How To Tie Gele - A Step By Step Guide On Tying Your Headgear

How To Tie Gele

1.Begin by folding in the end of the gele, this will ensure there is a smooth base at the front (crown of your head).

2. Take the gele and wrap it around your head from the back to the front (towards the middle of your forehead) ensuring that the ends at the front are equal. This aspect is very important.

3. Then take one side of the gele, e.g: the left side, and wrap it towards your right all the way round to the back of your head and secure it with your right hand. At this point, the left side of the gele will be shorter than that of the right side.

4. Take the right side (the longer side) and cross it over to the left side all the way round the head to the back, wrapping it and securing it with your hands at the back.

5. At the side & back of the gele, begin to arrange it, measuring the gele around the head in levels and layer…begin to squeeze the ends to form a fan from the middle of the layout, ensuring that the left over at the end closest to you is enough to grip.

6. Repeat the same on the other side.

7. Secure the grip by typing both ends closest to you into a knot twice and neatly tucking in the loose bits.

8. At this point there will be 2 layers at the top of the gele piece. Start arranging the layer at the back first making sure the highest point of the gele is in the middle.

9. Then move to the layers at the front. Start making lines and pleats forming layered steps at the front of the gele with your fingers. Be sure to try to make them as defined as possible.

10. Push the gele back as desired away from the face to give the face a lift. Be sure not to push back excessively as to prevent the gele from falling off your head. Also be sure not to pull your ears out of the gele.

The final step is to keep adjusting the gele until the desired result is achieved.

Voila! That’s just how to tie gele… Simple right?