How To Reattach Dreads With Crochet Hook
This video shows you how to do that with a crochet needle. Reattach broken locs If some of your locs fell off or you cut them off you can reattach them just like you would with extensions.
You may need to retwist the base of all the dreadlocks you are working on or you may only need to work on one side or section.
How to reattach dreads with crochet hook. If you are someone who does not want their locks to have bumps avoid tying a knot. 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. Tying knots into thinning locs will cause a bumpy look to the lock.
Learn how to incorporate loose hair back into your dreadlocks with a crochet hook. We typically use 04mm and 05mm crochet hooks for the work we do on our clients however starting out will be easier with a 06mm crochet hook. Note that the crochet hook used here is different than the one I previously mentioned.
Hold the crochet hook parallel to the end of your dreadlock. First gather a section of hair thats sticking out or has frayed around the root of the dreadlock and twist it together. In a nutshell the crochet hook method is when you use a crochet hook to form your dreads by hand.
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. If your dreads have any of these features its likely time to get a retwist. Salons will also use the term Latch Hooking Dreads when they are referring to interlocking dreads.
The result was our first prototype. Its basically a crochet hook used for yarn crafts so picking one up is a breeze. Specifically ways to make the hook dread safe.
Using hooks too large can actually cause more breakage than anticipated yet using hooks too small can be frustrating for people just starting out. Easy to find at any local craft store or online. Then take a small size crochet tool typically 05mm or 075mm works well for most people and insert it into the loc.
Push the crochet hook through the centre of the dread where maintenance is required. If you have never used this method before please practice on a mannequin head numerous times before performing this on an actual person. But pretty much everyone who has locs will have stray hairs at some point.
Use the right size crochet hooks. Combining locs is usually done at the root by twisting latching braiding or sewing 2 neighboring locs together. Since the objective of a dreadlocks crochet hook is different than that of a crafting crochet hook I found other ways to improve on the designs.
To do this you would open the latch on the hook and stick it through the loc where the loose hair is. Combining Combing locs is probably the most common remedy for thinning locs. Instead if you know how to use a crochet hook reattach hairs and strengthen your locs then do so.
I got to work combining the best features of my 3 best crochet hooks in to one hook with all the good stuff. While you work on a specific dread use a rattail comb to outline the square perimeter of the lock. Grasp a dreadlock about 2 in 51 cm from the end and hold your crochet hook next to it.
First you twist a portion of your hair. To fix this issue you can palm roll the strays into the loc using a little gel. You can also take a crochet hook and interlock the stray hair into the loc.
Thinning locs may be reinforced by crocheting with a tiny crochet hook. To avoid miscommunication with a salon always ask Do you use a latch crochet hook to interlock or if they use a small crochet hook without a latch to create very small loops inside the dreadlock instead of interlocking. This same method can be used to reattach locs that broke off.
Then you take a crochet hook and insert it into the loc. Position the crochet hook so that it is parallel to your dreadlock and the hook is beside the end of the dreadlock. Because the method is so popular with dreadlock maintenance and hair weave installation you can now find a crochet hook at most local beauty supply stores too.
Once pushed through the dread angle the hook so that when it is pulled back into the dread it will catch different hair and not simply travel back through the same hole.
