Hairwrapping Techniques : Creative Jewelry for Hair by Darlene Roether This little 95 page booklet is unusual and very cool. I am always looking for books that are off the beaten path. This entire book is devoted to using creative jewelry for hair. Darlene Roether has studied and practiced many forms of arts and crafts over the past twenty-five years. She seems to really enjoy hair wrapping and does a great job of passing on her wisdom in this book. Hairwrapping is explained as a way to create jewelry for the hair. This book cautions you that hair wrapping takes practice. The book also recommends that you form a reciprocal arrangement where you wrap a friend's hair and then they wrap yours. Darlene provides a great history of hair wrapping. She points out that in the Middle Ages from the 10th through the 12th century women wore their braids encased in various colors of long silk that sometimes ended with tassels or metal caps. Another method of decorating braids during the Middle Ages was to bind them with gold or silver ribbons. Roether points out that hairwrapping and its variations offer other ways of enhancing a look. Every once in awhile I will stumble across a great little book that gives me a new way of playing with my long hair. This book opened my eyes to all kinds of new possibilities. The thing that I like about the book is that there is a complete materials list so I can figure out what tools I need to make the hair wraps that I am interested in trying. If you like new looks and love to experiment with your hair you will love this book. Happy Wrapping
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