Dreadies First Birthday!

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Cheers Glen.

 

thats my sister fyi, as you can see we have a loving, sisterly bond...haha.

 

Beautiful dreads!

 

thank you

 

Some diversity for ya hehe









^god my hair's so silly, i love it haha

 

just realised how soft my hair looks in these pictures...weird
also i just figured out that i have had about 2 inches of growth in a year, that's a bizarre thought, they're damn slow but they must take after me and are being lazy at growing

 

They grow really slow at the start because they shrink. So while they're getting longer from the root all the hair in the original dread is getting tighter and shrinking up. Once the dreads reach maturity they stop shrinking and keep growing. Dreads grow slower than normal hair because the hair doesn't grow straight downwards, but once they've stopped shrinking they'll grow really fast in comparison to what you've gotten used to over the first year.

 

oh i know my hair was about 3/4 longer before i dreaded it haha. it was just cool to see evidence of actual growth

 

After debating whether to shave the side of my head again or leave it to dread, my decision was made by finding some mini rubber bands.
i know everyone says to stay away from them but the hair was as knotless as a new born baby's hair (which my hair as never been) and was barely separating. so i braided the hair in the vague sections it was in and put the rubber bands in to make sure they don't fall out.
once there's a bit of new growth I'll but 'em out of course but it seemed the best option.
genuinely don't know how people start dreading their hair that short any other way!

 

Found an old picture, dreads are about 3 weeks old here? had a lot more fringe then though.



Ready for spring! (this is my 'why is it snowing at the end of march?' face)



From an angle I've never seen before...getting quite proud of my dreadies!!



Thought i'd do a lil video for y'all. featuring one of my sausages (fudge)

 

Made a hair band cover so I can look more presentable for job interviews!

 

I'd say my hair's properly maturing now, good way to measure is more compliments on my dreads instead of "are you getting dreads?" haha.
and I've been knitting some dread-bands and dread-ties haha, as soon as my laptop's fixed I'll upload some pictures.
happy dreading!

 

new headband and hairband!



and new hat!



proud of my progressing skill

 

and a picture of what my ponytail looks like! (especially proud) >>



sorry for the spamming.

 

hair 360! getting so long in back, gah!

 

those are lovely

 

The'yre looking good

 

Thanks!
Have you gone dready yet?

 

Yeah, I got a few. Guess I'll post some pics one of these days, I got some really strange loops ahah.

Your hair seems awesomely messy, and the contrast between the dyed hair and the roots makes it even cooler.

 

Thank you the look was unintentional but i like it
and I'm glad you're liking loops, took a while for me to get used to them and not try to combat them but i think they add character