Plaiting with cotton

With your needle and cotton, sow up through the bottom of the plait. Make two turns around the bottom to secure the end. Push the needle through the top of the plait, near the base of the neck, being very careful not to stab your horse! Now fold the plait in half. Fold the plait twice towards you, to make a round bobble. Take the needle and cotton around to the right side of the plait.

Sow back through the centre of the bobble. Now take the needle and cotton once around the left side. Then back up the centre of the bobble. Repeat once more each side with the cotton.

Then take the cotton back down the centre towards you. Loop the cotton around one of your stitches. Thread it back through to secure the end. Cut off the end of the cotton, with scissors. Repeat with all the remaining sections, until you have a beautifully plaited completed mane.

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White