Morning everyone. I have a big wool hat that I wear as a dread taming tool (I develop a Sonic the Hedgehog look without it). I wash the hat every week at the same time I wash my hair. But it seems like within a day the hat/hair just smell a bit, I dunno, like the inside of a wool hat. Any tips for washing wool? Annnd keeping your dreads from smelling like an old hat? Maybe it's just the way it is, I'll need the hat less and less and the dreads get longer and heavier anyway! Jim
Maybe it needs to air out more- take it off every so often throughout the day to give your hair a breather and keep air flowing through it. That's all I got.
I don't think you need to wash your hat every week. I got my wool hat years ago and have never washed it. I did shave off all of my hair since though, but wore it for at least two winters. It still is my go to cold weather hat. Is it a musty smell?
Do you put your hair into your hat when it's wet? That could make it smell maybe. My wool hat doesn't smell but I only wear it when I sleep.... I don't even need to wear the hat anymore but I do anyway because it makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something lol.
I'm pretty strict with not wearing the hat when my hair is wet, sometimes I'm pushed to throw it on when there's a tiny bit of damp left and I have to go out. I sleep in mine too sometimes, I suppose it helps the dreading process, but for me it's more of a flattener!
When can you stop wearing wool hats/tams anyways? I have very soft hair. All the dreads have seemed to form, but again, soft and still short (few inches on sides and couple inches on back tips). Natural route. I'm Ethiopian if that matters. Oh, is a cotton hat useless? Same as wool?
you can stop whenever you feel the need to take that wool hat off. You don't have to wear one in the first place, although they do feel all nice and warm and comfy. Whatever kinda hat will be fine but I think people like to go with the wool cause the material makes for probable chances of the friction times.
I mean where in the dread process. Is it for the begenning? Once the dreads form in, is there no point for one? etc. I think I personally am going to just ditch the idea. Lots of people here seem to share the sentiment it doesn't do shit.
I Tried Wearing One To Bed, And Gave Up After A Few Futile Attempts. Every Night The Hat Came Off Before I Got To Sleep, And I Found The Pressure Of The Band On My Forehead A Big Pain. Yes, The Problem May Have Been With The Hat, But I Think It More Likely It Was Caused By The Strange Shape Of My Head.... Thats When I Hit On The Idea Of Slipping A Pure Wool Pullover *sweater* Over My Pillow. With That, The More I Tossed And Turned, The Better It Worked... GLEN Highly Recommends It.... Cheers Glen.
wool pillow is great idea Glen! plus it keeps the dreads a little more presentable, for those of you who work or whatever
anyone feel hats/wool friction messes up their hair? I swear after I wear one, hair looks way more frizzy and pulled apart. I have black ppls hair though, and it grows/changes at such a miniscule pace that it's impossible to truly tell what's working and what's not.
I find it helps a little, I sleep with a wool sweater over my pillow and the added friction helps. I don't normally wear beanies because I like my hair to move around and knot up on it's own without it but sometimes it's cozy and i'll put one on and rub my hair around underneath it feels nice on my scalp. Some of my hair isn't backcombed-I'm letting it go the neglect way so i'll have a little more variety. I notice some of the hair that was left au natural is getting a little knotty, could be the wool sweater pillow case or just the regular process doing its thang.
