Braiding loose hair

[cammym]

Hello! I have another question, I always get great advice here! I have lots of loose wispy ends, and some of them are 3/4 wispy ends and 1/4 actual dreaded hair. If I was to braid the loose hair below a few of my dreads, would it hinder the process of would the braid just eventually dread as well? Thanks!

[Deleted]

what do you mean by braid? like a literal braid or twist and rip? Sorry, a little confused. did you WANT the ends to dread?

If that's the case, and I'm no expert, but I can say what I did.Well, in my ignorance, I tried back combing the ends and palmrolling...ok wait, that works for the ends, but don't do it over the dreads (as I learned, it just undo's (undoes?) them!) Um, so yeah you can do this, or crochet whatever the technique is called, and just palm roll. Then you can like roll the ends into a ball to blunt the tips. I'm pretty sure LazyDreads has this video. I also saw another video before this (now I forget what or where that is), where you can take that crochet hook, stick it through the end part of the dread (right above the wispy end) and then wrap it around the wispy end a bit and then twist the hook back and forth (or I sometimes would pull it up and down along the wisp) and hold the loose hair with your other hand against the end of the hook to cause friction. A video would be much better for this, but maybe you have a good imagination. This works over time I'd imagine, but I lost patience and would just ball up the ends (rolling around in my palms, in a circular motion) and then I'd palmroll it out and repeat all of that if necessary.

Phew! sorry. I should really find those vids!

Here's the LazyDreads (again, sorry if this is NOT at all what you were asking for!)



ok, I found another video (I know I watched this, but there might have been one more. Anyway, this will give a good idea of the crochet technique.)

[kondzio]

IMHO braid wil become dreads as well, but I'd prefer wispy ends they will get dry more quickly

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kondzio, IMHO love this! but this is like literal braids then??? (oh gosh, I'm such a nag!!!)

dry more quickly? definitely! but tips are hott! lol ...IMHO hahahhahaha

[kondzio]

braids can become dreads after some time, but I don't know how much time does it take...

[Deleted]

kondzio, oh wow! this is very interesting actually! I've never heard of anybody keeping there braids in that long.

[kondzio]

actually, Polish websites claim that making tight braids and leaving them alone can be a way to make dreadlocks xD

[ohphob]

When mine were younger most of the dread was completely loose. I left them alone and they eventually started dressing up.

A few of mine still have a pretty long loose end but I like it because it gives me some length and I know the dread will get longer and they will even out with the loose ends.

[jxbx]

cammym,keep them!!
I like wispy ends, probably 'cause I can't have them.
Mine usually curl at the end, but I cut them last summer and the curl is only coming back on a few of them I might have to brush out the ends to accelerate curlage.

[tangerina]

I had some of my dreads started with braids and the braids did not dread up at all, just the new growth, so I eventually took them out. I did like the look though.

[twistroot]

Okay, so after 10 months where most of my head was dreading up super nice I still had this strip right by my face that REFUSED to bond with anything or hold a twist and rip, back combing, being sewn through another dread, or anything. So one day I kind of freaked out, braided this bit tightly, and flat out just tied the end in four tiny knots. After about two weeks of just pretending it was a dread, I took a needle and loosened the knots and amazingly enough, the braid has started to stick together like a dread. It's now been hanging out for about 2 weeks, I mess with it a lot when I'm reading to provide some friction at the end, and it seems to be good to go. It is NOT getting the crazy bumps and trying to eat itself like the rest of my dreads did, though, so we'll see.....

[cammym]

May 3, 2016 3:32:59 GMT twistroot said:

Okay, so after 10 months where most of my head was dreading up super nice I still had this strip right by my face that REFUSED to bond with anything or hold a twist and rip, back combing, being sewn through another dread, or anything. So one day I kind of freaked out, braided this bit tightly, and flat out just tied the end in four tiny knots. After about two weeks of just pretending it was a dread, I took a needle and loosened the knots and amazingly enough, the braid has started to stick together like a dread. It's now been hanging out for about 2 weeks, I mess with it a lot when I'm reading to provide some friction at the end, and it seems to be good to go. It is NOT getting the crazy bumps and trying to eat itself like the rest of my dreads did, though, so we'll see.....

Haha it's right next to my face too that just doesn't want to dread like the rest of my head! I'm definitely interested to hear how the braided bit progresses for you!

[kells]

Braids will become dreads over time but you will pretty much always be able to tell that they were braids. Also I have never been able to keep braids in the ends of my dreads without having to keep rubber bands on the ends and rubber bands will mess up your dreads faster than rain at a wedding...

[MirandaJoy]

I'm interested in this topic. I just formed my first three partial dreads two days ago. What I did was braid my sections and leave them there for a day to be sure I liked the placement, then took out the braid and test and ripped them. Here is my problem. I guess I didn't fully take out my braids because right at the base of the dread it still looks like a braid sort of. I'm just hoping this doesn't result in a slip root. What are your thought?

[alethionaut]

Tnr will sometimes look braided. It's due to the way it's done, don't panic!