Perfect! Thanks. 
Baba Fats said:
Some people like to wear a tam to bed. If it even stays on all night, all it will do is create a general knottiness that will need to be separated more often.
Don't wear a ponytail. That will slow down the process.
It's best to just leave them hanging loose. When you sleep is a great time for locks to tangle up and mature
I should have clarified that the braids were just holding the sections until I could dread them the next day. :P Thanks for all of the responses; I ended up putting a slippery shirt over my pillow for the night.
Meanwhile, I put in 34 dreads yesterday using TnR (took me all bloody day!) and they look great. For bed, I tied them in a loose ponytail and wrapped a scarf around my head. Should I cover them every night, or should I leave them down/in a ponytail/something else? I want my dreadies to be happy.
Hey guys,
Tomorrow's the big day! I just spent the last six hours with my best friend sectioning out my hair into braids. Is there anything I can do to help keep my sections from being a tangled mess when I wake up in the morning?
Thanks! Got them in reeeally early this morning, before going to bed. My hair hasn't been cut in forever so my baby dreads are very fuzzy with hairs sticking out all over the place. I suppose if I leave them be they'll eventually join into the dread right? Also, I have a couple of inches at the bottoms that are really hard to tnr, since there isn't as much hair. This is where the re-twisting happens, yes? And one more question, would it be a good idea to wrap them to help keep the undreaded hair out? I'm thinking it might help keep them straight as well, as I'd rather not have too many bumps or kinks.
Thanks for all your help, SE.
Thanks.
That's a good idea, but you see, I like dreads a lot but I also really like partial dreads. I might eventually dread my whole head and then I likely will go natural, but for now I'd like to keep the majority of my hair undreaded.
I do have a couple of questions though. The TNR method seems straight-forward enough but I need to know a little bit more. For one thing, how much space should I leave above the first knot? Do I need to use rubber bands, or will separating the dreads from the straight hair work well enough? I've read that bands can bend your hair and prevent dreads from forming if they're too tight. In any case I'd like to avoid them if they don't make that big a difference.
Also: just how exact do I have to be when picking out the sections for my dreads? How does the section size relate to the mature dread size? I'd like my dreads to be fairly small; I'm thinking about half an inch in diametre.
Hi all,
I've been doing a lot of research on dreadlocks and I have to say, this site has been amazing for providing excellent information as well as answering a lot of my questions. It's been so helpful that I've decided to join. Dreadlocks are something I've been thinking about for a long time but never really researched seriously. Well, now I'm thinking it's about time I get a least a couple of dreads to try them out for myself. I'd like to start two small dreads to-night, one behind each of my ears. I think this should give me a feel for what it's like and if I want to add more later on. I'm planning to go the twist & rip route, without any products.
Cheers,
Orion Child.
