Can you tie your hair in a knot?

[eadwine]

I seem to remember a thread like this on the old forum, something like a test whether people can do this and if it stays put then. If someone remembers more than I do, please do fill in the blanks for me :lol:


Anyway.. I have tried, and it immediately comes out again, no way is it staying in. Floop hair http://whiterosecreations.nl/images/smileys/rasp.gif :lol:

[Kittee]

Works great for me. But then again I have curly/coarse hair, so I think that helps. If you have smooth finer hair, i can imagine it would slide right out!

[Euphony]

With all my hair I can almost make a full knot now - but there's no way it's staying in. It does stay in with half my hair though - I like the half-up knotted bun!

[spidermom]

It won't stay in unless I skewer it with sticks or a fork. Even a double-loop knot slides out in 1 minute or less.

[Gylfi]

Not only does the knot stay in, but it is very hard to get back out :shrug:

[Leisha]

I tried and it slid out in about 20 seconds. :shrug: :)

[almudena]

Ok, I tried it at this very moment and it stays :)

[Kleis]

I have fine hair, but a lot of it. I wore my hair exclusively in a topknot (no sticks, pins, forks, etc) for absolutely years. It was only when I started growing from hip length to longer that I started using tools to keep it up. I'd never used a hairstick or fork--or anything else--until I'd been a member of the LHC for six months or so!

My hair stays up fine at slightly shorter lengths. These days, gravity hauls it down fairly quickly.

[camara]

I can do a full knot, whether it stays in or not depends...

Clean hair= knot is slipping out in no time.
...not so freshly washed hair= knot is slipping down to waist level and stays there.
:o

[Diamondgirl2003]

Mine slips out. My sister does that to my hair she said its a test to see if your hair is healthy if it slips out it is. I dont think its a correct test because my cousins stays and she has really nice healthy hair but it also has some curl and i think that makes it stay.

[Hypnotica]

I can do a knot barely, but I need to use some sort of tools.

[Gylfi]

Mine slips out. My sister does that to my hair she said its a test to see if your hair is healthy if it slips out it is. I dont think its a correct test because my cousins stays and she has really nice healthy hair but it also has some curl and i think that makes it stay.

This makes sense to me as I'd think that brittle hair would easily stay in a knot. There are so many exceptions that it's not a viable way to calculate the health of one's hair, though!

[MemSahib]

No, it slides right out.

[Lady Godiva]

My sister does that to my hair she said its a test to see if your hair is healthy if it slips out it is.
All the test really does is determine how straight a person's hair is, which, of course, can be determined by simple observation. I suppose dry or damaged hair might hold a knot better, but then again, simple observation can determine those facts.

Of course my 1a hair falls out immediately. Must use a stick or other tool to hold it onto my head. :roll:

[icydove]

It will stay loosely if I do not move my head at all. One shake of the head and the knot will fall out.

[LifeisAdventure]

Hmmm... My hair stays in a knot after slipping down the length a bit. My hair is very fine and usually slick, but I wouldn't doubt it's a sign of unhealthiness for me. :( Probably not the same for others with curly or thick hair though.

[KatKeRo]

It depends wich knot. A simple knot slides out but a Swirlybun (which is a kind of a knot) stays in, a Literal Knot also.

[harley mama]

I can tie my hair in a knot and it will stay for a while if I am not doing anything very active.
The problem is that I usually tie it in a knot to get it out of the way when I am doing something active. So, It doesn't stay long most of the time!

[Lixie]

Not only does the knot stay in, but it is very hard to get back out :shrug:

Heh, same here. I can never do that half-of-hair-pulled-through-loop ponytail either, my hair becomes hoplessly tangled up.

[Yari]

Sometimes my knots come loose because they were not tied correctly or my hair is too slippery. It depends on how i position the knot.

Do you remember the Suebian knot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suebian_knot)? For instructions, please see Coats of arms of Osterby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wappen_von_Osterby_bei_Eckernfoerde_in_Deuts chland.png).

[Shanarana]

Mine knots without me doing anything to it. :cheese:

[jojo]

yeah i can do this, but it stays in about 30 seconds but kinda makes me feel longer than i am!!

[n3m3sis42]

I can tie mine in a knot, and it will stay for a few minutes if I don't move my head very much.

[embee]

Gah. Mine is long enough but the knot won't even stay in long enough for me to brush my teeth, which is when I want my hair tied back. Slippery, that's my hair!

[Alethia]

I can tie a knot in mine easily, but it slips down to neck level really quickly and I certainly wouldn't trust it as a method of keeping my hair out of the way for long, even though the ponytail sprouting out of it is nearly waist length.

[renarok]

Nope, the knot slides right out. I also can't leave a braid without an elastic for more that 5 seconds because is unravels. I always wished I could do a quick braid and leave it. I'd like to say it was because my hair is so healthy, but my guess is it is just my hair type.

[Riot Crrl]

It used to work when I had longer hair, but now it slides out after a few.

[Angela_Rose]

Mine will stay in a regular knot just fine, with only minimal slippage, but i have thick coarse hair so that may have something to do with it.
What i like to do with a knot it wind the tassel around the knot and then run it all through with a stick- it'll stay forever like that.
i also consider my standard bun a sort of knot- i wind it around and around and then sort of tie the ends off under the already-wound coils of bun.

[ale]

I can do it, but it slips instantaneously!

[hazelceleste]

I can knot my hair, but it only stays for a few minutes.

[Haith]

My knot springs out as soon as I let go. Less than 2 seconds for me.

[Stevy]

Mine slides straight out again.

[eresh]

If I do a knot against my head, it sags out halfway down and then patheticly hangs there

[naomimcc]

Mine wil stay if I haven't washed my hair in like 3/4 days. usually I use a scrunchie to hold it.