That sounds so sweet! 💕

Glad it was helpful!

​@@CyberDennaqual o nome da lã utilizada?

@@vctxr4540I used Merino Wool Roving :)

Thank you! For this set which was 30 double ended dreads around 20inches when folded, I used around 210g (approx 7.4 ounces) of wool. 🙂

@@CyberDenna oh wow 😮 That's pretty lightweight. I'm planning some kind of future-frost-mage-warrior-fantasy costume and wasn't sure, how much wool I need to order. Great thanks for the really fast reply. Keep it on! 😘

@@CyberDenna how long is that?

I find any soap works, sometimes if it’s all I have I’ll use texture/deep cleansing shampoo and it works too. It just has to roughen up the cuticle of the wool 😊

You can totally just do it by hand without the mat! I’ve done that in the past, just make sure you look after your hands and take a break if they are sore. You can also use another towel, or I’ve even seen people use bubble wrap! Hope these options help

I usually buy merino sheep wool, but any sheep that has fibrous wool should work the same way. Acrylic yarn wouldn’t work because it doesn’t have the same fibres to knot together. But I imagine even alpaca wool would work!

I usually just add enough soap that the water has a slippery feel when you put your hand in. It doesn’t have to be heaps at all ☺️

For these dreads I filled 2 containers with hot water and added two different blue dyes, a dark blue for the roots and a lighter blue for the ends and I dipped the fold of the dreadlocks in the dark blue first, rinse the excess out of the dreads and then dipped the ends in the lighter blue and rinsed the excess.

O! And also, how much shampoo do you use and does it need to be a certain kind?

I used maybe 200g of merino wool roving, but I only have a half head of dreadlocks. Also the amount you use will depend on how thick you want them and also how long. I had 28 double ended dreadlocks which was about a half head, but I do have slightly denser hair so I needed more for fuller coverage. The length of your hair doesn’t effect how many you buy, it is more dependant on how thick and dense it is. If you’ve got thinner/finer hair you can get less and if you have thick/dense hair you’ll need more to achieve a fuller look. I usually dilute some sulphate free shampoo with water when I wash my hair with them in and use an applicator bottle to apply just to the roots. But normally I remove them once a week to wash my hair and wash them separately and hang them to dry for a day and then put them back in. Still just using diluted shampoo and rinsing them very well.

From my experience it helps with roughing up the fibres of the wool so they lock together tighter. I think you would be able to do it without the soap, but I would recommend doing an ice bath between hot dips to encourage the fibres to lock together. Alternatively you could also use a felting needle to assist the locking process 🙂

@@CyberDenna oh ok that makes sense. Thank you

It's a towel wrapped (very tightly) around a board and clamped to my table! The clamps also help to keep the towel taut so it doesn't roll with the wool. But there are some loose threads on it that would get caught, so I would just rip them out of the towel, or cut them off so they wouldn't keep getting wrapped around the dreads.

Totally fine! It can be a long process and it can make your arms tired, so take it at whatever pace you need to :)

I usually buy something like this: www.ebay.com.au/itm/450grams-Wool-top-29-0-micron-roving-spinning-felting-flocking/124191901512?hash=item1cea6a0748:g:j10AAOSwo0JWNAZm

Etsy is a good place

For the water colour method I used two containers with hot water and added hair dye to the water and then dipped the dreadlocks into the darker blue first and then the lighter blue. It just uses less hair dye to colour the dreadlocks than having to paint the dye on. The reason for putting them in hot water between rolling them is to help the fibres felt together, the hot water makes it easier, and rinsing in cold and hot alternating helps shock the fibres into locking together better for longer lasting dreadlocks.

I usually use a clarifying shampoo or a volumising one! Anti-dandruff also would be good, but I'd stay away from hydrating ones because you want to rough up the fibers as much as possible :)

As long as it is pre-spun and is not an acrylic base it should I work. I haven’t personally used yarn roving so I’m not 100% sure, sorry. The main thing with felting is that it is matting the natural fibres together, and I believe acrylic and man-made fibres are too smooth to knot up and felt correctly.

I just tired it out of curiosity and well it was a big mess lol 😅

Oh no! I hope you didn’t lose too much yarn 😭

I believe I used some Manic Panic and some Directions for the lighter blue. The darker blue I think was an Affinage direct dye

It’s usually a few hours depending on the length and thickness of the dreadlocks! I try to take breaks while rolling so my back doesn’t get too sore, and also to get fresh water. The longest part is waiting for them to dry, I usually leave them overnight and sometimes they’ll still be damp in the morning! But I’d say the rolling process is maybe around 3 hours give or take?

I think from end to end these were about 70cm/27 inches, when folded around 35cm/13-14 inches

@@CyberDenna thank you 😊

I did a water-dye on these, using semi-permanent direct hair dye.