photos of my knot bun

[jojo]

Theres probably millions who can do this but for those who want to learn how; here it is in picures!

http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3879.jpg what I started off with (it is waist when wet...just about!

first I make a low pony tail, no slides or elastics needed
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3880.jpg

then I gently twist the pony
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3881.jpg

then I wrap my hair round my finger (note chewed nails now a thing of the past!!)
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3882.jpg

sorry pictures are HUGE dont know how to get them smaller and the knot looks pretty poor in picture better when i take more time with it!!

then I gently thread the tail through the centre, like a knot
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3883.jpg

then with any hair left over I tuck under and there you have it a knot bun! I can sleep in this and use it during the day, the one in the picture is a little loose as I was demonstrating but there you go!
http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu331/jojoeg_2009/CIMG3884.jpg

What do you all think?

[simply_me]

I really like it. I'm going to put it in my favorites to save until my hair is long enough to do this. BTW, your hair is beautiful; healthy and shiny. :)

[jojo]

aww thank you simply me, thats a really sweet thing to say and I am glad you like the bun.

[AJoifulNoise]

Looking good, jojo!

[jojo]

hey there AJN thank you xx

[SimplyViki]

Looks good! I do something similar - instead of threading the whole tail through, I just pull a loop of the tail through, if that makes sense, and tighten the ring around it. It holds really well that way!

[freckles]

very cute! I'm going to try this later :)

[jojo]

thank you all, i will try the looping round one too, this bun saves a fortune in hair toys too!

[SimplyViki]

thank you all, i will try the looping round one too, this bun saves a fortune in hair toys too!
Let me know how it goes! And yes, it does save a fortune in hair toys. ;) I don't have to buy a jillion of them so that I have one every time my hair needs picked up, this'll do in a pinch with no toy in sight!

[walkinglady]

Looks great! I too am a huge fan of the knot bun!

[Anje]

Looks cute. Mine won't stay like that, though.

[ChrissieM]

Cool! I tried it and it worked! It feels very secure!


(I'll still spend a fortune on hair toys, though.)

I kept trying to add a picture to the thread, but Flickr won't let me. :( :( Anyway, there's one in my album of my new knot bun.

[Lamb]

That's really neat! Looks comfortable, too. :)

[freckles]

mine just falls straight out :( ah well.

[Vivien']

Hey, what a progress ! (I mean, the length :))
Quite an interesting style; I'm wondering, how do you undo it ? Don't you get tangles and knots ?

[Addy]

I'm sooooo gonna try the knot bun JoJo! Thank you for posting this! I can't tell you how many times I walk out of the house without a stick! :o I hope my hair is long enough! Looking from your pics, I'm about the same length and HOPING to hit waist by Christmas too! I'll race ya! :D

[krissykins]

I'm going to try this! You make it look simple yet delightful :D

[Addy]

I did it but it looks very much like a sock bun which I could never do! :D See!
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7667/92309knotbunupclose.jpg (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/92309knotbunupclose.jpg/)


Sock bun or knot bun?

No hair toys or pins used in the making of this photo!!! :D

[jojo]

Hey, what a progress ! (I mean, the length :))
Quite an interesting style; I'm wondering, how do you undo it ? Don't you get tangles and knots ?

no just reverse the instructions, no tangles which is remarkable seeing that my hair tangles as soon as I look at it!! and thanks for the complement x

[may1em]

Awesome pics!

I am also a fan of the knot bun trick. On me, it doesn't hold for long, but it'll get my hair off my neck in a pinch.

[jojo]

nice bun and the race is on!

[Quixii]

Yay! :D
My friend showed me this one morning at school. She was so excited! I was a little sceptical, but I tried it, and it really is a great hair style. There are so many different ways you can do it, too - add in some hair sticks, or a giant claw grip (how she and I most often wear it) or an elastic or what ever else, to slightly change it each time. Or you could leave the tail out, for a teeny ponytail. xD

[Addy]

Alright JoJo! :D Either me or you can start the thread around Christmas, whoever get's the thread started first! Good Luck! I'm very excited to see if I can make it! :cool:

[embee]

Serious envy here. I think type 1a doesn't do this very well. At least mine won't stay but a minute, just slips right out.

Gives me an excuse for hairtoys though. :)

[jojo]

Alright JoJo! :D Either me or you can start the thread around Christmas, whoever get's the thread started first! Good Luck! I'm very excited to see if I can make it! :cool:

Sounds good to me and we are as near as damn it the same hair type! on your marks.................get set...............GO!

[Chrissy]

It looks great! Mine is still too short. Boo hoo.

[Laylah]

Why is it that I am a bit past waist yet my hair is too short for this :( I get a little stub that sticks out of the know, and it all falls apart as soon as I move. Oh well, I was really looking forward to this style- it looks very nice, so I can't wait to try when my hair is longer! :)

[Dars]

This looks like something I could actually do! Thanks for posting :D

[ericthegreat]

That is such a beautiful chignon Jojo, and you did it so easily and quickly which I really love. I've done my chignons in a similar way, except I really do need either a ponytail elastic, at least two hairpins or a chopstick in order to hold my thick hair.

[friskybiznus]

I'll still spend a fortune on hair toys, though.)


LOL! Me, too!!!

[jojo]

Thank you guys, let me know how it goes if you try it

[little_acorn]

Love it - but mine slips out :(

[Addy]

Sounds good to me and we are as near as damn it the same hair type! on your marks.................get set...............GO!

:D WOOT! :cheese:

[Aer]

Very nice, I like the simplicity, I might give it a try.

[going gray]

Thanks so much for posting those photos, can't wait until I have enough for a bun undo. (going to take some time) By the way, you have very pretty hair.

[Faolan]

I just tried it but it wouldn't stay up for more than maybe ten minutes. Maybe with some hairtoys (any excuse for hairtoys is a good one)it would stay up? I liked the look though, very cute.

[Aerith]

That looks really nice! I might try this out despite my head hurting when I put my hair up.

Thanks!

[nowxisxforever]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJRUFoahROo I did this video-- one of the styles is the knot I do which can be used similarly to this.. the way of forming the knot is the tricky part that I love! I forget where I learned it, someone on LHC. The second style is it.

[ladycatpurrs]

A new style! I am wearing it right now, thank you Jojo!:D