Hello! with 7 dreads and counting!

Hi I'm Pete. I'm 23 and I am getting dreadlocks for the second time in my life!

First time was a nightmare.

It was couple months ago, and I really didn't know alot about dreads, but since I wanted to get them so much, i called hair salon near my house who does lock extensions. So, when in, they did my locks.
They braided extensions on and wrapped them with black yarn....

they looked awful and hurt like crazy too. there was only 9 locks in my whole head, soimaginehow big the sections were... so i took them off the next day...

since then i've been researching and studying and i stumbled upon this site.

THIS SITE IS AWSOME!!!!

I got all the info i need to start dread and I actually started yesterday.

I really don't have a lot of spare time, so I have total of 7 as of this saturday morning 3.30 am.

I am twisting and ripping them and doing a little bit of crochet to tighten them a little.

Sections are in different sizes cuz i would like to have different thiknesses and i really don't like the look of neat squares on the scalp.
they are super fuzzy at the moment and look a little messy so im a little worried...
and Im also worried about doing the back all by myself.

but oh well! dread is dread. right?

i didn't get dread shampoo yet so i probably need to get them soon.

Here's a picture of my new dreads. Hopefully they look alright!

updated by @pete-park: 01/13/15 09:30:18PM

Justin is 100% correct about the crochet hook causing more fuzzies (and usually they are the prickly kind.)

Anyhoo, I have TnR dreads and a lot of them came loose and then re-dreaded themselves on their own. Just be patient and they will lock up eventually. Usually the looser the baby locks are, the better and faster they dread up.

Looking good so far though. Read up on the dreaducation (link at the top) and then take a look at some user timelines. It will definitely put the process into perspective.