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JesseJay — Wool Roving Dread Tutorial
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Tutorial for double ended dreads. Took me all night to make this. It's now almost 3 am D:Oh well. It was worth it. :3
If you use this please favourite or comment or something :3 Oh and if you do make any dreads I'd love to see them!
Please tell me if I have made any typos or anything and I will update it.
***Palm Rolling*** If you do not know what this is just ask me.
I get my roving from here [link]
It is called 'Wool tops (64's Ecru)'
Hope you have found this useful :3
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what counts as high ph soap? could you recomend a brand?
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this is really helpfull, i'm going to make me some dreads now with help of your tutorial ^^
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can i attach wool dreads to my hair permanently? my natural hair is only like 3-4 inches long.
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Nice tutorial (especially the food moments xD I'm all about food breaks xD), but to be honest the water doesn't need to be hot or even warm : ) Rolling goes just as well with cold water and you don't hurt your fingers : D
You've also said you would like to see dreads if someone makes them.
So... I do : ) Check them out, if you want : )
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I have a load of wool roving headed my way, so thanks for this tutorial! I can't wait to get started.
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Good the hear :3 Send me some pictures when you are finished, I'd love to see how they look.
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great tutoral but i would just ask about how to wash them and put then in your hair ?
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To wash them I simply rinse mine in luke warm soapy water for a few minutes, then palm roll again to make sure they maintain their shape, then leave to dry for a day or two.
To put them in your hair they have to be braided in, just like doing a normal braid but instead of using three strands of hair use 2 and then substitute for the dread, finish off the braid with a mini elastic to secure.
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Thank you for making this! I have been trying to figure out for a while just how to make wool dreads.
Your tutorial is awesome!
The net has some good word based instructions... but for me, I need pictures to show me what I need to do.
Loved the random little comments.
And BTW I <3 your pants!
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Haha x3 I also need pictures to learn what I have to do, otherwise I just get lost 3:
Thank you for your comment and if you make some dreads show me them :3 I haven't made any wool dreads in a while, but I'm currently making some kanekalon dreads, in black and blonde. I hope they come out good!
(I loved those pants, sadly they ripped at the crotch one day xD)
Sorry for the late reply! College gets very time consuming D:
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So are these attached to your dreads that you already have?
side note: great snacks.
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Nahh. They are attached into my natural hair, braided in.
Thanks x3 Snacks are always great!
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Nice felting techniques, I think these can be used for more than dreads. But do you rinse the soap out? I can't imagine handing something full of waxy slimy dried soap. XD
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Thanks. I don't rinse the soap out as I do the felting itself, but they don't feel waxy at all when they are dry. If any soap is left on them, it would get washed out when I dye them and the dye leftovers get washed out. They are really soft when finished xD
Hey wait. I think I know you from subeta! XD -hides in corner-
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Ah, I see.
Well I don't know you from Subeta 0_o. Yeah it's me from Subeta I guess.
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Yeaah x3 Sorry if that was a little weird, if you have seen me on there at all you will know me as Malodorous but I've recently changed my username to Python.
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heh, i have dreads, but it would be fun to have multi-colored ones i can just clip in for fun from time to time. thank you very much!
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They are very fun :3 Thank you!
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I have to ask, what are "double ended dreads" for? All I can think of when I see "dreads" is "dreadlocks" and I rather doubt that's what this is.
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A double ended dread is a dread that is double the desired length of the dread that you want to install in your hair. When you go to install them you fold the dread in half, then braid one of the halves in your hair. They give a fuller, being that there is double the amount of dreads that you installed into your hair.
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hey sweetie 
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I make some synthetic too, only made one set as of yet cause I don't like the feel of them and they are really heavy for a full head >.<
I hand dye too, I use a mix of dylon dyes for my colours, my hands come out tiedyed!
I use a soap from the local shop around the corner from me, seems to be working fine. It's called Cussons, on the box it says pure and mild but it really isn't xD
Leaves your hands really dry so you might want to get some good moisturiser for them.
Heres some company info to point you in the right direction;
This product is actually made in Australia by:-
PZ Cussons Australia Pty Ltd
ACN 004 164 827
282 - 300 Hammond Road
Dandenong
Victoria 3175
The UK importer is:-
Lakeside foods
UK
RM20 3NE
If you cannot find any where you live, I'd be more than happy to mail you a few bars over for postage prices.
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ooooo your an angel! XD ill try to find them ! omg i hate that, i love the dye but gosh... x.x my hands alwways look so weirrrdddd its so icky x.x 
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The dye actually makes me sneeze a load too XD It's...not very nice and I end up with dye on my face too XD
Oooh. I'll have to try that one :3 thanks for the tip.
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XD awwww! try tea based dyes ... its all natural good for the enviorment stains like a mofo but the only down side is that vibrant neons are a little bit dulled so thats where the synthetics rear there mean lil heads XP
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soooo, this may be a stupid question, but what do you do with the dreads when you are done?
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You braid them into your hair, or a wig, or make them into falls which you tie into your hair.
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Cool!!! i will try this when i have time 
It looks interesting!
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thank you so much. In class we had a felt lady in which reminded me that I allways wanted to make dreads so I kindly got a website for some wool top and now I can make some hurray how long do you have to wait and how much for would I need to buy in grams for a full hair type of thing not bunches?
another website to buy from many shades here
[link]
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That seems like a great site! I might order from there in the future, save a bit of hand dyeing.
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Ahhh this looks cool! I've been wondering how I might attempt to make my own.. I might just have to try this lol
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Hey, thanks so much for this tutorial!
Any idea where to find this stuff in Adelaide, Australia? Or what I should type in google to find out?
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Thanks for the comment ^.^
Yeah, it took me a while to figure out, which wool, where from, how thick, how long to leave in water XD If you go ahead with this project feel free to mail me anytime for advice x3
I think my supplier may be able to post to Australia, I could call them up and ask if you want me to? This supplier is very good because the wool comes cleaned, brushed and in the the shape you need.
But if you do want this from Australia I would say you should google 'Wool tops/Wool Roving' but make sure to get the wool which has been washed, brushed etc.
Also I think Ecru is only in europe (You might be able to find otherwise, I could be wrong) and if you do find it, it may turn out rather expensive, I buy in bulk 800grams+ (400grams - full head of 60)
So yeah, if you can find a good supplier in Australia that's great ^.^ if not just tell me and I'll speak to my supplier about postage and such. That good with you?
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High power of hydrogen? I don't think so :3 what's your beef?
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Haha, nevermind. My boyfriend was just arguing with me that the pH scale goes base to acid, so soap would have a /low/ pH. XD
It goes acid to base. >_>
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Isn't it the other way around? Because I heard that the human stomach has a ph of 1 because it's highly acidic. I think it's best to look this stuff up yourself.
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duuuude, this was resolved like a year ago. XD
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Aha :3 I was quite confused XD
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Sorry about that. Roughly three seconds after posting that, I was just like "....aw, fuck. >_>"
Anyways, it's a very neat tutorial...I had never heard of this. I think I might try it out.
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Heheh :3 Thank you. It's the first one I've ever made and I made it in like 3 hours XD I normally don't get anything done within a month. -lazy-
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...shit, nevermind. Stupid boyfriend and his arguing with me over which way the pH scale goes. XD
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