I got my dreads 7 months ago... now, i have never been a wax-aholic, but I have certainly been a crochet-aholic. I know, I know...this is horrible for the poor dreadies...Thing is, I work in a law firm, and have honestly felt a slight pressure to have them being neater, tidier, so for the last 7 months, I have crocheted.i didnt really start that until they were closer to 3 months old, but have done it since. So as you may well imagine, my dreads look like they have fishbones out the sides, with all the loose hairs.I want to go with zero crocheting, but must DEFINATELY keep them neat for my law firm. I HAVE to. And I am not allowed to wear any sort of scarves or head wraps at work either, so the roots have to look nice and neat too.I can use a floss threader for the loose hair at the roots, that is not a problem, but i need technique for the body.So my questions are this:1. I need a prognosis for my dreads. They are strong now, absolutely no breakage of dreads, and they feel good and solid, its just the fishbone hairs coming out either side... Will my dreads be okay, and recover if I leave them alone now and dont crochet more?2. Can I trim the hair that is poking out, now? My dreads are 7 months and most of them feel very locked. some are still feeling like babies, so i likely wont touch them, but is it okay to trim off those hairs? or will they eventually dread up? My boyfriend had full on neglect dreads for 13 years, and he told me that those loose hairs will never dread up...his had them straight through all his years, and he never touched his dreads and he ocean swam every day... eek!
updated by @lindsay-millan: 01/13/15 08:41:40PM
How to recover crocheted dreads
@lindsay-millan
14 years ago
7 posts
@soaring-eagle
14 years ago
29,637 posts
u do not need to tidy the roots or the body! you dont have to touch the loose hairjust tie them back neatly or style them professionaly a french braid or dread bunnnow recovering from crochet u will get extra fuzzy from all the damnage u did smooth with aloe or water tie em back and godont cut nothing off cause noone will niotice it anywayand they are a law firm they should know they cannot pressure you to tidy them beyond what your w8illing to do voluntarilyso just leave em be tie em back wrap a ribon round em whatever but dont mess with the roots or looose hairs
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@lindsay-millan
14 years ago
7 posts
thanks so much SE i was hoping it would be you to respond... okay, i have zero issues doing what you recommend. done. my real concern was the health of the dread... and from what i can tell in your post, you believ that they will recover eventually. as long as they will recover, i can deal with any frizz... soaringeagle said:
u do not need to tidy the roots or the body! you dont have to touch the loose hair
just tie them back neatly or style them professionaly a french braid or dread bunn
now recovering from crochet u will get extra fuzzy from all the damnage u did smooth with aloe or water tie em back and go
dont cut nothing off cause noone will niotice it anyway
and they are a law firm they should know they cannot pressure you to tidy them beyond what your w8illing to do voluntarily
so just leave em be tie em back wrap a ribon round em whatever but dont mess with the roots or looose hairs
@soaring-eagle
14 years ago
29,637 posts
well they'll be as fine as they can be theyve taken some wear and tear but not a years worthits hard to guess how much damage was done but if they seem strong then they seem strong thats a good sign Lindsay Millan said:
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thanks so much SE i was hoping it would be you to respond...
okay, i have zero issues doing what you recommend. done. my real concern was the health of the dread... and from what i can tell in your post, you believ that they will recover eventually. as long as they will recover, i can deal with any frizz...
soaringeagle said:u do not need to tidy the roots or the body! you dont have to touch the loose hair
just tie them back neatly or style them professionaly a french braid or dread bunn
now recovering from crochet u will get extra fuzzy from all the damnage u did smooth with aloe or water tie em back and go
dont cut nothing off cause noone will niotice it anyway
and they are a law firm they should know they cannot pressure you to tidy them beyond what your w8illing to do voluntarily
so just leave em be tie em back wrap a ribon round em whatever but dont mess with the roots or looose hairs
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
Hi, sorry for jumping on your question but im a crochet recoverer as well Is there a crochet recovery group here like the wax recovery group? That would be awesome...I never maintained mine only got them made crochet. Its hard finding out after youve gotten them done that u've missed out on getting to know your dreads.I have been pulling loose hairs outta the bottom of my dreads and I think by this advice i should stop?I was also worried about using aloe cus its a conditioner and i want my little loose hairs to lock up...Im sure your work wont even notice if you stop crocheting Karen soaringeagle said:
u do not need to tidy the roots or the body! you dont have to touch the loose hair
just tie them back neatly or style them professionaly a french braid or dread bunn
now recovering from crochet u will get extra fuzzy from all the damnage u did smooth with aloe or water tie em back and go
dont cut nothing off cause noone will niotice it anyway
and they are a law firm they should know they cannot pressure you to tidy them beyond what your w8illing to do voluntarily
so just leave em be tie em back wrap a ribon round em whatever but dont mess with the roots or looose hairs
@soaring-eagle
14 years ago
29,637 posts
i believe i did start a crochet recovery group yea in fact i did it had a crochet needle for the picpink or orange 1 if i remember right karen said:
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
Hi, sorry for jumping on your question but im a crochet recoverer as well Is there a crochet recovery group here like the wax recovery group? That would be awesome...I never maintained mine only got them made crochet. Its hard finding out after youve gotten them done that u've missed out on getting to know your dreads.
I have been pulling loose hairs outta the bottom of my dreads and I think by this advice i should stop?
I was also worried about using aloe cus its a conditioner and i want my little loose hairs to lock up...
Im sure your work wont even notice if you stop crocheting
Karen
soaringeagle said:u do not need to tidy the roots or the body! you dont have to touch the loose hair
just tie them back neatly or style them professionaly a french braid or dread bunn
now recovering from crochet u will get extra fuzzy from all the damnage u did smooth with aloe or water tie em back and go
dont cut nothing off cause noone will niotice it anyway
and they are a law firm they should know they cannot pressure you to tidy them beyond what your w8illing to do voluntarily
so just leave em be tie em back wrap a ribon round em whatever but dont mess with the roots or looose hairs
--
My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
@soaring-eagle
14 years ago
29,637 posts