Dreads are like a hat all by themselves!

I have come to the realization that dreads are an awesome, natural protector.

When I started mine (middle of the summer), I realized that as they thickened and matured, the back of my neck and my whole head would get hotter much faster than they used to, pre-dreads.

I was also walking home two nights ago in the rain, and my dreads were like a rain deflector. The bottom layers weren't wet at all, and they kept me nice and toasty warm.

This is exciting, considering the winters get absolutely brutal around here, and I walk everywhere. It will be like my own little insulation device, thick dreads! It's easy to tie them back if they're making you too hot, but it's also (I imagine) easy to let them hang down and keep your ears and neck warm when it's cold outside.

Just another dread benefit I wanted to share.

 

yep! not very good here where i live, in the summer it's hot, but yeah i put them up alot. i haven't had a winter with dreads yet but it will be nice to have some added insulation to keep me warm, i dont like the cold very much

 

..i just think they look so awesomeeeeee lol

 

i hate the extremes both heat and cold
in the hewat i tie mine up and dump water over my head alot
but in winter..i go out in a t shirt alot or at most a sweatshitrt the dreadskeep me nice and comfy except my hands freeze
i actualy dont own a winter coat..lmy dreads are my coat
scarf too if the winds kickin i toss em tound my neck and im toadsty

 

My dreadlocks are definitely a helmet, and a pillow.

fuck yeah

 

oh yea a opillow for 4
or a blanket
if keep accientl;y yankin off the ends of so many soon i'll have enough broken eds to stuff a poillow

 

i don't know what i would do if a big giant seagull launched a giant dump onto my dreads, that would suck. guess i will have to wear a tam over my hemet if i visit the bay area

 

I'm with soaringeagle too with extreme weather. I hate it too cold, hate it too hot. It is just starting to get hot now and my head is HOT. I'm not too great at putting my hair up either because it feels like I have extra weight pulling down on wherever I've put it up and it hurts after a while. My favourite use for my dreads are to bunch them up under my head and use as a pillow!

 

they do get really hot. but it's DEFINITELY nice during the winter, or in the rain.

 

We should post some of our favorite dread hairstyles. How do you wear yours up? I often pull a few from the front on each side and pull them back and tie them.

But I recently came up with something way cooler but it's hard to explain...

 

i tie emn yup like a founrain or if really hot wrap em around in a big assed ball
too many to tiree up better without help
but with help weaviomng like a crown works great


speaking of tain..who was that guy that i saw in 1 olkd marleyt vid with ther roof like dread 2 long flat dreads stickin out in fron and back like a roof over his head thsat bounced when he walked or danced