the truth about crocheting dreadlocks

hello everyone!
first of all thanks for all the good advice and inspiration. i had my dreads made in thailand with a crochet hook.. i have to admit that, i really didnt know any better, i thought all methods were the same and the crochet was simply the thai way of locking hair.. how wrong i was. i havent done anything to my dreads since apart from palm rolling. wax never seemed like a good idea to me.. yuk yuk. my question is: will my dreads become REAL dreads if i just let them be? or should i start over? i've noticed they're becoming thinner with every wash. any advice? peace to you all

this might be a little off topic but if you wanna talk about dread destruction y'all should hear what this cat told me I should try to do to get rid of hair popping out the side of my dreads. He told me I should take a lighter and singe them away like a loose string on a uniform.

Read this aloud and let it soak in.

When SE starts explaining physics and chemistry 101 in his 'dreadlock science seminar' ( and makes a lick of sense ) , will be the day when I just stop caring and cut off my 'locks.
....FYI it'll be a cold day in hell, so don't bother waiting.....


SoaringEagle, go buy a Chem101 book.
Go look at the chapters on ' Suspensions vs Solutions' and read up on 'density'....

You can have the worlds most dense dreads, but it's still going to be a 'hair suspended in air', and consist of a air/hair ratio. Some dreads are obviously going to have a higher hair/air ratio because of their density, but that does not mean they are a complete solid.
Sure, hair breakage is a problem. We know this....
Technically, with a tight enough 'weave' throughout a dreadlock a broken hair here or their shouldn't even matter...


But I digress....
The original intentions of my statement remains. I'll take a page from Lil'Wayne (ever so appropriate with his 'fake and manicured' dreads, right SE? right???? *rollseyes*)

You only live once; you worry about yours, let them worry about theirs, cause I got mine.

You've made a page to categorically disseminating every single method of 'dreadlocks' as harmful (except natural). We get it. Now let folks sort through it and figure it out themselves.

We don't need a cantankerous old fart constantly beguiling everyone's attempts at getting dreadlocks.

Read this aloud and let it soak in....
....beguiling everyone's attempts at getting dreadlocks.

There is most definitely a difference between attacking a persons ideas and attacking a person. One is called "debating" the other is called "trolling".

be cool ouroboros.

Ouroboros said:

Read this aloud and let it soak in....
....beguiling everyone's attempts at getting dreadlocks.

they will recover and dread over time..i assumed you were croceted being from tailand tey do it aloot there even tough your airs no arder to dread but tey believe the myth tat asian air doesnt dread easy so they crocet

justr leave em alone over monts tey'll be fine

Angelmoth said:

hello everyone!
first of all thanks for all the good advice and inspiration. i had my dreads made in thailand with a crochet hook.. i have to admit that, i really didnt know any better, i thought all methods were the same and the crochet was simply the thai way of locking hair.. how wrong i was. i havent done anything to my dreads since apart from palm rolling. wax never seemed like a good idea to me.. yuk yuk. my question is: will my dreads become REAL dreads if i just let them be? or should i start over? i've noticed they're becoming thinner with every wash. any advice? peace to you all

in addition, the dreads get a very woven look this looks very different from thre natural growth so crochetting must continue to keep that uniform woven look

dang that so true i have 1 dread i crocheted alot and it dosent go with the real new growth dreads feels hard stiff looking dosent look the same with the new growth