what type of medium is good to wrap dreads?
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Sounds good. I think I will try hemp. Thank you!
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what type of medium is good to wrap dreads?
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P.s meant to write " flat poof balls"
what type of medium is good to wrap dreads?
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So I've been dreading for about 3 months now and my hair is making lots of progress. I'm very pleased. Bit there are a few dreads mostly along the nape that scrunched up into like flat poor balls if that makes sense :/ so I'm thinking I would like to wrap a few dreads to help them round out and to add a bit of style but not sure what type of yarn or string is going to be more useful. Any tips?Also I have to vent here... I'm incredibly envious of blonde dreads. They are sooo damn beautiful! I love how you can see definition in them more and they are just so beautiful...dark hair tends to look like one big mass. wondering if maybe I would like to use a method to lighten up my ends a bit...like lemon juice or something? Any thoughts?Hope I'm posting in the right place...I'm using my phone app and am having a bit of trouble navigating this site like this.
updated by @sarai: 01/13/15 09:36:25PM
Need some feedback on this problem I've had twice...
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My hair was a little past the middle of my back when I started dreading about 3 months ago and I have noticed my dreads shrinking and getting really zigzaggy as well. Right now my hair is about 2 inches past my shoulders!I'm wondering just how short they will get befor they fully mature. But I try not to think about it! Lol I'm just trying to go with the flow and accept whatever happens.
on day 24 and starting to feel the panic lol
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I used the tnr method plus a little back combing here and there to get things started. I sectioned my hair into four parts and then randomly grabed 1/2 to 1 1/2 inch squares and triangles. I'm finding though after about day 24 that my sections aren't very clean and some of them have chunks growing into the others. I'm pulling them apart and gently twisting to keep them seperate.I'm just wondering if I should comb them out and try more even precise sectioning because I would like them to turn out more like this or this...Does sectioning even really matter?Also, I'm on well water, and it seems to be making my hair softer, any suggestions?Thanks for any responses!Namaste
updated by @sarai: 01/13/15 09:23:13PM
links to knitting patterns for headwraps and hats??
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I want to knit my own headwraps and hats. There is so much info out there ...Not sure where to start. Any advice?
updated by @sarai: 01/13/15 09:22:46PM
the "don't worry about shrinkage" tnr timeline (4 years)
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Your dreads are beautiful. Judging from your virgin pics it looks like you have naturally fine hair, that's probaby why they shrank up so much. It looks like your dreads gained quite a bit of length back after your 2year mark though. Did you do anything to encourage this?
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Akal Sahai said:
I love that idea! I never considered healing stones....glad I stumbled upon this post!I have some simple wood beads I got to hold together looser hairs on my baby dreads. Just needed something so I ran down to the fabric store. But...
I love stone, bone that type of thing. If you feel like going about the beading with a more holistic approach, adding in beads made from stones that have healing, other positive properties, I think that's a really good thing to keep in mind.
If I get around to it after all the other things there are to do, I might even start painting my own, or using polymer clay to craft some. Hmm, that might end up being a craft I do tonight now that it's rolling around my brain a little more.