How To Do Dreadlocks: Detailed Crochet Method

[@elisabethmartyrs8576]

Okay I just have to say, I’ve been trying to find a video that clearly explains AND shows how to do this off and on for SO long. I am beyond grateful to you for making this.

[@lucefuller2960]

Same!!!

[@kailah7075]

Is anyone watching her it's 2020?? I love her❤ I've been wanting dreads for years

[@satanette8562]

Hello I’m here in 2020! Just making dreads in my own hair now 💕

[@JessicaTurnerVlogs]

I’m here in 2020! Starting dreads this weekend!

[@TheZophisticatedDove]

I'm here in 2021!

[@jenahbush4996]

Thinking about starting 2021

[@hillarycourchaine6829]

Me too

[@imaginepithynamehere4257]

Out of all the videos I've watched in preparation to repair and maintain my BF's dreads, this was the easiest to understand. Thank you for explaining the crochet method, instead of just showing yourself doing it while talking about other things. I completed hair school in 2002, and I have never in all this time actually learned how to do dreads. Derp. Also, thanks for the positivity. I hope you have a really awesome life, and same to anyone else who reads this. Ima go hunt though your catalog now, and find out if any of your vids address the other questions I have. Xoxo

[@Ladyshakeuk]

Ok now I've searched high and low to find out how to do the crochet locs technique, and THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO that actually shows you how to the Do the looping etc close up and in slow motion....🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇thank you sooo much hon 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@WiredAndStoned]

Ladyshake Uk oh yay! thanks for that comment!

[@NickyM_0]

@ladyshake Uk, I was thinking exactly the same. I haven't seen anyone explain it so simply and show it close up and slowly, hair by hair strand and literally showing where and how the crochet hook is picking up the hair and where and when you twist.... and I am not even interested in having dreads but I found it fascinating the process. Especially on straight silky hair, as opposed to afro coily and drier hair.

[@thulisilephulula1397]

Me too man!! I've been searching and this is the best one thus far...You are the bestooo

[@mariapellegrino4815]

Thanks for your help on making dread locks. This may seam weird to you but I’m 64 years old and I make dolls. I wanted to make one with dreadlocks and had no way of knowing what to do. You have made this so easy. Thank again, I truly appreciate how easy you have made this 😊🤗💕

[@cindy-louvanessa7418]

Someone who actually uses the crochet method from a detailed point. Thanks

[@sannedeheer2120]

So umm ya'll also having all those wierd pixels appearing in the video?

[@TwistedRagdoll]

Sanne de Heer yeah

[@bumblebee0369]

Yea seen that too. But what’s the point of making this comment for ? Some conspiracy reason? I mean what’s the big deal that’s all.

[@carrots7216]

@@bumblebee0369 Just distracting probably and trying to make sure their computer isn't whack

[@franklinsukmynutz5062]

i have watched so many "how to" videos on dreads. this was by far the best one. thank you

[@valtyrberzerk8990]

There is something about you, you have this unique light, the second I click on one of your videos you gave me that vibe, full of light, you are very special and an amazing perosn with a very unique soul

[@catherinemobbs5916]

She's high ASF lol

[@terril.schenck9705]

@@catherinemobbs5916 so what.Shes allowed....

[@feliciapowell4667]

Lightbulb moment. I finally understand how to do this. Thank you so much for explaining it so well

[@jaygeo8661]

I'm just so in love with you. started my dreads a few days ago and I learned everything from you. Thank you. :)

[@senbuvoltz1215]

Jay VonnGee what are they like now!? It's been a year! Lol I'm looking to see fresh dreads to help my decision!!

[@juanitagrandon777]

How many dreads you have?

[@p3aceofmind9]

@@madi5415 your opinion u have no right to tell someone to stop something they want to do with there hair.

[@OnSludge]

@@madi5415 please quit acting as if blacks invented dreads and go do some research. Vikings, Celts, Hindus, etc all those cultures had dreadlocks since ancient times

[@madi5415]

@@OnSludge u should actually go and read your fact viking didn’t have dreads like that. they literally just had knotted ass hair. just dirty ass hair u guys didn’t style it or nothing lol

[@mialouw6750]

I dreaded 2 pieces of my hair. I love you're page. You guys inspired my dread frenzy!!

