How to Fix your Dreadlock Roots – Video Tutorial
How to maintain your dreadlock roots with the crochet needle method
Hey guys,
I hope you are all doing great!
I know it’s quarantine times and you are all a little bit limited in doing your usual visits to your locticians, barbers and hairdressers. 💇
So, after a lot of requests from my lovely clients and dreaded friends, I made this video tutorial on “How to Fix your Dreadlock Roots”. The goal to help you go through this hard hairy time 👩🦱 😀
I hope you enjoy the video and it helps.
And here there is a step by step instructions on how to do exactly what I explained in the video with the visual representation of photos 📷
Tools & Steps:
- 1 x Crochet needle
You need a crochet needle either 0.6mm or 0.75mm. I usually prefer the 0.75mm.
- Scissors
You might need the scissors to separate the loose hair and direct them in the dread they belong. Be careful though, as accidents might happen so only use them if you are sure of where you are cutting.
- Find a dread with a loose root
- Separate the loose hairs to the according dreads.
Make sure you create a separate line between the dreads so that your dreads don’t start growing together.
- Twist the loose hair around your root
- Hold the dread root tide
The loose hair should be in your hand too
- Put the needle through the middle of the dread
Keep holding the dread and the loose hair tight at this point. It’s important to keep hold of them so you control what you are pulling in and where.
- Pull the loose hair in, up to the middle of the dread.
- Repeat the movement a few times to get the dreadlock tight.
Try and move the needle left and right up and down and twist the dread so you can get it tide all around and not just in one place. This will help in keeping your dreads knit for longer too.
- Repeat on each dreadlock root you would like to maintain.
I hope you found this video and blog post useful. Please get in touch if you have any questions.
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CrafterElena x
I love dreads I think if a baby that was born with hair and that baby is me….well then I would of dreading my hair from real young. My dreads are 2 and half years old. I had half original dreads and half human hair dreaded and attached. So yeah lol I cut it once and crochet the ends of the cut dreads that feather look you get at the end of each dreadlock….shoe loads work hard work..so now last night I just suddenly picked up my scissors and just started cutting my dreads one by one all the human hair off….lol anyway it looks quite funcky I’m impressed. I learned via ytube to be able to crochet my own hair even now on my own…so many blessings. Thanks for the tips…oh yes I boil fresh lavender for 10 min and let it steep for the whole night.Fresh rosemary do exactly the same. Then strain it through cheese cloth. Take raw aloe vera and soak for 30 min in water to get poison out. Get rid of the water and blend the inside of the aloe vera and strain through stocking even. Dash of virgin coconut oil, peanut oil,Jojoba essential oil a few drops.and some rose water qnd that my daily spritzer