I posted in my 'blog' about how my hair was done yesterday. After admitting I am terrible at braids, I realized that others may benefit from a quick tutorial. This is where I found reference to using hair ties to facilitate a braid. I never got that far, I stuck with just the hair ties :P
I call it a faux braid, they call it pull-through
https://www.wikihow.life/Create-a-Pull-Through-Braided-Ponytail (https://www.wikihow.life/Create-a-Pull-Through-Braided-Ponytail)