Dread experiments!

Okay, here come the pictures.The crocheted dread:

The crocheted and waxed one (it doesn't look that different at all, I don't think I used enough wax)

The felted one (looks like hell!!!)

One from the control group (natural, started with tnr) Clearly looks the prettiest!

The crocheted ones feel really tight and scratchy, the felted one feels like a scouring pad, the natural one feels nice and soft, but obviously isn't as matted.Today they will face their first test - being washed!
updated by @pam-pomelo: 07/13/15 09:19:37AM

yikes the felted 1 is nothing but broken hairs


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Yep At least if it falls off it'll be a warning to people....

The felted ones looks a bit like mine...doh.

someone should do an interlocking experiment toopeople need to be warned bout that as wellbut u already sacrificed enough Ava Natty said:

Yep At least if it falls off it'll be a warning to people....

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Yeah I'm definitely not doing that haha, the felting already scared the crap out of meand scarface, if you didn't felt yours and they still look like that, that's probably a good sign and just means they're mature. Cause the point of felting is to make the hairs look all broken and matted on the outside, just like a mature dread. The problem is, they break on the inside too, unlike in a mature dread where they're still intact on the inside but just matted on the outside.

im not certain but i think he maybe crochetted alot Ava Natty said:

Yeah I'm definitely not doing that haha, the felting already scared the crap out of me

and scarface, if you didn't felt yours and they still look like that, that's probably a good sign and just means they're mature. Cause the point of felting is to make the hairs look all broken and matted on the outside, just like a mature dread. The problem is, they break on the inside too, unlike in a mature dread where they're still intact on the inside but just matted on the outside.

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I did some felting, but not that much. I have some weak sections that probalby happend because of felting, but overall they look and feel healthy. I think i could avtually hang in them from hooks in the celing. :P

SE: did that too, but they lost lost the crocheted look around half a year ago. Havent done anything too them since i discovered this forum, so about 2-3 months of "naturalizing"?

post more pics of ur dreads -- facial shots ok thnx bye