Well I kno there's a lotta crazy, creative ppl on this site n I'm sure y'all can help me.. See, I really cannot be spending anymore money on these dreads.. But I need somethin to decorate them or help them stay seperated. Like a bead or sleeve or whatever would do.. But doesn't cost so much money. Y'all kno of anything I can make myself? That's really what I'm lookin for.. I'm down for whatever, n it cnt look crazier than I already do so if u got any ideas, throw em at me.
updated by @atom: 02/14/15 06:36:38AM
Need some Advice
Theres a really cool thread somewhere with loads of cool ideas, they are hard to find but I'll see if I can dig it up.Found it its called Help with beads and is on the board. Heres the link in case you don't find it http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/help-with-beads#axzz0utpBdOCq
go to a junk yardfind a car with 1 of those beaded car seat coverstake it apart and u got about 2000 beadsfind a bone boil it to steralize it and saw it into peices again boil it to remove marrow and u got beads(a vertabra works great without chopping it up)find a stick drill a holefind a rock drill a holefind a ring oh wait its got a holefind a hole and use whatevers outside the hole
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my hubby makes really cool beads out of bamboo we found growing around here! I don't know if you can find any where you live but we just got lucky that someone happened to be growing it in their yard. He cuts it into pieces and uses a dremmel to make designs. Peyote sleeves are pretty easy and cheap to make once you get the hang of it. maybe not the type of designs that knotty sleeves makes but a simple one with just stripes wouldn't take you long to figure out. Look for a guide online. Rings work well too.
Lol I just saw that other post just like this one.. But I actually grow bamboo. I gotta bunch of it.. How exactly does he do it?? N Ima definitely check out the peyote stitchin stuff! Thanks 
NaturalWomyn said:
NaturalWomyn said:
my hubby makes really cool beads out of bamboo we found growing around here! I don't know if you can find any where you live but we just got lucky that someone happened to be growing it in their yard. He cuts it into pieces and uses a dremmel to make designs. Peyote sleeves are pretty easy and cheap to make once you get the hang of it. maybe not the type of designs that knotty sleeves makes but a simple one with just stripes wouldn't take you long to figure out. Look for a guide online. Rings work well too.
HA LOL that's funny cause i saw your post first and replied to it! We found this bamboo growing outside and it was maybe 6ft tall. I don't know if that makes a difference or not. He just slices the bamboo into the size he wants to make the bead and because it's hollow it's pretty much all set. He has a dremmel he uses to carve in whatever design he wants but you don't even have to do that. Just let it dry out for a while after and then pop it on! Eventually it turns brown and shiny it looks really cool! Atom said:
Lol I just saw that other post just like this one.. But I actually grow bamboo. I gotta bunch of it.. How exactly does he do it?? N Ima definitely check out the peyote stitchin stuff! Thanks
NaturalWomyn said:my hubby makes really cool beads out of bamboo we found growing around here! I don't know if you can find any where you live but we just got lucky that someone happened to be growing it in their yard. He cuts it into pieces and uses a dremmel to make designs. Peyote sleeves are pretty easy and cheap to make once you get the hang of it. maybe not the type of designs that knotty sleeves makes but a simple one with just stripes wouldn't take you long to figure out. Look for a guide online. Rings work well too.
btw ill have new pics up tomorrow
let me know how it goes! Atom said:
definitely gna try this..
