Your most complicated/ornate braids

**Hornet** · April 18th, 2024, 01:21 PM

What is the most complicated braid you can do? I just tried a five strand braid and its so thick looking and beautiful

**maborosi** · April 18th, 2024, 06:23 PM

I can do up to six strands, but it's tough for me!
I can't Dutch or French braid anything more complicated than 3 strands. Maybe if I practiced, I could. :P

**lapis_lazuli** · April 18th, 2024, 06:39 PM

Well these days, I'm proud if I can do a 3-strand Dutch/French braid!

The most complicated I've ever managed was a 7-strand, English style, and it was definitely twisted and went only a third of the way down. The best looking one I did was a 5-strand English braid, but that's a few years ago now.

**Shorty89** · April 18th, 2024, 06:53 PM

I think this one is deceptively complicated looking. It's two French braids braided in an x pattern and then wrapped around the head.

I can't do more than a 5-strand braid though. Any more strands than that and my fingers get confused.

**foreveryours** · April 18th, 2024, 07:36 PM

4 strands

is my limit - the round 4-strand braid and the suspended infinity braid in my avatar and profile pic. I don't see either often IRL

**Christi May** · April 18th, 2024, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Shorty89

I think this one is deceptively complicated looking. It's two French braids braided in an x pattern and then wrapped around the head.

I can't do more than a 5-strand braid though. Any more strands than that and my fingers get confused.

That is beautiful! I've had that idea but don't think I'll be able to pull it off on myself and most of the people in my life don't have hair long enough for me to try it on them. *Sigh.* I have done five strand Dutch braids on other people a few times and it was fun, though.

**Shorty89** · April 19th, 2024, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Christi May

That is beautiful! I've had that idea but don't think I'll be able to pull it off on myself and most of the people in my life don't have hair long enough for me to try it on them. *Sigh.* I have done five strand Dutch braids on other people a few times and it was fun, though.

I can actually braid better on myself than other people. I think it's because I learned to braid on my own hair first.

**Saige** · April 20th, 2024, 04:53 AM

I once did an 11 strand braid, which I was very proud of! I also did Arwen's helms deep battle braid, which I thought looked complicated. It took a while to do, anyway! I have pictures of both in my album, I think.

**Hornet** · April 20th, 2024, 12:20 PM

Originally Posted by Saige

I once did an 11 strand braid, which I was very proud of! I also did Arwen's helms deep battle braid, which I thought looked complicated. It took a while to do, anyway! I have pictures of both in my album, I think.

Wow 11 strand! I want to do bigger strand braids because i feel like it makes my thin braid look thicker. I scrolled through your album and your braids are beautiful!