The Dready Meet & Greet Post!

Ivy Lynn is her name, and she is seven months and one week!! She doesn't have enough hair yet to dread, and anyway, I think I'll let her decide... hehe

 

my 3 years old natural dreadlocks and they getting longer they getting better
(more pictures are in gallery)

 

Your dread locks have always amazed me in every complexion of my mind!!! i want to touch them!
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very beautiful

 

Electricbuddha, one day

Earthy Mama, thanks

 

natty your dreads are indeed very beautiful

 

here we go... my before and after pics. The first is six months ago. The second was taken tonight. Big difference?

 

sorry about the size, i couldn't figure out how to make it smaller....
check out my gallery, maybe you can see it better.

 

Flutterby beutiful dreadlocks, i thought that you are girl from my space

 

Thank you!I do have a page on myspace. If you do too, whay aren't we friends?!

 

Hey, I'm on myspace too!

*Smiles*

 

Let's all be friends! I'm Erin. Look for me!

 

hey hey, knotty folk, im chris and ive had my semi-developing locks for almost 4 months now time sure goes quick, seems like there tightening up more an more recently tho.

anywayz nice to be here

 

Nice to have you my knotted brother!

 

I like natural looking too, but I had poker-straight hair and stopped combing for a while, but nothing happened so I didn't have much choice. I backcombed, but in different sizes, a few at a time over a year, and just finished last week. That helps, as opposed to the more artifical gridding of equal sizes like I had the first time (and cut off in 6 months because I was desparate for any entry level job) I actually saved a bunch of those first ones and sewed them together as a little tree for a school project.

As much as I liked buzzing my hair after that, I felt bad about never seeing out the dreads and had haunting dreams about them, so I went through that excruciating hair growing wait. Ugh. I couldn't do them all at once anyway because I had to serve at a crappy banquet facility at the time, so I hid one or two dreads pinned under the rest of my hair, but it's been interesting seeing many different dread stages simultaneously.

As far as why, I've seen a lot of reasons why ppl do it, but I just love them and having them now reminds me of how I'm in a better place than before (although being halfway through college is a stage more scary than the classic high school scenario) because working at the landromat and school, I don't have to wear that damn bowtie and tight uniform or worry about anyone saying anything about my covering my messy hair with a bandana. Many of my dreads I also combed in to mark good occasions, although I can't remember which ones, but they're collectively a nice reminder.

 

ha! lovely

 

GlowerChild, I like how you dreaded to mark an occasion-ROCK ON. And welcome to the knotty forum.

Happy Dreading & Jah Bless

 

greetings all! my name is sarah, i used to be a frequent forum poster in the summer months, and i have decided to come back now! i have dreads as you probably would assume, and you people are an inspirattion to me.. I decorated with beads yesterday.. and i love them sooo much. I hope to chat with you all some and find out about your experiences. I am glad to have found this lovely forum.

 

Lunatic. Am i right in thinking you had suuuper long dreads before? and had a wikkid photo of your shaddow in a hat with all your dreadies???

 

they were super duper before, but something weird happened that i was unable to handle. and yes i had a picture with my shadow, but they were just hanging loose. I loved my shadow ever so much, and wastingthedawn did a good job of capturing when i asked her too.