Which shoulder do you finish braiding over?

[BeverlyHills]

I braid over my right shoulder and I'm right side dominant

[foreveryours]

Over my left shoulder because I'm right handed. Cross draw is always easier

[-Aithne-]

Wow! This is really cool! I didn't know there was a correlation!

I wonder if handedness matters with how you braid? I do "overs" (so if it was a French braid, the braid would be "in" not "on top."). I just learned to do the "on too" kind of "under" braiding this year. It's been a real struggle because my hand wants to do the old "over" kind of braid and my hands are really clumsy with the "under" kind...

[Bri-Chan]

I'm right-handed and I alternate.

[alewyn]

I originally answered right shoulder (I'm right-handed) but now that I'm paying attention to it, I've noticed I alternate, as well.

[elfgirl]

Left shoulder, am also right handed

[Potauvert]

Right hand, right shoulder too. Sometimes I try to it on the other shoulder to change but it is not no natural and logic for me to continue the braid more easily

[KokoroDragon]

Wow! This is really cool! I didn't know there was a correlation!

I wonder if handedness matters with how you braid? I do "overs" (so if it was a French braid, the braid would be "in" not "on top."). I just learned to do the "on too" kind of "under" braiding this year. It's been a real struggle because my hand wants to do the old "over" kind of braid and my hands are really clumsy with the "under" kind...

The "under" braiding is called a French braid, and the "over" is a Dutch braid. For me (left handed), Dutch braids are much easier than French braids. But when I'm doing a plain English braid, I usually start with putting one section over.

[lapis_lazuli]

The "under" braiding is called a French braid, and the "over" is a Dutch braid. For me (left handed), Dutch braids are much easier than French braids. But when I'm doing a plain English braid, I usually start with putting one section over.

I think they mean over/under as in how you cross the strands. So over braiding is like a French braid and under braiding is like a Dutch braid (though I call them both English braids when started at the nape).



My answer hasn't changed: right handed and braid over my left shoulder, always. It's funny because even when I do twin braids, I have to finish both of them over the left. So I generally do the left one first, then flip it over my right shoulder so that it's out of the way when I do the right braid and flip that one onto the left