[@ResistTheNorm]

Oh my Gawdd! I have seen so many videos and no one has explained this showing how easy it is like you do. I was so confused before. Thanks ever so much.

[@lyndelleperkins5877]

OMG this is the only video that has helped me . The simplicity of the guiding steps. Thank you so much for you assistance on my journey

[@syahmifakhri9916]

I've watched this vid many times already to make dreads. But this is the second time I watch this vid just to listen you saying 'and pull it around' 'and bring it around' 💓

[@amyforsberg4546]

hey girl! currently in my college dorm where my best friend Grace is dreading my hair. We are on this journey together!! Thank you so much for this video, you are brilliant! Peace be with you ;)

[@MarlaLynnHaircare]

I ABSOLUTELY love the way you explain things! I’m trying to expand my clientele to include clients with this hair texture…..the best and better to you! Thanks for your help Cincinnati Ohio

[@heatherglaze7228]

thank you for being so helpfull. im getting ready to dreadlock my husbands hair and your videos have been my favorite to learn from. Looking forward to watching more!

[@pixiemoot]

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! I'm tellin ya, I was totally making it harder than it really was. You are fantastic, thank you so much for explaining it to me!!!

[@Maryklokkis]

I came here because one random dreadlock video with extensions and now i saw your dreadlocks my jaw dropped! Daym girl, there are gorgeous🤩 im working as i hairdresser in norway and i really want this! Wow just wow!

[@lovebug8810]

I just had my loc extenstion added because I have soft hair and she added it, but I'm so happy you showed how to maintain it so I don't have to keep going to her for her to do it. I just ordered a kit from amazon and some jewelry. But I'll add it in about a month. I'm just excited to finally start my loc journey.

[@terrischofield4671]

Thanks so much. I’ve wanted locs for over a year. The girl that is doing mine is using a crochet so I truly appreciated this vid so I’ll know what to expect.❤️

[@sixmercer2504]

Excellent tutorial! I really wish I had known you 7 years ago when I got my dreads. I had them done professionally because I have EDS and can't hold my arms up long or manage a small instrument like a crochet hook or even a pen or pencil for longer than my signature usually. My dreads having been "professionally" done from start to finish weren't platted out (parted in even squares and put in the rows evenly in a brick pattern) which definitely made for future problems and my dreads aren't evenly spaced or sized. For what I paid, it pisses me off, but I couldn't have done it myself that way even if I was healthy! My hair was waist length which for the couple doing them was probably daunting. They did them in one day but like this video shows they didn't need to be super tight. Tight at the scalp I would understand if they were platted but they told me "aside from esthetics there's no reason for the type of parting out, it just takes way longer, and it won't even matter in the long run because you won't be able to see it". They were elbow deep in work already so I didn't push it because it was too late unless I bailed and got them fixed. I wouldn't do that to anybody. I finally went home with dreads that felt like I was being scalped every time I touched them and they stuck out like I was being electrocuted. They had also lost about 2"-3" more than half their length. They were up to my shoulders. I was happy I brought a hat but pushing them down under it hurt so much so I was embarrassed for a solid 4-5 days. My hair isn't super thin or baby fine but due to them not parting them in medium skinny plats (I wanted skinny dreads with whispy ends, it was already dies pink but due to my early grey hair I only deposited color and didn't use other chemicals so my hair was the healthiest it had ever been. Making do with what I ended up with was incredibly frustrating. I didn't even have 40 dreadlocks. I think it was 37 I counted. So once it grew it has been really hard to style. I never wanted to use extensions but due to how uneven the lengths were (top dreads are shorter than bottom ones for obvious reasons) I had to add some human har extensions to 6 or 8 of them even now that they are waist length again because I couldn't get them to stay in the simplest bun let alone anyway else. Leaving them down makes them look so sparse because I don't have more than what I started with, 37 or whatever it is. Finding ways to style these has been such a pain I ALWAYS have them in this Marge Simpson bun and I hate it.

