How-To: Learn a Dutch Braid

April 16, 2009

You've heard of French braids, but have you heard of Dutch braids? The style is similar but just slightly different. (Think of it like knitting, with French braids being the "knit" and Dutch braids as the "purl.") For these braids you actually braid the side strands of hair behind the middle section of hair, instead of on top as with the French style. If you're scratching your head at what I mean, check out this numbered step-by-step tutorial.

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19 Comments

jamiegirl 3 years 47 weeks

That's great if your hair is easy to work with, any tips for those of us with hard to handle hair :rollers:

Keddle 4 years 4 weeks

Great how-to, I was able to do it while reading the how-to and it looks great! Thanks for the new quick braid.

annjoy 4 years 4 weeks

i do that all the time i ever knew it was called dutch but my philo teacher said before "you call it what ever you want its still a braids" but its nice to no a certain name. :->

annjoy 4 years 4 weeks

i do that all the time i ever knew it was called dutch but my philo teacher said before "you call it what ever you want its still a braids" but its nice to no a certain name. :->

Spectra 4 years 4 weeks

Ha, I've always done these...whenever I French Braid my own hair, it turns out "inside out" like this. I just always figured it was a mistake, lol.

missxvicious 4 years 4 weeks

Maybe I'll try this on one of maniac heads

JessNess 4 years 4 weeks

I never knew that there was another direction to braid until I met my mom's friend. She actually does the whole "inside out" braid on her horses because it holds better than traditional braiding direction

popcorn19 4 years 4 weeks

I used to call these "inside out" braids...

French Kiss 4 years 4 weeks

Yeah it's really pretty ! i'm used to french braids of course lol but this one has something more =)

MartiniLush 4 years 4 weeks

This looks so cool! I will have to enlist the help of a friend to try this out! :-)

Quirks4me 4 years 4 weeks

Yeah, I always referred to these as inside-out braids

emalove 4 years 4 weeks

Nice! I love braids! I used to be the French Braid queen back in the late 80s/early 90s...I have to learn this one!

psychobabble 4 years 4 weeks

I've done this myself accidentally when I'm in a rush to get my hair out of my face at home, never really checked how it looked. I think I'll give it another try with purpose! Thanks for the How-to, it's very pretty!