I have some embroidery thread, are there any problems with usin this to wrap around a dread? They're still babies and I have so so many loose hairs and a couple of them have split into two thinner ones, whereas I wanted fat dreads Will wrapping them help or could it be damaging to new dreads? And how do you go about doing it? Is it just as simple as wrapping wool or thread around. I gave it a go, but found it difficult to tie it on tight enough for it not to slip out two seconds later. Any tips? I know I probably sound ridiculously silly! What about beads, do they work much the same?
Re your dreads' relative youth...Ultimately anything which restricts movement will hinder knot formation to some degree, so in the long run they would probably tighten faster without a lot of confinement. I secured some of mine at about 4 months with a relatively loose criss-crossing of hemp twine which I also sewed through them in places to stop it slipping. That worked quite well, but when I took it out, after the dreads seemed to have tightened up a lot, I discovered they were still very floppy compared to the others, and I think this was due to the restriction. How fat are the bases of these dreads? If you have started with very small sections you might want to consider joining some dreads together in order to achieve some fatties. You can also tame stray hairs with aloe gel. They will eventually find their way into your dreads, you just gotta stay patient. Beads would be handy for securing specific portions of your dreads, or to help with joining a couple together. I suddenly feel like I'm not helping much so I''m gonna shush now
H i put wraps in mine pretty much straight away and they were fine, just looked a lill thinner when I eventually took them off, but they were in for over a year. Just basically tie one end on the root of your dread and twist round and round but do it tight otherwise they will fall out. Good idea to get someone else to help, me and my boyf took it in turns to do each others. Swap colours when you want by tying new cotton in. When you get to the end it can be a little tricky as if the knots at the bottom it will just fall out, I just kinda twisted the cotton BACK up the dread and tied further up.
Wraps are so wonderful- I would just add that sometimes it locks moisture in and over a long period of time- and more in certain climates (like where I live it's wet and cold all the time so hair does not dry easily) it can cause mould to form. But like I keep mine in for months and it's fine...I had a few that were VERY senitmental that I wanted to never take out and had them for like 2 years and they started to get pretty stinky around the end, but had become part of the dread so I just cut those ones off and made art out of them... Hair wraps are so beautiful though, I've had lots and deffinatly encourage!
you should stick to beads till your dreads are more mature. i just wet the tips of my dreads to form a point and slide the beads to the top, but bigger ones fall out, so some people like to tie them in by tying hemp or embroidery thread around the dread, threading it with the hair thru the bead, then looping it back up and knotting it around the top. if this is the kind of thread you have then you are cool:
