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My hair is of a decent length--it's at my waist right now. I need to know how one can tie their hair in such a "knot" that it is indistinguishable from a knot tied in shoulder-length hair.
In other words, I don't want the person looking at me to know that my hair is of this-or-that length; I want the knot to lend some ambiguity.
Thank you.
Note, I don't hold myself out as an expert on this, but I have done it.
IMHO, tying a knot in a single tail is tough. If you are waist-length though, you've got a shot. I pull it back in a tail without the tie, I put my right wrist *above* the tail, wrap the hair around my wrist once. My right hand is now pointing to the left with a loop of hair around it. Now twist the loop so your hand is pointing right and down. All the while, you should have been holding the end of the tail in your left hand. Now, if you can pass the end of the tail from your left hand to your right hand, and pull it through the loop, you have a knot.
Note, I think if you are just at waist length, this might still be difficult.
However, I know I've seen *women* doing this who have hair that is only mid-back. Either they have smaller hands, a lot more practice, or some combination of both.
It is probably also easier if you have thinner hair! In that case, you might try just putting two fingers above the tail, and then using just the two fingers to grab the end and pull it through the loop.
Stuffing the hair through the loop is an approach that seems to mess the hair a bit too much to be worthwhile.
I have never worn this style out, because it feels too heavy. It might work well with hair sticks. Sorry I don't have any pictures of this. I suppose a brief video would really make the explanation a lot easier
Try parting your hair as if your are going to do a double-braid, and practice knotting half your hair first. It's much easier to do braids and knots with half your hair.
Anyway, if you can tie a knot and/or bun, you're right--it will definitely be ambiguous. I've known a couple cases of peeople who were in the habit of wearing that style, and people said "you have long hair!" on the first occasion they were seen letting it down.
From what I recall Michael, your hair is very straight. That kind of hair can be slippery and a knot will often just sink down and untie itself. From what you are after it sounds like you are asking about a bun though. A bun is great because it protects your hair keeping it from harm be it tangling or interference from others. The whole length disappears and your hair thickness often plays more of a factor in bun size than the length does so it does make your length a mystery.
Elizabeth
How would you recommend tying a nice, secure bun?
It is an art form that takes both making the bun well and finding the right tool to hold the bun. My own skills are limited and erratic when it comes to formation so I go for hairtoys that help make up for that. My favorite clamp for strength these days is a plain matte silver colored Ficcare Maximas clip. For something less visible in your hair try using a hairtie to hold the bun. I see people using those and don't know how it works or if it is secure but it sure looks easy and fast.
Another thing to try is making a cinnamon bun (a flat bun type that lays against the head rather than something that really sticks out like a bee butt bun) then taking the center part of the coil and loosening it slightly widening it. That loose coil gets pulled over the outside bun rings and a hairstick, fork, or slide gets sent through the mass keeping the tool outside that new outer ring.
Eesh, reading back I see the description is not really helpful for teaching. Next time there is a local meet I'll take pictures of what goes on and give better directions. Securing a bun is worth knowing and gives me an excuse to play with somebody's hair. :-)
Elizabeth
Great to see your name posted again....it has been quite a while.
but if I remember you were pretty busy with music and other interests.
Look forward to seeing an update
Walter White Tail