The Damages of Crotchet needle

Hi guys,

I have not ever used a crotchet hook, I am seeking debate and reasoning on this issue,

I feel I have gone slightly mad actually, I just had a debate with my good friend here at uni, and she maintaines her boyfriends dreads heavily, with a crotchet needle.

She said that dreads [the body] look neater and actually make dreads healthier using the needle, i disagree with both, i think dreads look neat only only only if they are kept clean and given a CHANCE to dread,, all fully matured dreads look neat anyway dont they? rope like..

I cant see the advantages of using it, apart from a tempory fix, or to shorten maturity maybe? Is this statement correct?

I see crotchet hooks act like bullets,, entry hole, ripping the middle, and an exit hole, how can this help dreads??


All the best

Alex,
RastafarI

 

Crochet hooks are like big black dildo's. You "could" use one but I definitely don't want to.


Ahmad,
pastaforYou


This might not be right, so don't take it too surreeuuus. It was though, the first thing that popped into my head.

 

I have used a darning needle to thread the loosies back into my dreads but I hate the look of the "neat and tidy" dreads. I prefer the loosies to be wild, I think they make the dreads look fuller.

I wouldn't think the crochet needle damages it too much, I've this before and I'll say it again, dreads aren't fucking feathers; light or delicate. They are masses of hair, thick masses. Don't be so precious if one or two hairs break on the inside.

 

i am not the one to ask. i don't like hair anymore. inefficient. too easy for unwanted residents to live in. i can assure you, i would not spend the time to bother wit no dreadlocks.

why does she not take a quarter inch drill, put a piece of baling wire in the chuck, tighten chuck, twist wire, insert in hair, and hit the switch? instant dreadlock...no silly nit needles necessary. be done wit da hole hairdoo in 10 minutes. emergency room optional.

i think this would be the way to find out if their relationship will last.

ps, you DO REALIZE that we monkeys do like to pick at each other's nits? genetic thing. i think that's the rush she's getting from messing with his hair.

 

I dont get what you put REB ,,

and some of us believe that we are our own race, not monkey evolution thing.. but this is not the place for the debate

 

it makes little strands of hair pop out of your dread that are too short to EVER go back inside the dread

and it makes them scratchy and irritating, my natural dread is so soft and fun to touch, not so much the other ones

 

That's weird. All of my dreads that I crocheted are no longer scratchy... Difference in hair texture perhaps? Granted, they did feel scratchy for a while but they definitely softened up and feel squishy and wonderful now.

In response to OP, I think everything is alright IN MODERATION. There are certainly people who over crochet and damage their dreads, but that's due to their ignorance.

I started this set with crochet. Haven't done maintenance except separating them and my dreads are maturing seemingly much faster than previous sets I backcombed. All of my other sets, loops didn't appear until the 3 or 4 month mark. I had my first loops just right around the 1 month mark with this set.

Would I crochet another set? Hell yeah. But it's all about having self control and not feeling the need to make everything perfect by continuing to use the hook.

IMO, dreads started with crochet get a definite head start. Knots are created manually and if you leave them alone, they loosen up just enough to dread by themselves, but not enough to fall out like backcombing.


Obviously, there are tons of people who say natural is the best, but as long as people are educated about crochet, it's just another starter method like t&r or backcombing.

And contrary to what everyone says, crocheting just a few times is NOT going rip out your hair or break every strand in the hooks path. That's just nonsense. I crocheted my last set around the 5 month mark to pull in loose hair and when I combed them out, the only damage my hair had was the damage that was there before I even started dreading.

 

I use one, it makes my hair tidier, which I like.

 

around the time I stopped twisting and crocheting it was really fun to watch my dreads reject the balls of damaged hair and push them out as they tightened up. I still find little dread balls around my room from this happening

 

Does it make the locks healthier? No. Hair is plenty 'healthy' the way it is... monkeying around with a hook will have, in the best case, no effect. In the worse case it will cause damage/breakidge.

Whether or not crocheting makes things 'look neater' would be purely a matter of opinion. I think natural locks and loose hairs are super neat

I wish more people would understand that the essence of having locked hair is that you are:
a) letting your hair do what it does naturally
b) rejecting social pressures to control and style your hair
c) cooler than everyone else :biggrinjester:

 

Oh I'd love for this to become a debate about evolution

 

yeah I'm trying my best to hold my tongue

 

You're right. Your friend is dumb, and doesn't even make sense. Ripping up locks does not make them "healthy". Leaving your hair alone and washing when needed is as healthy as you'll get.

 

it didn't harm my hair.. my hair still looked pretty and felt soft after combing out. Probably some hair broke but combing out may have done that too. Probably also depends on how strong your hair is.

 

I crocheted my whole head and I regret it so much (thank the lord over Half of them fell completely out.) in my opinion, dreads shouldn't be neat. I think they look best natural. Maintenance is annoying and if your lazy, you'll never end up doing it. It's fun to see how they look after each week! But each to their own!

 

I worked with a crochet needle twice. Once at about 7 months and gave it once more try at 1 year. Maybe I was doing it wrong but the chunks of hair I pulled through would look like I had done a zigzag stitch in the lock.

I had faith that time would cover up how this looked. At 3 1/2 years, I still find little crocheted bits in mature dreads that I've slowly been picking out. When I do pick them out, it's like straight undreaded hair (because there ended up being no movement in the part of the lock it was pulled through)

Advice: Don't bother with them.

 

That'll happen if you use a large needle and pull chunks through at once. I go for a more isotropic mess

 

So I crocheted my dreads. I have only maintained once and that was at the time they were done. After the first wash they were soft and loose. I was wondering though what I should condition my hair with so they will dread a more natural route?

 

only condition them if they feel too dry, and use aloe vera (straight from the plant or buy some at the supermarket). Don't overdo it though

 

I wanted to condition them so more of them would fall out. There are only a few weeks old. The sectioning in the back is terrible. I just want them to form on their own.