Braids- bands or yarn??

TB Jumpers · 07-05-2008, 01:24 PM

When u all brade your horses do u use bands or yarn? I can braid with bands and it looks pretty ok, and i can braid with yarn it just looks...bad. My show that is not untill November, so should i pratice braiding with yarn or should i just use bands?

Xiphias · 07-05-2008, 01:32 PM

I always used yarn, and sewed them in...and the same color as the horse's mane and tail as you can get...

Cathy

Quick2Skip01 · 07-05-2008, 01:49 PM

I prefer yarn- less chance its going to break like bands do.

Horsez · 07-05-2008, 01:50 PM

Yarn just has an overall nicer look.

Kizza · 07-05-2008, 02:33 PM

I use rubber bands, purely because I cannot make thread look good. My banded manes look awesome but when I use thread it looks so sloppy!

magic_rider · 07-05-2008, 02:34 PM

We call yarn thread here, I think yarn looks heeps better, it's quicker and easier to.

grandchampion1 · 07-05-2008, 03:18 PM

I prefer to use thread....It's a type of waxed braiding thread...it looks nicer than yarn and it's easier to work with
=]

Bernardo · 07-05-2008, 03:19 PM

I've done both ... but I got really lazy at horse shows and just did bands and buttoned them up small and tight ... they looked better then yarn, at least the yarn I could do.

However if it was a big show I'd hire someone to braid for me

horseyfrk145 · 07-05-2008, 03:19 PM

I use bands

My trainer showed me an awesome way to do them with bands that IMO looks just as good, and IMO looks no different than with yarn. I know how to do it both ways, though.

chocchipcookie · 07-05-2008, 04:53 PM

Both. I sew them in then if I'm not happy I'll whack a band around them to catch any loose bits.

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07-05-2008, 01:24 PM	#1
TB Jumpers Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NC Posts: 640 Images: 61	Braids- bands or yarn?? When u all brade your horses do u use bands or yarn? I can braid with bands and it looks pretty ok, and i can braid with yarn it just looks...bad. My show that is not untill November, so should i pratice braiding with yarn or should i just use bands? __________________ "He who makes a beast out of himself Gets rid of the pain of being a man" - Bat Country by A7X "Yeah, we beat up our bassist." Synyster Gates

07-05-2008, 01:32 PM	#2
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,815 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	I always used yarn, and sewed them in...and the same color as the horse's mane and tail as you can get... Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts and 3 million posts I've been snowballed so many times I think I have a concussion I have been hugged 6 times! Thanks I needed them

07-05-2008, 01:49 PM	#3
Quick2Skip01 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Posts: 4,167 Images: 290 Blog Entries: 7	I prefer yarn- less chance its going to break like bands do. __________________ ~2008 ABRA National Reserve High-Point Amateur~ Woot Woot! Horse Power- (Informal) The extraordinary capacity of the horse to elevate the human spirit.

07-05-2008, 01:50 PM	#4
Horsez Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,377 Images: 4	Yarn just has an overall nicer look. __________________ I've Been Snowballed 3x!

07-05-2008, 02:33 PM	#5
Kizza Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: S.Yorkshire, England Posts: 2,721 Images: 235 Blog Entries: 51	I use rubber bands, purely because I cannot make thread look good. My banded manes look awesome but when I use thread it looks so sloppy! __________________ Kyrie Emerald Rock & Miss Dynamite "I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

07-05-2008, 02:34 PM	#6
magic_rider Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,233 Images: 52	We call yarn thread here, I think yarn looks heeps better, it's quicker and easier to.

07-05-2008, 03:18 PM	#7
grandchampion1 Full Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: USA Posts: 127	I prefer to use thread....It's a type of waxed braiding thread...it looks nicer than yarn and it's easier to work with =]

07-05-2008, 03:19 PM	#8
Bernardo Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 2,768 Images: 41	I've done both ... but I got really lazy at horse shows and just did bands and buttoned them up small and tight ... they looked better then yarn, at least the yarn I could do. However if it was a big show I'd hire someone to braid for me __________________ //kimberley\\ *

07-05-2008, 04:53 PM	#10
chocchipcookie Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia... Posts: 2,574 Images: 134 Blog Entries: 14	Both. I sew them in then if I'm not happy I'll whack a band around them to catch any loose bits. __________________ Live for today, we'll dream tomorrow.

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