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Latch hook or crochet styles create a full-coverage style.
That means they're great for growing out a style, or for just changing up your look entirely.
You'll need to be able to complete a full head of cornrows, and also be able to add braiding hair into your rows in order to stabilize your cornrowed base.
Let's take a look at how to apply these latch hooks.
Your first consideration will be your cornrow base pattern.
Typically, straight back cornrows are used for latch hook designs.
Make sure that you carry your braiding hair through your cornrows and down past the ends of the natural hair.
You want a nice, blunt cut to be able to fold these braids back onto themselves and stitch into place.
Push your needle through your cornrow,
through the braided end,
pull it out and go in through your thread loop
and pull it down tight.
We're going to go around this a few times to make sure that it's secure.
And then we're going to stitch down the length of that braid.
Once you have all of your braided ends stitched into place, you're ready to begin adding your latch hook hair.
Hold your latch hook hair by the loop at the top,
slide your latch hook tool underneath your cornrow.
Make sure that your latch is flipped open.
Grab a hold
of that latch hook loop.
Pull it underneath the cornrow
just until the end of the loop is pulled through.
Take the two legs,
pull it through the loop
and, cinch that down into place.
You're going to repeat this along your cornrows until they're completely filled.
Open the latch hook tool, slide it under your cornrow
Grab a hold of the loop,
close that latch and slide it underneath your cornrow.
Pull the legs of your braid through the loop and cinch it down.
Continue working until you've covered each cornrow.
In order to eliminate some of the intense scalpy-ness, there's another trick that you can use.
Now this requires you to be very careful and very gentle
We're just going to come in and pick up some of the hair next to the cornrow.
Be very gentle as you do this, this can be very, very tight.
Grab your loop and pull it underneath,
again, pulling the legs through.
When you tighten that down, be extra careful. Pull it out.
And cinch it down.
And that will help create a buffer in between your cornrows and make it not look so scalpy.
Just repeat that any place that you need extra coverage.
And now we see the completed style.