I got asked this: And thought it'd be a good idea for everyone to post their method or post pics of their wraps! Hints and tips etc This is my experience.. I use embroidery thread, but have also used wool and normal cotton sewing thread before. i prefer the embroidery thread. You can attempt this method - http://pinterest.com/pin/374150681512317389/ - which leaves you with no visible knots, and is good but a bit fiddly if you've never done it before. I find shorter dreads are harder to wrap cause they move around a lot. The way i wrap is quite simple.. take some lengths of thread.. however long you want, what colours you want etc, and cut a few lengths. Find the middle point and starting at the root of your dread (if thats where you want to start) wrap the thread round, tie a knot, and then continue to wrap quite tightly so it doesnt slip down. You can either do solid colour wraps, which i've started to prefer, or you can just wrap them quickly and end up with a criss-cross pattern. When I had baby dreads, I found that wraps were good for keeping the sections and keeping some roundness, but I also found that these dreads stayed wetter for longer (wrapped dreads do due to the thread), and they didnt necessarily lock any quicker. I mostly use wraps now to encourage and start congos in my dreads. Some are full wraps and are solid colour and go down the length of the dreads, some are criss-cross wraps and go the full length. Others are just short lengths of thread tied around the root to encourage a congo, but the actual dreads in the congo are allowed to run free. As and end for braids instead of a hair elastic, I use a hair elastic to keep the end bit, then wrap either above or below it, then remove the hair elastic Some pics! These are two wraps I did when bored once. I might remove the criss-cross one. I dont really like wraps on only one dread these days
This one shows an old criss-cross wrap which I tried to remove, but some of the thread had started to become eaten by the hair. The purple band at the top is thread, holding the roots together to start a congo
And this one is at the front of my hairline, is a mature dread, a baby dread and bunch of loose hairs. Trying to get them to join up
I want one! I know i could make this happen but then i just start drinking. Someday. When i find someome that hasnt started drinking, ima make it happen. Foreal for real
Everytime I do a wrap I immediately take it out because I notice some hairs sticking out of it and it takes forever to get out because the loose hairs wrapped around it. Ouch!
hah yea, i know exactly what you mean - i tend to tie the rest back and sometimes wear a headband to try and reduce the frizzies while im wrapping
