Jade's Baby Twist 'n' Rip Fluffies

[bohoratties]

Hey All!

So after about a month of toing and froing I finally decided to start my second set of dreads! 

My first set of dreads I had done professionally and they were backcombed, VERY tightly crocheted, and extended as my hair was quite short at the time.
They eventually started to loosen up and get all loopy and crazy which I adored, but my extension also started to fall out   they were very long and heavy, I had moved away from my dread Mama, and was going through a challenging time with life and uni, and decided to brush my poor dreadies out... as if that was going to right all the wrongs in my world 

Anyway, I get very hair confused when my hair is not dreaded, as dreads now feel like the only hairstyle for me after my first set! I just haven't felt myself without them and my poor hair has suffered the consequences of that... it's been bleached and dyed and bleached and dyed and dyed and.... you get the picture!

So these little babies I decided to make myself, as I wanted them to be my own creation, and I want to experience every stage of the dread journey this time with natural hair and no shortcuts! They're fluffy and crazy, but I love them so much already  We have a long journey ahead of us but after all it's the journey that counts, isn't it? 

Hair Before
Super fluffy!


Hair During
My partner and I spent a fair bit of time sectioning my hair first. We followed the brick lay pattern as that's what I had before, and it's easy to DIY! The sections were by no means precise 



Hair After
Aaaaand here are my very own baby twist 'n' rips!



If anyone has any advice on how to manage my new fluffies - like keeping the roots separated and helping them to lock up a bit more, I'd love to hear from you!

Peace and love 

[acidburn]

Welcome, good luck on your second set.

[jxbx]

bohoratties,I your thick-ish and fluffie hair will eventually work it's way into some nice dreads.

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bohoratties, just keep separating them every day to keep the roots from growing together. You asked about that right? And for any other specific questions, just ask away or look through this dreadlocks specific section on this forum. (washing, drying, uhh ...hehe yeah so we all are learning ) but there is a lot of good stuff here and people willing to help, so just ask away!

i like that bricklaying technique. never actually heard of this, but i like it! thanks for that photo too. really helps!

[bohoratties]

acidburn thank you, I have high hopes for these

Thank you for the reassurance jxbx, the fluffiness is a bit of a change to the tight crocheted dreadies I had my first experience with!

@vacantalleyways yes exactly! There's a lot of loose hairs creeping out around the roots so I've been separating them every day, it's mainly the babies at the top, was wondering if maybe I should tie bands around them for a short time? Not sure! I think I might ask here like you suggested
And you are welcome! There's a few different sectioning ideas for people who like that, the fan method is nice too, but a little more complicated

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Yeah, I sectioned with, well twist ties (thought these might be easier to take out??? eh, maybe a little). but yeah only for the ones that were getting tangled most (one in the back and another random one)and only for a few days or a week tops. So yeah, you can try this!

Not planning on doing a full set myself yet, but if I do, that is a cool technique and I can look at the fan method too. This also might help others, who like re-do their sets, or if there are dread wannabees on here.