read up on the site on crochet
it breaks thousands of hairs everytime you use it this makes them weaker and weaker
it makes them really stiff and tight. too stiff and tight (an scratchy from all the broken hairs)
when you start with crochet it prevents any dreading for 6 months
it takes 3 years to lose the stiffness from 1 use
it then makes you a slave to the hook as all the hairs you broke pop back out so you crochet again..braking more more pop out
you never let them dread at all you replace dreading with crochetting ..weaving.. and brutally breaking hairs
if you look at naturakl dreads they flow they hang soft and natural like bair should
crochet dreads either are supernaturally straight ..or curl forward around the face
depended on who maintains them. since your rochetting them yourself you pull them forward where you can see them so the stiffnes results in a forward curl
what to expect when you toss the hook
1 slow kloosening an d reovey light conditioning can help speed this up
2 frizz and i mean way more frizz then if you neverr crochetted..it will get better but 1st will get worse
3 a delayed teen stage once they are loosened even though they are 2 years old you'll start to get loops..this is an essential stage that was skipped ..or prevente it will come eventually..thats when they are starting to dread so stoop the conditioning and leave em alone
from then on your ok.. but the damage is permenant..broken hairs sta y brokn.. .. lets put it this way your dreads shouuld support the weight of 3 elephants (whole hed0) 1 dread over 1000 pounds
after years of crochet it could be 1/4 that.. still 250 pounds .. but eventualy a hard rain is all thats needd to wash away a dred.. when they are so damaged an ounce of pressure breamks them simply diving into a pool can cause 4 dreads to float away (we've seen it happen)
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