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Wool dreads anyone? First time and what a blast!

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Published: 12 Dec 2021 › Updated: 12 Dec 2021Wool dreads anyone? First time and what a blast!

Wool dreads anyone? First time and what a blast!

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So how it went down;

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Local washed and carded wool.

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Weigh out 3 grams of wool and put it into hot soapy water.

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Roll out a length of wool into a long strand about pencil thick. Utilize the bubble wrap (bubble side down) to roll out the length between the creased sheet.

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Weigh out 3 grams of coloured wool and start lining the wool up along the strand.

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Add a small amount of hot soapy water to the wool.

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Wrap wool around the strand.

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Roll strand between sheet of bubble wrap.

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Roll between bubble wrap until wool becomes adhered to its self.

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Rinse and dry.

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Collect a small section and part hair.

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Lie dread haflway through parted hair this technique is called the double dread.

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Take sections and cross over one another.

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Flap over dread on top in the middle of the double-ended dread and cross-sections of hair tightly.

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After crossing on top, cross underneath.

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Continue crossing over and under that dread

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Use small elastic to hold and secure hair.

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