| Braiding Manes & Tails: A Visual Guide to 30 Basic Braids |  | Author: Charni Lewis
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
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Pages: 151
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1580176992
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.10833
EAN: 9781580176996
ASIN: 1580176992
Publication Date: February 20, 2008
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Product Description
Next to riding, there's nothing horse people love more than to pamper and groom their horses. Particularly satisfying among grooming tasks, braiding manes and tails is a calming, centering routine, enjoyed equally by horse and rider. And, of course, handsome braids are a requirement for showing in many riding disciplines.
Horse trainer and instructor Charni Lewis brings the wonderful process of braiding to life in her clearly described, step-by-step guide to 30 beautiful braids. Helping the braider along are full-color photographs and detailed illustrations showing twists and turns that make each style unique and the hand positions necessary to hold those ropes of equine hair in place. To keep hands free for braiding, the book has a nail hole at the top of each page for easy hanging on a post or barn wall.
Lewis begins with detailed advice on choosing and using appropriate tools, preparing the horse, and creating a safe area in which to work. After a chapter on no-nonsense maintenance braids (used primarily to keep the horse neat and clean), she progresses through all the classic braids required for each riding discipline — from a Diamond dressage braid to the Three-ribbon style favored for gaited show horses. Finally, Lewis lets loose with braids that are simply fun to do. She encourages readers to experiment with a Scalloped Hunter mane braid or a Fourstrand Weave for the tail. They look gorgeous, and when the novelty wears off, there are many more to try!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Easy Understanding June 28, 2010
Jennifer Evans (Sapulpa, Oklahoma)
very descriptive in instructions and the pictures are very helpful for what the finished outcome should look like
WOW! Really easy to follow! May 13, 2010
K. Baylis (New Zealand)
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. It even lists some of the tools and utensils you will find helpful with braiding and tips for getting perfect plaits. The pictures are big and beautiful, the diagrams are all professionally hand-drawn and illustrated and the text is nice and big so that if you do prop it up somewhere you can still read it from a small distance.
It made me want to start braiding! October 13, 2009
D. L. Perin (Maine , USA)
This is a great guide to all the basic braids. It was so easy to understand and the step by step coupled with the pictures made me want to bring my nonshow horses in from the fields and braid them up just for the fun of learning all these very cool braiding styles. It is a great way to hang out with the horse and learn a new skill at the same time.
Great visuals & variety of Dressage braids October 6, 2009
Cakechef
We use this manual for our Pony Club Meetings. The girls are learning quick with this visual aid.
A nice visual guide f September 15, 2009
Amber L. Martinez (S. FL, USA)
A really good book for anyone wanting to learn braiding (not even necessarily on horses). It begins with the basics and works it's way through more elaborate braids, providing visual references the whole way.
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