[@komigentammie9629]

I have tried to do dreads so maaany times before. First time ever it even looks like a dread. You're amazing! Thank you.

[@morganratzke3772]

This was the best video I have watched in terms of dread maintenance. I don't personally love the twist and rip method, but I really love how you explained it in detail and with close up shots. And I love how you emphasized on the importance of being gentle and how you described the idea of what you are trying to achieve with the crochet hook. This is by far the most descriptive video I have found. Good job! And I love your dreads, they look absolutely amazing!

[@lisafowler8210]

thanks for sharing. I had dreads years ago and they were super funky, not exactly what I was going for, but they were still cool. Going to try this method this time.

[@JittoRalo]

This is by far the best method I've seen, with the most detailed example.

[@vanman118]

2 month old frizzy dreads here and I just order a latch hook, ty for the good video.

[@dejaforonda528]

Alright, first time dreading while watching this video... FULL SEND THE DREAD JOURNEY🥳

[@lihtan]

I enjoyed this video! A little bit of constructive criticism: some of the close up shots suffered from compression artifacts and occasional focus loss. I've confirmed that the compression artifacts are not a streaming issue due to them still being present after downloading your video in HD. Lowering the compression on future videos may help, as imagery such as individual hairs isn't something that compresses easily.

[@Koneal225]

Thank you for this. I have watched a shit Ton of tutorials and literally yours has been the most helpful.

[@dramamama2856]

I dont want dreads, i never will but i still loved this. Ive been trying to do the exact opposite & make my hair as healthy as as i can, i felt so stressed out during the knotting but i kept reminding myself we have diffrent hair goals so for you thats positive.

[@jodiegibbs3042]

You just saved me $2000 this year. I can do my Ethiopian adopted daughter's hair myself now. No more downtown Portland visits! Thanks!!

[@corinaelaine2339]

The first time I tried to diy my dreads, I did the twist and rip method, but then I had a bunch of twists that lead to holes in my dreads. So after 2 months of fighting with them I combed them all out. I had no idea that you could "twist too many times" so this video answered so many questions for me!!! So excited to try again.

[@alixandriaanderson5306]

I'd like to get dreadlocks sometime this year, how much do you guys charge to do dreadlocks and add extensions in the dreads?? How do I make an appointment with you guys??

[@The008adrienne]

Thank you for this.👏🙏 I have watched almost 10 videos and you have made things clearer than all of them…combined. I appreciate you, please keep doing what you do.🙏❤️✨

[@bethany2070]

I love your view on life during this video. Your dreads are looking pretty great too! Wired and Stoned.

[@paulinadz1484]

I love Your energy and how honest your gestures are

[@allia4658]

My dad (has dreads): you should get dreads Me: EW no Me( 4 years later): I WANT dREAdS

[@ladylyssa5130]

😂😂😂

[@corneliajames4189]

Blessed

[@unicornwizhez4115]

haha wow that’s sooo crazy 😱😒

[@TXNITRUE]

Straight nugget. I’m already good at loccing up hair now after my first 8 month journey but that verbiage just made it click. Thread, Cage , & Mass

[@erinbuckley1170]

Yes! Great teaching. Fun vibes. Loved the vid x

[@savvu9999]

This is literally the most informational video I’ve seen on dreads! Thank you so much💜

[@kaylacoyne5759]

I watched so many dread videos and I've got to say--- this is my favorite. Obsessed.

[@user-ek3rv2zq1l]

thank you so much for making it clear to crochet around the dread like a net! I've been doing so much research for years (on and off) to know how to make my dreads perfect and nobody talks about this! thank you thank you thank you!

