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Four Kinds of Four Strand Braids, and How to Do Them on Yourself! If you've ever wanted to know how to do a four strand braid, here is a basic braiding tutorial for four different versions! Watch this video to learn the fundamental braiding skills for the other videos on my channel, or to brush up on the skills you already have.

The crocodile ridge braid is quite an exotic braid. It resembles the back of the crocodile. It seems like a mix of flat braid with a round braid at the center. In this video we take a look at the 6 stranded version.

Four leather strands are round braided against a wood core, followed by the same four strands round braided without the core. Showing the around-the-core part first gives a good look at the structure of the braid, and makes doing it without a core clearer. (The leather strands that are braided around the core are ~8 mm wide each; in the round braiding without the core the leather thongs are thinned from ~8 to ~4 mm to give the round braid a tapered look.)

Four-sided braid made with ribbon. While this tutorial uses the cube braid as a centrepiece for a necklace, I think it would be better suited as a bracelet.

While this is ostensibly about fancy hair braids, the braids therein could be used for things other than hair.