Braids

Reading a filet crochet chart

A filet crochet chart is a grid, and each square in that grid is one block of the fabric: either an open square (a mesh, usually one double crochet, two chains, one double crochet) or a filled square …

Crochet braids and how they are installed

A client sits down with hair that has been relaxed twice in the past year, and she wants the fullness of locs without the commitment. You part her hair into neat squares — roughly the size of the hook…