Kendra's Blog: Three Strand French Braid Pictorial

1. Brush out all hair to assure there are no knots and part your hair regularly.

2. Evenly part a section of hair, starting just above the ears, all the way across the back of your head.

3. Split that section of hair into three equal parts. We'll name those parts "1", "2", and "3".

4. The first stitch of our french braid is just a regular braid. Take part 1 and cross it over part 2. Now you should have, in order, parts 2, 1, 3 (as shown below).

We will finish that stitch of our regular braid, by crossing 3 over 1. Your three parts should now be in the order: 2, 3, 1 (as shown below).

5. Now we add the "french" to our "braid". This time, you will take a small section of your hair and add it to section 2.

Then continue by crossing section 2, including the added hair, over section 3. The order is now 3, 2, 1 (As seen below).

Then do the same thing on the other side of your head by adding a piece of hair to section 1 and crossing it over section 2.

The new order being 3, 1, 2.

6. Once you have added in all of your hair, you will finish it off with a regular braid. (If you aren't familiar with how to braid, see my blog for another pictorial.)