WHOO! I've been gone from here for a while... So many events, so little time... DragonCon rocked! There were all kinds of hair styles I just envied...
ANYWAY
I tried to go back through the forums today and find something, and I pre-apologize if I missed it... Theres a lot of posts to sift through
So i've just ordered my first batch of funk-eh colored kan. braid to make some dred falls! YAY! But here's the deal... i've seen all kinds of stuff on how to make / seal / "install" dreds, but so far I've come up empty handed on finding ways to put dreds onto "extensions"...
When i make crin falls since I have a traveling table that I customize them at I just double up a few "hair elastics" and tie the pieces right on. I've seen people 'lace' singles/open-ended dreds onto fat pieces of elastic, but I myself don't really like tying things in that much...
I guess I'm just looking to see how other people do it... i know I can thread anything onto ribbon and such,l but is there another way? I tried making dreds onto elastics and figured out real quick that you pretty much quadruple the work, and since I seal you run the risk of messing up dreds you finished since they are all right next to each other...
BLARGLE!
Help por favor?
~Specter
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Re: Dredfalls - Extension Help BLARGLE!
I keep re-reading your post and I don't quite know what you're on about.
That's what you do. Just band the dreads onto thick elastic and away you go. Fold a Double-Ended Dread over the elastic, and band the top where it's folded over.I just double up a few "hair elastics" and tie the pieces right on.
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Re: Dredfalls - Extension Help BLARGLE!
YES! The folding over double enders would work with what I want...CirqueMachine wrote:I keep re-reading your post and I don't quite know what you're on about.
That's what you do. Just band the dreads onto thick elastic and away you go. Fold a Double-Ended Dread over the elastic, and band the top where it's folded over.I just double up a few "hair elastics" and tie the pieces right on.
Basically, I ususally just tie pieces onto a "hair tie".. They're round rubber bands with fabric on them I guess... In order to get single enders on there I'd have to dred the hair onto it, and you can't seal them that way.
I basically would rather not actually have to TIE something into my hair if I can help it (like elastic or ribbon). Instead I'd rather just have a hair band, or hair tie or hair round and wrap it over a bun or something...
I do often rant in an awful way... My apologies *^_^*
THANKS FOR THE HELP!
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Re: Dredfalls - Extension Help BLARGLE!
With single enders you can always put them on the elastic, then stitch up the elastic. Little more work but gives you a closed piece.
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Re: Dredfalls - Extension Help BLARGLE!
you could just buy loose elastic on a roll and tie it up to the right hair band length after you thread them on
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Re: Dredfalls - Extension Help BLARGLE!
have alook in wigs and peices for ways to make falls x
roll, roll, roll, the roving make the feltie dreads
hang em up n dry em out
and get a woolie head
hang em up n dry em out
and get a woolie head
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