yin-dee-ton-rab to the community. Like the guys said, crochet hooks will do damage. If you want long term dreads or dreads for life, then you should never crochet your sections again. But if you are looking for the instant dreads, the have now fun look, and probably won't keep them for more than a couple of years, then have a blast. There are other young members who also have them as a style. Enjoy the site.
Welcome. Starting with a crochet hook will delay the process by about 6 months. If it's continued to be used for "maintenance", it will destroy your locks completely. Just using it to start isn't as terrible. But every time you pass the hook through your locks, you rip hundreds of hairs into smaller and smaller pieces. This weakens your locksconsiderably, and can cause them, in time, it become so weak that they will snap in places. Crocheting is the second worse thing that can be done to locks, after felting. Those tools are designed to be used on wool, yarn, and other thicker threads. Not on something as fragile and thin as hair. Check out the dreaducation page and the recovery forums to see what others are going through after having crocheted for a long time.
If yo don't want to have locks for more than a couple of years, Don't worry about it. Crocheting create what looks like locks very quickly. But it doesn't create locks, and continued use will keep you from having them for life
yin-dee-ton-rab to the community. Like the guys said, crochet hooks will do damage. If you want long term dreads or dreads for life, then you should never crochet your sections again. But if you are looking for the instant dreads, the have now fun look, and probably won't keep them for more than a couple of years, then have a blast. There are other young members who also have them as a style. Enjoy the site.
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welcome
the crochet hooks one of the worse things you can do to dreads it takes about 6 months to recover from just one use before they even begin to dread
it does extreme harm just tearing hairs to pieces
Welcome. Starting with a crochet hook will delay the process by about 6 months. If it's continued to be used for "maintenance", it will destroy your locks completely. Just using it to start isn't as terrible. But every time you pass the hook through your locks, you rip hundreds of hairs into smaller and smaller pieces. This weakens your locksconsiderably, and can cause them, in time, it become so weak that they will snap in places. Crocheting is the second worse thing that can be done to locks, after felting. Those tools are designed to be used on wool, yarn, and other thicker threads. Not on something as fragile and thin as hair. Check out the dreaducation page and the recovery forums to see what others are going through after having crocheted for a long time.
If yo don't want to have locks for more than a couple of years, Don't worry about it. Crocheting create what looks like locks very quickly. But it doesn't create locks, and continued use will keep you from having them for life