Plaiting the Tail

mangolove · 07-02-2008, 04:34 AM

Oh, thats a good idea, Chester. Cool

CaliLove1994 · 07-02-2008, 10:17 AM

i was planning on doing the pin wheel i think its called as thats what i see most often here

Arco · 07-02-2008, 10:28 AM

Very good - if you can get lots of practice in that will help perfect it.

Chester - what a good idea! I always hide the plait too, but have never thought of doing it that way - I always poke it on up under which is really fiddley. I will definately remember your way.

I usually do an inverted braid for tails - easier to get it tighter and neater (can't find any pics, so will do one on Smartie tomorrow and take a picture).

CaliLove1994 · 07-02-2008, 11:53 AM

thanks that would be awesome Arco!

Fancy's Joe · 07-02-2008, 04:52 PM

=o
Looks great! =D

royalrox · 07-02-2008, 05:49 PM

ack I wish I had picture...maybe I'll braid Royal up and take some pics haha

ANyway, yes its just a french braid...but to make it look really nice and polished here's some tips...
-make sure to start at the very top, yes it is difficult due to lack of hair hah
-take VERY small sectiond, like only a few strands, and be sure to take them from underneath the tail so the wrap around all the other hairs
-keep it TIGHT, the smaller the braid the easier this will be but at each crossover sinch i up nice and tight and also push upward with your thumb to keep it from drooping down
-when your all done I try to pluck and wispy hairs sticking out, then wrap with a tail wrap to keep it safe and flatten any stray hairs

As far as finishing it at the bottom there are several ways, the most traditional hunter type would be a pinwheel and that is what I usually do

CaliLove1994 · 07-02-2008, 06:45 PM

so i did it again today and it came out a lot better i have pictures but im to lazy to upload them to my computer right now

AutumnAttic · 07-02-2008, 07:11 PM

that looks really good for your first time!

Chester- I dont quite understand. Could you re explain it please?

Also, what does a pinwheel look like?

sheryl15 · 07-02-2008, 10:25 PM

I think you have it pretty right ....keep up the practise and it will get easier...The inverted braid does look pretty good...I could never get the hang of it... thankfully my hairdresser was also showing ponies , and I would rope him in to do mine

Sheryl
www.highlandparkshowhorses.com

iheartrezzi · 07-04-2008, 06:26 PM

WOW! those are all reallllly good! how did you learn to do that? it looks soo pretty

07-02-2008, 04:34 AM	#11
mangolove Full Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Queensland, Australia =) Posts: 29 Images: 1	Oh, thats a good idea, Chester. Cool __________________ Mango 15hh 18yo QH/Clydie Appy Gelding

07-02-2008, 10:28 AM	#13
Arco Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 1,717 Images: 21	Very good - if you can get lots of practice in that will help perfect it. Chester - what a good idea! I always hide the plait too, but have never thought of doing it that way - I always poke it on up under which is really fiddley. I will definately remember your way. I usually do an inverted braid for tails - easier to get it tighter and neater (can't find any pics, so will do one on Smartie tomorrow and take a picture). __________________ I've been snowballed When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age, you splatter. ~Roy Rogers

07-02-2008, 04:52 PM	#15
Fancy's Joe Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere in Canada ;) Posts: 778 Images: 62 Blog Entries: 2	=o Looks great! =D __________________ *Zoey...* A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart and wins with his character...

07-02-2008, 05:49 PM	#16
royalrox Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Springs, PA Posts: 3,386 Images: 286	ack I wish I had picture...maybe I'll braid Royal up and take some pics haha ANyway, yes its just a french braid...but to make it look really nice and polished here's some tips... -make sure to start at the very top, yes it is difficult due to lack of hair hah -take VERY small sectiond, like only a few strands, and be sure to take them from underneath the tail so the wrap around all the other hairs -keep it TIGHT, the smaller the braid the easier this will be but at each crossover sinch i up nice and tight and also push upward with your thumb to keep it from drooping down -when your all done I try to pluck and wispy hairs sticking out, then wrap with a tail wrap to keep it safe and flatten any stray hairs As far as finishing it at the bottom there are several ways, the most traditional hunter type would be a pinwheel and that is what I usually do __________________ You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows The present now will later be past, And the first one now will later be last -Bob Dylan Proud member of the thoroughbred club!

07-02-2008, 07:11 PM	#18
AutumnAttic Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Michigan U.S.A. Posts: 5,581 Images: 117	that looks really good for your first time! Chester- I dont quite understand. Could you re explain it please? Also, what does a pinwheel look like? __________________ <3 Amber no guts = no glory I've been love struck.

07-02-2008, 10:17 AM	#12
CaliLove1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 835	i was planning on doing the pin wheel i think its called as thats what i see most often here

07-02-2008, 11:53 AM	#14
CaliLove1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 835	thanks that would be awesome Arco!

07-02-2008, 06:45 PM	#17
CaliLove1994 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 835	so i did it again today and it came out a lot better i have pictures but im to lazy to upload them to my computer right now

07-02-2008, 10:25 PM	#19
sheryl15 Full Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sutton Forest NSW Australia Posts: 65 Images: 3	I think you have it pretty right ....keep up the practise and it will get easier...The inverted braid does look pretty good...I could never get the hang of it... thankfully my hairdresser was also showing ponies , and I would rope him in to do mine Sheryl www.highlandparkshowhorses.com

07-04-2008, 06:26 PM	#20
iheartrezzi Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Massachusetts (: Posts: 117 Images: 1	WOW! those are all reallllly good! how did you learn to do that? it looks soo pretty

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