[@ChelseaBrown4110]

This is the best explanation I've seen so far! Thank you! You're amazing

[@krisdegelder6298]

I came upon your channel today, and omg, you are just the most adorable❤ thank you for teaching me this in such an incredibly easy manner. My wefts will be arriving today, and I am starting my dread journey. Thank you, love. I love the idea of making my very own. It will take time, I have all winter 🤣. Weed n Dreads for the next 4 months 🤣

[@jessemnmehe1347]

I have been watching all the videos on KZbin about how to make dreadlocks I mean like really instant good dreadlocks and I've noticed that you technique is the best one. Your technique is unique and well done I mean about the cage around the "thread". Magic! I loved that! #From Belgium

[@gemmaparnell6027]

Thank you for this video, I've watched a few and this is the only one with details! I watched a few where they were using the crochet but no info about what they were actually doing with the crochet hook

[@beaintrinsic5664]

very awesome...im 51 going to do dreads...messaged you on your site...

[@user-cq2mt9lf9x]

thank you 😊 it's the best traight hair dreads tutorial.

[@lilmisspeace]

I just made my first dread with my 10yo daughter the other night and this video was SO HELPFUL!! I can't wait to do this technique because you have the very type of dreads I am hoping to get ❤ thank you so much!

[@lilmisspeace]

Also, I love your energy!

[@jewelzkitkat1312]

omg im so glad i found u, as many dread help vids, i was still confused!!!! you are the bizz girl u make vids, I WILL COME!!!!!!

[@jellybabybeauty8308]

wah! after 3 months of my dread journey im sat here taking them back out and watching the way you correctly keep them in. i put them in and maintained them all wrong because of other youtube information. after a couple of weeks i'll attempt dreads again using your methods

[@WiredAndStoned]

JellyBabybeauty Sounds similar to the beginning of my dread journey💞 Blessings!

[@djbeautyblenda]

what an excellent tutorial! ever need a model for demonstration, holla! Gratitude! and returning blessings!

[@AuntieJett3134]

I have literally watched several videos and yours is the most detailed that I have found!! I'm here in 2020! Thank you

[@myauthenticnow6401]

wonderful! i want dreadlocks so bad! wish you could do mine

[@FullM3talRabb1t]

Same here!!!! I need her to do mine!!

[@halsall1968]

Thanks chook, it’s about time someone showed how to do this close up!!!!!!!!! The number of videos I’ve watched where their hands and fingers are in the way is ridiculous, so cheers!

[@wolffortenberry8729]

Thank you so much for explaining this!! I’m seriously considering dreading my hair and this helps explain a lot for me

[@Amused_Comfort_Inc]

Did you ? Your profile picture looks amazing

[@wolffortenberry8729]

@@Amused_Comfort_Inc I did!! I’ve had them for 1.5yrs and still loving them

[@lorissasimpson583]

Omg I love you!!! I have been searing for a good dred Chanel your I have officially found it🙌 Now to finally start dredding my hair!😬

[@MissRenee_X]

Omg thank you!!!!! No one ever shows these details in slow motion!! Ty #2022

[@spiritual-investigator7575]

I crochet and I love dreads. Great video.

[@TashaEzaki]

Love your videos! I just bought a comb and crochet hook, ready to dread up my hair myself!!! Thanks for the instruction love ❤️

[@summergraves9777]

Was it hard? Did you dobit all at once or over time? Im worried about getting the back of my head 😭

[@EYEOFTHEROSE]

this technique is golden I'm going to practice this method...thanks

[@NadiahNfuZion]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for your incredibly easy to understand video...my locs are looking neat and tidy again :D YAY!

[@WiredAndStoned]

Nadiah Idris That makes me SO HAPPY TO HEAR💘

[@TheDoopadoop]

omgoodness your just AWESOME!!! I've been leery of starting this journey w 25 inches of hair but now I'm definitely not going to worry! ty

[@justinsmith2227]

You're cool, thank you so much. This is the most detailed tutorial for this I could find.

[@BSKRBlitzkrieg]

Appreciate the video! literally started my dreads the day before yesterday and well i'm having some major frizz lol. this is the only video i've found where someone explained "caging" the locks rather then just stuffing them into the root of it alone!!! Def need to have my wife do it for me lol first starting out looking in the mirror the reverse effect of the mirror kills me haha but thanks for the imformation!

[@lt_x5859]

Literally the ONLY video that makes sense to me!!!! THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!

