Comments on: Sisterhood Staple: Braids

By: P C d-lite

P C d-lite — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:35:28 +0000

forty years separates my first pigtail from my second … IT’S GREAT @2/B BACK !!!!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:13:21 +0000

I’ve always thought of ponytails being the loose kind, but just one of them, while pigtails were two – either braided or not. Interesting!

By: paige

paige — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:01:28 +0000

Pigtails are definitely plaits, while ponytails are the loose kind ;-) I wear braids in my hear when vacationing in hot and humid climes, so I’ll have to dig around for a picture of braided me..

By: roz leibowitz

roz leibowitz — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:46:20 +0000

Oh how we are all braided together! I still love your site (in spite of only having a brother…) Glad you like the photo! Cheers
Roz

By: Annie

Annie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:54:45 +0000

Growing up, I always wore my hair in braids – something about wanting to look more like Laura Ingalls than Nelly (yuk!). I love this post! It’s so nostalgic and I love the artwork – really cool!

I, too, had that book as a child – was it just me or was the twisted braid thing completely impossible? I think it was called the rope or something.

Also, like Becky, one of my sisters always asks me to french braid her hair in pigtails when I visit – she lives in rural Illinois and I’m in California. (I taught myself to french braid my own hair because no one I knew could french braid!)

I’ve always called them pigtails – is that what you guys call them? Or are pigtails for you exclusively unbraided?

By: susan

susan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:10:38 +0000

I love to braid, I braided (horses manes and tails) to support my horse habit for years.
I cut my hair off, 3 years ago to let my gray shine through. Now my hair is at a perfect length for braiding. I found my self French Braiding it the other day, so much fun.
Anastasia, practice is the only way to master the French braid on yourself, don’t give up.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:59:35 +0000

My sister and I live on opposite sides of the country, but when we get together, she always asks me to braid her hair. It was one of the few sisterly things we did together growing up, and it continues to be an act of sisterly bonding.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:13:50 +0000

Oh, this is such funny timing! I’ve gotten really into braiding my hair now that it’s long enough again. I’ve even started to French-braid my own hair!

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:44:07 +0000

this gets me to thinkin’: there really is something about our hair. when i was about 5, my mom got me a ‘pixie cut’. remember those? like, you were a girl with braids — or a girl with a pixie cut. how did that affect how we saw ourselves, and who we … “became”?

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:21:08 +0000

I’m so jealous of all those who had braids. As a child I begged and begged my mother to let me have long hair, but she always had my hair cut short. Awful pixie bobs! Of course, she had long hair as a child and always wanted short hair. I am still growing my hair now and hoping it will one day be long enough to braid. There’s no age limit, right?