Push a loop of string through the eye of the needle, and thread the yarn through the loop [it goes through easiest in strands of 2 or 3]. Hold onto the needle with one hand, and pull on the string with the other. If you did it right, the loop of string should pull right through the eye of the needle, along with the yarn.

At any rate, you should somehow arrive at this point with six strands of yarn threaded through your needle.

Push the needle through the braid just before the actual braid begins, right next to the scalp at the root of your hair. If you made your braid very tight [tight braids are good, if they are not tight enough, you'll get saggy loops of hair at the root of your extensions] then you may need pliers to help you get the needle through: with one hand, hold the braid taut straight out from your head and with your other hand grip the end of the needle in the pliers and pull.

You might try skipping the whole thing with the needle and instead using a crochet or latch hook tool. Someone emailed me to suggest this, I haven't tried it personally so I have no idea what it is or how well it will work.

Once you get it through, take off the needle and pull the ends of the yarn even with each other. You should now have six strands of yarn running through the root of your braid.

Take two strands of yarn from each side...

...and braid them with the braid of hair.

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