{"id":1631,"date":"2014-10-10T21:43:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T04:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2014-10-13T21:44:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T04:44:36","slug":"learning-to-braid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/2014\/10\/learning-to-braid\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to Braid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my <strong>Legolas<\/strong> costume this year, I purchased a straight, blonde wig (I opted out of growing my out my hair as it would a) take a long time, b) not end up straight but curly, and at this stage in my life c) come out gray) and decided to install the elf&#8217;s trademark braids into it myself.\u00a0 Getting some great advice from the <a title=\"LOTR Costume\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alleycatscratch.com\/lotr\/Elf\/Legolas.htm\" target=\"_blank\">LOTR Costume<\/a> site and watching a very clear <a title=\"Lord of the Rings Hair Tutorial for Men - Legolas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3P3Z0WG0f3M\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial<\/a>, I set out to learn to braid the Elven way.\u00a0 Within a few minutes I was weaving the strands of Middle-Earthian elf hair into neat rows (using the herringbone\/fishtail and lace fishtail patterns).\u00a0\u00a0Now if I ever find myself in the gazeboed walkways of Rivendell or the dappled paths of Mirkwood, I can arrange my hair to match the locals (and hopefully not be taken prisoner).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_06B_Braids.jpg\" class=\"gallery_colorbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_06B_Braids.jpg\"  alt=\"Legolas Braids\" width=\"1109\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014_06B_Braids.jpg 1109w, 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