How To Make Dreads Wool Roving
Its so so easyGet wool roving I order mine off the internet get a tub of hot soapy water. Sorry about the crappy photographs my phone really doesnt have that great a.
You will also need access to a sink with warm running water and some shampoo or a washing machine with a gentle cycle.
How to make dreads wool roving. Holding the wool against your dread use the needle to push through to the other side of your lock. Subscribe Follow me on Instagram cyberdenna Font. Make fab fake hair.
Making the Dreads 1st half of tute. In the meantime be mixing up a strong batch of kool aid. Bring a mixture of dye vinegar and water to a boil on the stovetop.
How To Integrate Wool Fiber Batt Dreads Into Human Hair Take a ¼ to ½ inch section. Fill the rest of the pot with water. Pull needle back out and repeat the motion all the way around the dread to secure the wool inside the lock.
Add about 13 cup 79 mL of dye and 13 cup 79 mL of white vinegar to a large pot. With your fingers push down on the wool in the shape of the cookie cutter for 6-10 minutes. Depending on your hair length you may need a 12 lb 045091 kg bag of wool.
First make a Basic Wool Dread then wrap around a rod and felt again. If youve attached to a hair finding youll do one end at a time. The best way to weave with wool roving is to pull up your warp threads and place the wool roving between them.
Youtube Audio Library Outro Template made. This is my tutorial for making double ended wool roving dreadlocks. Apply Redken powder grip 03 at the base of the section back comb and twist the section for the first two rotations.
You can find pictures to go along with the instructions here. You can use food dye or acid dye to color wool dreads if you used natural wool roving and want a more vibrant color for your dreads. If you are using a smaller shape push the wool for 6 minutes.
In most cases youll want to allow about an hour to make a thick set of yarn dreadlocks not. You can find roving wool at most craft stores. Once completely wet pick up one end of the roving and start to rub and agitate the wool roving into a tip.
To make yarn dreadlocks you will need at least one ball of thick yarn or roving a pair of scissors and a rubber hair elastic. Place the roving onto your towel. For larger shapes push the wool for 8-10 minutes.
Once secure continue wrapping downward 2 inches at a time pushing the needle in and out and securing the wool in the lock as you go. For every 1 lb 045 kg of wool you should be able to make 50-60 dreads that are 1012 in 2530 cm long. Wavy wool dreads are achieved by tightly twisting the wool then letting it twist back on itself and finally felting in a washing machine.
Curly wool dreads are achieved much like curly synthetic dreads. There are several out there but I thought Id add my own. Take a section of the wool and begin backcombing and twisting the section.
Place the length of roving into the hot water to soak you do want it saturated. Here are my steps for plain weaving wool roving. Just a very quick brief tutorial on how to make wool dreads.
A heddle if you have one would also work well for weaving wool roving. This tutorial explains it well. I used merino wool roving also called tops to make mine and olive soap for wet felting which were bought from eBay.
Roving wool the same kind of wool youd use for felting is perfect for rolling into dreads. Wool roving doesnt really matter what type of wool it is as long as it is listed as roving Spray Bottle with water and a bit of dish soap in it- couple drops of soap will do. I used one mug of water per packet of kool aid but this is another thing you might need to experiment with a bit.
Basically all you do is soak your dreads or wool roving in hot water for about thirty minutes this time. HttpwwwdreadlockshopnlwoldreadsindexhtmlThis video explains how to make wool dreads.
