You will need Angelina which is a fine metallic fibre that becomes sort of like a glue once its hot and sticks to whatever you're making. I decided to try a lovely peacock blue/green to match the blue KK I had lying around.
First I backcombed a dread as normal.
Then I took a pinch of angelina and placed it on my dread, then I used a crotchet needle to put it 'into' the dread (a felting needle would probably be better but I don't own one)
(You can see it in this photo as a sort of grey, once it's been heated the grey goes away)
After trying it a few times, There are two methods.
If you want a swirl of metalic (a bit like a loose candycane with half kk and half angelina) just leave it in the lengths it comes in and put it in the middle of one side of the dread, and the same on the other. When twisting, make sure that the angelins part is on the outside of the dread as you go down. seal as normal.
If you want a more subtle, general glittery dread it's best to seperate the angelina rather than leave it in a thick length, which will let bits poop out all over the place. Twist and seal as normal.
Mine could do with refinement, but I'm not a master dreadmaker!
