Lisa Barrett - more than a midwife » Dreads http://www.jelikin.org My Other Life (amazingly I do have one ...just) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:37:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Dreads http://www.jelikin.org/2009/01/dreads/ http://www.jelikin.org/2009/01/dreads/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:17:43 +0000 Lisa http://jelikin.org/?p=34 I’ve been trying to grow dreads for a few months.  Apparently they are supposed to take well.  Why the Hell wont mine?  I’ve tried everything but they just curl up.  I have rolled them, clipped them used a hook to weave it in.  I still look like a half demented wannabe.  Astrid came and started them for me and explained what to do.  My daughter managed to get them naturally, the only effort she made was not brushing her hair.  Can you have duff hair?  With a band on they do look half decent but they aren’t really.

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So can anyone tell me exactly what I’m doing wrong here?

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