Oh brother. I used to use scissors to give Hambet his awful home haircuts, but I thought I’d move up to the big time and use clippers. A friend gave me some little tips she’d printed up (she is an old hand at cutting hair.)
\nI followed her directions carefully, and they seemed to make sense, but things started going wrong with the first pass of the clipper: the guards she uses are numbered from largest to smallest, and her instructions are based on that system. The guards on my clipper are numbered from smallest to largest. So her guard #2 is my guard #6. I didn’t realize my mistake until it was too late and I had cut the back way too short. Disconcerted, I paused for a fatal moment — Hambet squirmed — and bzzzzzzzz<\/i> — there went a big strip of hair from the nape of his neck halfway up the side of his head!
\nI tried to assemble the thing into some kind of style, but now he looks like he’s either off to the skateboard ramp or just back from taking the tonsure. Plus the little long cap on the top is not cut evenly. Oh well, Hambet doesn’t care and it will always grow back. But next time, I won’t start with the smallest guard! I just hope the new look softens up a bit before we go off to see dh’s family next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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