You can use your regular cornrowing hair products, or you can use something natural, such as shea butter and olive oil.
If you have long braids at the end of your cornrows, pull them back along your head and pin or sew them to the adjacent cornrows. Great options for cornrow patterns to use include straight to the back cornrows or a beehive pattern, though you can use whatever style appeals to you.
The square needs to be big enough to cover all your hair, from hairline-to-hairline. The exact dimensions of the square will depend on how big your head is. A hair net is optional. You may want to use it if your hair is thin and you want to be able to sew in as many wefts as possible to create fullness.
The edge cornrow is the cornrow along your hairline. The whipstitch is where you pull the needle through the netting and out through the cornrow. Pull the needle back up and repeat the stitch. Your thread should be the same color as your hair. Black or brown thread will work for most people.
To make a pleat: pinch some netting between your thumb and index finger, then fold it against the rest of the netting. How much you pleat depends on how much extra netting you have.
If you happen to have any unwanted large gaps from cutting the excess thread, you can simply close the gap by sewing it.
The lace closure will have a ½-inch (1. 3-cm) lace (mesh) seam all along the curved edge. Do not cut this off. Some lace closures come with a pre-made part. Make sure that the closure’s part matches your part.
Leave the needle threaded. Hook it through the netted cap so you don’t lose it. This is difficult to master if you are a beginner. Ask a friend or someone who has experience with closures to help you secure your closure to your cornrows.
Keep the needle threaded.
Make sure that you are sewing through both the wig cap netting and the cornrow underneath it. Keep both needles threaded. Hook the right needle through the netting for now.
Make sure that you sew through the netting. If you come across a cornrow, sew through it too.
After your needle is through the first time, you may want to create a knot in the thread for extra protection before you continue to sew. This will give your wefts some stability.
Do not cut the weft.
You will have some gaps between the cornrows, so be careful! Sew right onto the netted cap, if you need to. Folding the wefts rather than cutting them helps to reduce shedding.
