Description

A turban is a type of headwear that is madebycloth winding. It is traditionally worn as a customary headwearbymen, especially in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and North Africa.Indifferent faith communities, the headgear is also worn as a partofreligious observance. Additionally, turbans have also come tobeknown as the headwear worn by women in the West. Whateveryourreason for tying a turban, it's important to know how to masterthewrapping technique so the turban can securely and comfortablystayon your head.

If you want to know how to tie a turban, see the steps togetstarted today.
- Fold the fabric in half and place it against the back ofyourhead, holding the ends in front of your ears. First, foldyourcloth to create a scarf that is about 6 inches (15 cm) wide.Then,place it against the back of your head and bring out thefrontparts of the scarf so that they are out in front of your ears.Youshould be working with at least 5–6 feet (1.5–1.8 m) of cloth.Itcan help to bend your head down a bit to get the back of thefabricagainst the back of your head.
- Tie a knot with the fabric in the middle of your forehead.Justtie an ordinary knot, or even two, for extra security. Justkeep inmind that you don't want the knot to look too bulky, orit'll stickout when you're done.
- Twist the ends of the scarf around your head until you run outoffabric. Start from the base where you tied the knot andcontinuetwisting until you've wrapped both ends of the fabricaround yourhead. Wrap them one layer at a time, from the layer abletheinitial knotted layer until you've covered the back of yourhead.The layers in the front should move higher and higher, whileyoucan just wrap around one layer between the back of yourearsrepeatedly. Twist the fabric and keep wrapping it around yourheaduntil you've almost run out of fabric.
- Pull the fabric back across your head. Tuck it underneaththescarf in the back, and make additional adjustments ifnecessary.For this version of the headscarf for women, you'll needto coverall of your hair. If you prefer to leave some of your headpeekingout the top, then you can just leave a space when you wrapthefabric around your head. You may want to use bobby pins tohelpkeep the turban in place.

There is no one way to wrap a pagh or head scarf. Experimentwithdifferent styles and techniques of folding. If you are usingascarf, opt for thin, soft fabrics that are easier to keep inplace.Experiment with different patterns if you want a quirkylook.