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Heyaaa! thanks all for your help on other posts they have realy helped me So heres my first set and first proper attempts at different kinds of dreads! wooo!
They are red and green - christmassy! The green was pretty hard to use i think it was silky straight it just knotted up when i backcomed it and felt greasy or something, but i think i did kind of well despite that!
my mum wants 'a few' in for christmas but il try and convince her to let me put all of them in (only about 20) to test them out hehe (my hairs too short )
Here they are what do you think:

ps sorry about the pics being large! :S

Normal solids:




ADDED:




Candy cane:




Wrapped: However i dont really know how to do the end! so its kind of messy on this one (i dont have a crochet hook):


i backcombed it a bit at the end and pushed it through then twisted and sealed the end:


This one has a little knot in it if u can see (and is a knot problematic?) you cant really tell in person i'd wear it! i also backcombed it a little bit and sealed the end:



Blend:



A new thing i come up with today using just a little bit of the other colour (kind of like a splash but al the way down):


Transitional (made by attaching some more colour half way through):


The join (centre of pic where the dint is lol)


Curlies:



all of them: (on a coincidentally matching coloured towel!)


thats all folks! xxx

They look awesome to me

Kudos to you, I HATE making synth dreads

aww thanks alot

I can't believe those are beginner dreads. You have done an amazing job

Very nice transitionals! Good job.

Looking great! 1000 times better than my first dreads:) I love that you are using so many different styles and textures they look wonderful together. Totally awesome xmas hair!

Lovely work.

Aww wow thanks for the responses, i wasnt expecting that! reallly really appreciated I didnt think they were that good!
I was just trying out bits of everything ive come across on here really. Think i have a bit of OCD that maybe why theyre quite good for a first go lol! And also thanks to this board and everyones help and imput
Sinful-synthetics ive just been watching ur vid on how to do the blanket stitch braid on youtube! Easy to follow vid thanks !

Looks like you nailed every style dread there is! I love the idea of the splash throughout the whole dread. I can't wait to see what else you come up with. Keep up the good work!

DreadstarMonstar wrote:They look awesome to me

Kudos to you, I HATE making synth dreads

Yeah me too, only ever made one set for myself and after that decided to just pay someoen else to do it! I foudn that after spending so much time making them I didnt enjoy wearing them as much....... if that makes any sense at all, lol.

And yeah they look great very chirstmassy colours. x

Wow, you got the whole array of dread possibilities there!

They look fabulous for a beginner (heck, fabulous for any dread maker!)... Well done!

Aww thank you all so much for your replies and responses they're realllllly appreciated :)
Got a load of new colours not so long ago (blues, pink, purple etc) starting on them this weekend
Thanks guys! Xxx

really nice! if anything i would say work on your ends and the loops at the top. good start though!

I have seen these pictures a few times now, and all I can think is: very strange colour combination ^_~ x The dreads look very well made to me!

iddylove wrote:really nice! if anything i would say work on your ends and the loops at the top. good start though!

Cheers for your response. Can I ask what you think I need improve on them?

Zombiæ wrote:I have seen these pictures a few times now, and all I can think is: very strange colour combination ^_~ x The dreads look very well made to me!

thank you I just had a green and a red bag of hair left over from about a year ago so i used them to practise with