How To Crochet Loose Hair Into Dreads
Clockwise rubbing can be used to keep your dreads knotting near the scalp. Push the crochet hook into the dread about halfway and pull it back quickly a few times while keeping the hook inside of the dread.
Pull the latch-hook through and this will add those loose hairs back into your dreadlocks.
How to crochet loose hair into dreads. Learn how to incorporate loose hair back into your dreadlocks with a crochet hook. I show you which tools I use and also the method. Repeat this process until all of the loose hair has been incorporated into the dreadlock including the loose hair of the extension.
If its a make or break situation and you need them neatening up you can crochet the hair into its nearest dreadlockIf you do this over and over again for all the loose hair you can end up giving the dreadlocks an unnatural texture that might not be even across your whole head but it does work if you can get the technique down. After sectioning your hair clip the rest of the hair above the section. After you finish locking the dread go back over it at least 1 time with the crochet hook to tighten it up.
Push the crochet hook in and out of the dread quickly to tighten it. Repeat steps 2 through 7 down the length of the section of hair. Gather some loose hair into the hook and gently pull it back through the extension.
Then you gently pull the loose hair through the loc move to a slightly different spot of the dread and do it again and again. Youll want to grab loose strands of hair with the crochet needle and pull them through the nearest dread. In this time of lock down you might have some extra time and why not use it on your dreadies- Tighten the loose hairs and avoid the dreadlocks grow together Use a crochet hook with the size of 06 or 075 mm.
In a nutshell the crochet hook method is when you use a crochet hook to form your dreads by hand. Remove the rubber bands. Open the hook tuck the loose hairs into it then close the hook back up again.
There is nothing wrong with having this loose hair. Insert a5 mm crochet hook through the center of your dreadlock. When its connected use a smaller hook and crochet the loose hair into the dreads.
With a tiny crochet hook approximately 04 - 06 mm the loose hair is drawn into the dread. Work down the length of the knotted section of hair until all loose hairs are incorporated into the dread. The exception to that statement is that sometimes and this usually happens to locks around the hairline so much loose hair at the roots that are not incorporated into the correct dreadlocks can lead to thin weak roots and possible even dreadlock loss altogether.
With the other hand push the hook through to the other side of the dread. For neatness palm roll the section where you just connected. In this video I talk with you about how I handle loose hair situations and new growth.
Take your comb and tease from almost the end of the hair. See Price for straight hair human extension. Start with one section hold the piece of hair horizontally from the head.
Just stick the hook through a big dread near the loose strand grab that loose strand with the hook and pull it through the big dread then stick the hook through the other side of the big dread and pull the lose hair back through the other side. What the crochet tool is doing is pulling the loose hairs back into the inside of the dread. Hold the section of dreads in one hand using your thumb and forefinger.
Due to the curved hook on the end of the tool it will insert into the dreadlock with little to no resistance but when you remove the hook it will grab hairs as you pull. First you twist a portion of your hair. Push the hair with the comb towards the scalp.
Always work with small sections of back-combed hair to create tight dreads. Secure a strand or two of hair and pull it back into the dreadlock. First ball up the ends of the loose hairs together so that they will stay in the hook.
When hair doesnt find its way into the dread it becomes loose hair. Line up the extension to your hair and place the hook into the extension pulling your hair in the extension. Push and pull the crochet hook through the hair gently to minimize breakage.
Close the hook and push it through your dread and out the other side. Make short strokes in and out of the dread in a sort of jabbing motion. Crochet maintenance has the benefits of requiring very little hair product and creates tight and consistent locs.
Featuring a cane-like hook at the tip crochet needles can scoop up loose strands of hair allowing you to move them into your dreads. I hope you find th. The closer you are able to keep the knots to your scalp the easier it will be for new growth to find its way into your dreads.
Then you take a crochet hook and insert it into the loc. Continue doing this until you no longer have visible loose strands and youre good to go. It works for all hair types and unlike retwisting it doesnt call for any drying time.
