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Re: Saspie-Doo will share her secrets ^_^ (Mega-Tute!!)

Post by toxic trish » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:22 pm

im about to through my prefelted 30 inche hand died transitionals in for some texture and the hope they will tighten up and shrink :)

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Post by MrsEss » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:45 pm

Just be careful with the heat. Have you tested the colourfastness of your dreads? Wouldn't want them to run in the wash.

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Post by toxic trish » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:49 pm

DreadstarMonstar wrote:Just be careful with the heat. Have you tested the colourfastness of your dreads? Wouldn't want them to run in the wash.
colourfastness ?
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Post by MrsEss » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:00 pm

Is there a chance the dye will run?

stick one in some hot water & jiggle it about, see if the dye runs out of it or not.

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Post by toxic trish » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:07 pm

DreadstarMonstar wrote:Is there a chance the dye will run?

stick one in some hot water & jiggle it about, see if the dye runs out of it or not.

o right no the colour is safe, I put them in boiling water in the bath for a full day to get rid of the vinegar smell, so I think they will be safe as I boiled them together after the bath incident to make sure the smell had gone and they were firm. :)

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Post by MrsEss » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:11 pm

ah, yeah. they should be fine then...do a wool wash, anything higher will cook them & they'll end up a solid mess (see page 2 of my "blunder")

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Post by toxic trish » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:19 pm

ye i put them on a cool wool wash, they have just finished geuss i beter check them and hang them to dry :)

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Post by toxic trish » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:39 pm

just got them out and startign to palm rolling them. They are looking thinner and hopefully lighter once dried completly :)

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Post by MrsEss » Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:47 pm

If you wanna keep the texture there's no need to palm roll

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Post by toxic trish » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:26 am

well I didn't notice much texture, dont no weather that might be because of the fact they were all ready felted or not? but i left half plaited and wraped to dry on the radiator and i palm rolled half so they are super skinny and light (hopefully). will post a picture to show you my results :i2:

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Post by MrsEss » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:45 am

There should still be a little wave, if not....wet em again & then scrunch each one up in to a ball (like you would to throw a piece of paper away)

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Post by toxic trish » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:44 pm

well im gonna tie them as tightly as i can with them all scruched up and hope for some waves on the secon wash :)

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Post by Gracey » Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:12 pm

Sarah, have you ever tried felting them smooth in the usual way after you have washing machined them? I'm thinking sticking them through the washer first would make the wet-felt a bit easier and be less work, but am slightly concerned I wouldn't get them smooth enough after the cycle.

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Post by MrsEss » Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:20 pm

Yep, you can do that. just palm roll em whilst still wet.

These were made like thst:

http://saspie-doodreads.com/USERIMAGES/DSCF1440.jpg

as were others on my website, but img linking is faling for some reason & they're too big to post as images. hang on...........

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Post by Monique_marion_may » Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:59 pm

If you wash them like 3-4 times, and palm roll them and allow to dry between each wash then you can totally felt them this way and stay straight. I wanted to keep a little texture, so didn't palm roll them totally, but you definatly could.

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Post by MrsEss » Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:06 pm

Here you go, sortd the links out:
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They were all machined & then palm rolled (between each machine wash)

Oooh, if you wash em on a warmer setting then palm roll, they look like this:
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Post by FaerieGirl » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:58 pm

This is wonderful! Thanks so much! I've been contemplating trying my first set of roving dreads..... This may have just made up my mind for me. :)
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Post by corpseesproc » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:48 pm

Just tried this from memory without thinking about temperature, I put mine on 90 *facepalm*
for some reason I looked fro the hottest setting and thought that will do! I ended up with a giant dread with bits o dread coming off like an octopus oops! Hahaha they came out super felted, more felted than I've ever done by hand and......half the length!
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Post by SdSiNthetics » Fri May 06, 2011 2:54 pm

I wondered actually with the webbing effect do you use very small bits of fibres and wrap it up sort of like spreading out over a section and the palm felt to death (not sure that even made sense) that's what I've done a couple of times and It's the only way I can think of doing it :?
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Post by MrsEss » Fri May 06, 2011 2:57 pm

Something like that ;) doing it that way gets a different effect though.
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Post by SdSiNthetics » Fri May 06, 2011 8:40 pm

DreadstarMonstar wrote:Something like that ;) doing it that way gets a different effect though.
Yes and would take me ages if I ever wanted to do a full dread like it ^_^ x
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Post by cupcake00 » Sat May 07, 2011 8:23 pm

This is a super ace tutorial!!!! How would you do transition dreads? :i6:

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Post by MrsEss » Sat May 07, 2011 9:12 pm

You can just dye them. There are dye tutorials.
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Post by hairykiter » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:13 pm

DreadstarMonstar wrote: Image
Those are utterly gorgeous, LOVE the effect on the left bunch!! How to make pretty-please? ;) :D

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Post by MrsEss » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:29 pm

Ah, that's the one thing I do not share ;)
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