Five months in and no hairline dread-action
Dreading Methods
I'm almost a year in and many spots still havent dreaded yet... Time, Time, Time... I bet by 2-3 years mine will be fully dreaded 
Keep knottin...
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Dreading Methods
9 months natural pics, Super fine texture Started with 2 feet of length
Dreadlock Picture Gallery
Thanks everyone! ya there getting there, only 9 month into this. Looking like my ends on the back are going to be super whispy
thats cool with me, what ever they do they do. Ok you wanna know when you got dreads and not hair trying to turn into dreads? This is how I tell, when your sitting in your computer chair and you lift up the back of your hair/dreads and let them fall you'll hear a thud thud thud if you got dreads ha ha, hair trying to become dreads are too soft still to make a sound lol... JMO... I'm sure theres many other ways just thought that was funny enough to tell, maybe its been 215 happy hour too long??? who knows 
Keep knotting them up!!!! AND ALSO!!! If anyone reads this thats in the Eureka Arcata CA area, I need to know if theres any places near town I can park my bus and not get hassled by the LEO's making the move here really soon..... Thanks everyone...
9 months natural pics, Super fine texture Started with 2 feet of length
Dreadlock Picture Gallery
Thanks SE, Hopefully we both get to make it to the gathering and I can give them some dirty earth conditioning
9 months natural pics, Super fine texture Started with 2 feet of length
Dreadlock Picture Gallery
Well almost 9 months, it'll be a true statement on the 10th of March I started with 24 inches of hair and went total neglect for a week. I had very damaged hair and it was split end madness at the ends. During the first week my hair was turning into one massive dread where the split ends were present and was trying to section off where the hair was healthy on the upper part. I decided to pull apart the sections where I could see the hair trying to naturaly do this on its own and I gave each section 3-4 Twists and Rips to try and keep the sections to them selves. The split ends in the hair work like the hook and loop system in velcro and will dread extreamly fast from my expierence so if you have them dont worry about it. I then spent the next several months constantly pulling the sections apart as they wanted to combine together. I did this about every other day. Now at 9 months I do it about once every 2 weeks but could probably go a month and I would be ok. As far as washing I found some Tea Tree shampoo at my local walmart and have been using that, I wash about every other day sometimes everyday depending on my job for that day, I feel the washing locks them faster as your fingers massaging your scalp while you wash tends to knot everything up quicker just my opinion. At work I wear a ball cap and was worried at first this might cause the hair not to dread, well dreads find a way all they need is time no matter what you do, just throw away your comb. welllll heres some pics, my camera is a little outdated its a 3.2 MP so pics are kinda blurry, but you get the jist Happy dreading all...
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And now a pic right before I threw away my comb!!! ha ha wow what a change
updated by @earthstudios: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM
Wow something is bogging this site down big time.
General Talk
Hey Its better now, so what ever changes you made it worked on my end. Thanks.
updated by @earthstudios: 07/23/15 08:01:51AM
Wow something is bogging this site down big time.
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hummm I am using google chrome. Anybody with chrome not having problems?
Wow something is bogging this site down big time.
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This is not a complaint SE just a post to let you know you have an ad or something somewhere that taking forever to load and it locks up the page's for a miserable amount of time, over and over again when moving about... I got a fast connection so I know its here buried somewhere... FYI
updated by @earthstudios: 02/14/15 02:53:59AM
Day 24 dreads
Dread Maintenance
This is going to test yourpatience. You might go 6 months to a year and not have the mature dreads your looking for. But hang in there wear a hat and just forget about them is the best thing you can do and one day you'll have them!. I'm at 6 1/2 months and I got nice tight dreads finally in the back but up on top is still fine undreaded hair, same with my sideburns and small sectionsthroughout... the best advice I can give you is wear a hat and forget about them, maybe look in a mirror once a week go longer if you can. like they say a watched pot never boils.... Happy dreading! you'll get there in time, just be prepared for the "time" part
Some questions on getting started
Dreading Methods
I have baby fine hair as well, and my advice to you is BE PATIENT, The T&R is a great way to get things going and decide your section size from the start, but whats going to happen is they will start to come out and untangle, Re-T&R if you need to I didnt though. Your ahir will start resembling a giant poof ball but alls is good, This is how I would explain the timeline, 1.T&R 2. T&R comes undone 3. Big mess hair going every which way OMG my dreads are connecting to each other 4. Calm down, seperate the dreads it'll be tuff at first but gets eaiser as more hairs start to lock into their section, 5. wow cool I got some tight sections, 6. This is cakewalk all sections are getting tight I still have to seperate every week or so but much much eaiser....
there ya go, thats my expierence anyways, with the baby fine hair the only way its going to lock is if it gets MESSY!!!! wearing a hat or some sort will make it eaier to deal with, I also had my tips lock up first then I wold take my hand on the top of my head where they were not locking and I would rub in a circle just making everything a super mess, after a few days I'd seperate and do it again, now my tops is locking up good. I am 4 months into this June 11 was the day I threw my comb/brush in the trash. Just give it time, its all you need! Happy trails...