and since it's the back of your head, there will probably some of your hair cut in the process.

here's my recommendation in picture form:

  pull some of your hair (pink) from above the weft over the weft seam's top thread (red) and under the bottom thread.  pull some of your hair from behind (blue) the weft seam over the bottom thread.  use a microring to gather the top hair, bottom hair, and weft hair.  removal will be easier when the time comes and you don't have to do any sewing.

it just LOOKS complicated.  basically you're just locking the weft down to your head with your own hair.  the weaving the strand in and out of the weft just allowed it to lie really really flat to my head for me, but you could easily just have your hair going around the weft.

Ive seen it done before, using hair from above the weft and below the weft and secured with the rings. But Ive never seen it done with the hair weaved through the weft track (Am I understanding this correctly?)

I bet you could sew 2 wefts together and do it. I've thought about doing
this before, but I would imagine you would have to put a lot of links in
otherwise it would pull a lot. And it seems like the weft would just be
flopping around. Any pictures or anything?

that's the way to go, it's bad sometimes experimenting with expensive
hair!! But you should take pictures even with experiments!! So we can see
and it makes a good reference to look back at and see how they
compare!

If you have a set of special opening pliers instead of the normal ridged-teeth pliers, it's a ton easier. I haven't folded over a single ring since I got a set.

Admittedly, I also do this mostly on -other- people's heads; but with the special pliers, it's easy enough that you can hand them to a friend or SO and have them do it.

-Rae