Braiding Manes and Tails: A Visual Guide to 30 Basic Braids Spiral-bound Author: Visit Amazon's Charni Lewis Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1580176992 | Format: EPUB
Braiding Manes and Tails: A Visual Guide to 30 Basic Braids Spiral-bound Description
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“Bottom line: This book could save your hands, your time, and probably your sanity.”
-Horsemen's Yankee Pedlar
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Show Off Your Horse's Good Looks.
Braiding is the final touch that gives your horse a polished, well-turned-out appearance. When it's not show day, braiding can preserve a long mane or full tail, or provide a fun, calming activity for horse and rider. Learn the details that can help you master 30 braids suiting every discipline, including hunter, dressage, saddle-seat, Western, and draft.
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- Spiral-bound: 152 pages
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (February 20, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580176992
- ISBN-13: 978-1580176996
- Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I have been struggling for a couple years now to do the traditional Dutch Braid in my horse's tail for competitions. I usually get someone else to do it. They try to teach me but i just find it impossible, even though I am just fine at normal plaiting. I live in New Zealand and was browsing for a good plaiting book to help when I stumbled across this one. Not only is it cheaper to get this from Amazon.com in the US than from anywhere in Australasia, it is the best buy of a how-to book I've found.
Within twenty minutes of opening the book to the Dutch Braid page and reading through the step-by-step diagrams and photos, all in large print text and beautifully laid out numbered lists, I was Dutch Braiding my horse's tail for the first time! The first few times were messy of course, but within a couple of days, with practice, it had neatened up and my fingers had memorized the pattern. Keep in mind I had never been able to master the braid in two years of actual PEOPLE trying to show me and teach me. The book allowed me to go at my own pace, think it through and watch where my fingers were going. Of course it helps if you have a patient horse (give him some hay to munch) and find a good place to tie him where you can also put the book up for easy reading while your hands are full of horse hair :o) Another good thing about this book is that it folds back on itself so even if you have a fence, you can hang it over the rail or wire and still be able to read it.
I absolutely recommend this to people who fumble about with any kind of braids or forelock plaits (another I could never master until now) and really want to do it on their own. Lots of pretty braids and plaits to try - from easy to hard.
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