Sew In Method

I could not find that other thread so just started a new one.

The method she does on me that stays in so well is she basically just sections the hair into three levels and starts from the bottom and goes up. She does not do a tight cornrow but simply a loose braid and goes back and sews the weft to that but first uses rubber bands and then goes back and sews with the thread

Hope that helps. There is no name or type, but she just uses this method on slightly thinner or silkier textured hair and it works well with some of her clients. So thats that.

Hey hon, is she using loose horizontal cornrows or is she just sectioning and plaiting it into one plait on each row. What does she do with the rubberbands? Is she putting them at the very top of the braid? 

It's a braid. Black girls say plait, pronounced plat.

You think you get it and then you're like 'So it's like....no that can't be it, well is it...... dang, I don't know"

I guess I need to see a picture.. Because cornrows don't have to be tight..

Edited by Divavocals - September 24 2007 at 8:42pm

Sorry thats it. She didnt say it wasnt a cornrow, just a loose braid. Just email her from that site. All I can say is it has worked good for me with fine hair.

I dont want to give out her phone number without permission but Im sure its fine just to email her if its that big a deal.

Your telling me and Im there! But shes behind me is the problem and is not the kind of person that gives any details. I basically asked her, thats all she said and then the phone kept ringing. What I got out of her was all it was going to be.

What it seem/feels like is she is relying more on the string pulling very tight rather than on the braid and is more just grouping the hair together to sew onto if that makes sense. Thats how it felt. Is that more like the Malaysian method?

Edited by krimsa - September 25 2007 at 11:40am

Its probably a method that you would see and go oh, okay i get it but im not experienced enough to be able to describe it beyond that.

Yes there was no breakage at all just the usual amount of dead hair. It had actually grown a bit and was a little dirty and oily underneath but it was two months wear so thats excellent.

Oh and those little bits of weft i had. She sewed those in on the very top. She thought it might not be a good idea as my hair is thin and the higher you go, more exposure. I said just try it and she did and its fine. The only thing is since those bits are higher up, I now need to probably wash my top hair every couple days because as soon as it gets a little oily up there, you can better see those pieces but its all black and hard to tell. Its still smooth looking up top.

Shes very good and I recomend her with flying colors if you are on the east coast US

You know what Krimsa, if you could get someone to take pics, it would help us all understand her method.. I think if we could see your tracks it would make better sense..

Edited by Divavocals - September 25 2007 at 3:58pm

I say plaits too, and I'm not black. (I don't think)

Edited by mokipono - September 28 2007 at 1:36am