[@cherieimms2207]

I am getting my partial dreads in a couple of weeks & have been enjoying your videos. Very informative. Keep them coming

[@Chipznicecream]

You are the best ive found so far to follow for my dreadlock journey!

[@jordanmiller3109]

I just started my dread journey and this has helped me so much. There was so much more important information that I didn’t know I needed to know. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[@sarajay6726]

I'm inspired by the talent you have and how you have shared....I'm still not going to get it. I will always wish to get you to do my dreadlocks

[@JustMe_OhWell]

I love ALL your tips and tricks for the locs EXCEPT not washing them. You can easily get lice that way. 💗💕💕 I use Knottyboy bar shampoo (all natural) and I love it so far. Been on my journey about 3 weeks now. BTW I love love love your pink locs! 😍😍💗💕💕

[@paeday03]

this was the best instructional video about how to properly dread straight hair keep up the great videos

[@littlemushie]

This is THE most informative crochet video I've seen yet. Thank you!!

[@brittanymorningsky952]

Thanks for your gentle advice and encouragement I'm about to try dreads for the first time!!!

[@Yvettekuh]

Hahaha, so great! I just did I don't know what with that crochet hook and it broke time after time. Now I see you need to go around your dread instead of going through it! Thanks!!!

[@emilymccormick3647]

You've taught me so much, thank you! It's great to have someone who really cares about how everybody's dreads turn out, I feel I can trust you! :) X

[@HeathenTee8338]

You’re a whole delight!

[@ericaswift6715]

This definitely helped me understand the process much more than any other video I’ve watched. Thank you.

[@ladyrariety6435]

Best video I have seen I feel confident now and it was slow enough for me lol

[@yarabroerse3163]

Wheeee😭 I want dreads so bad it looks adorable 😩

[@cyansloth1763]

This is so perfect an explanation! And as a crochet fanatic I’m already quite capable... gonna practice on a wig I have first though :3

[@Blooming-Hearts-Montessori]

Thank you so much for making it easy to understand 💕💕. You're the best😉

[@eeekamouse4833]

Your tutorial has helped me and I thank you. I have a handful of locs that have always bothered me b/c they are so much more shorter than the rest of my long locs. I have never fully gotten the method of how to crotchet locs until I watched your video. So let me get some hair and try this one more time!

[@sunroadaa5534]

Hmm "all" of the other maintenance videos gives advise of pulling the through. Just a thought. But I would like to have shown exactly how I put long new hair growth into the lock it belongs to. Being an amateur on my young locks (approx 3 months), I need advices to be detailed like this video is. Hope it can be done ❤

[@fertielman9580]

Sunroad Aa d

[@auntonera1xtattoo]

Going to start on my dread journey ! Working on sectioning now

[@himalajewarszawskie1661]

You give me so much inspirations. I try my best to do such a beautiful and smooth dreadlocks but I do too much I think. Your teachings are very important. 🙏🏽💚

[@cleotresseuwins8057]

Oh my gosh!!! I need to know you lady!! I’m obsessed with you 😂😂

[@poltrixplayful1350]

Thank you so much, helped me so much to do my partners's dreads, and who knows, maybe create my own.

[@ryannpriest8222]

You are the best!! I love your videos and you are stunning!!! Hoping my dreads look like yours one day!!

[@Disfiguring_DC]

Def best, easiest, and less drawn out and most interesting dread maintenance vid on the net. Others are so fucking painful.

[@samantharomine2392]

You are such an awesome person! Wish I could fly there today and get my dreads started! I don't think I'd trust anyone but you to do them!

[@WiredAndStoned]

Samantha Romine 💕💕💕We will have a course soon that will help you!

[@samantharomine2392]

Awesome!! Can't wait!

[@chiaracortez]

So helpful! Thank you! Watching this in 2021.

[@nancypowers519]

Love your love and your spirit! Yes!

[@IShallNotBeSilent]

In a different video you made, How To Make Dreadlock•Sep 27, 2015 you stated to stick it through the mass and pull through. Now you are stating to go around the dread and not through the mass. Could you please explain why and which is actually the one to follow. I did all my first dreads according to the other video where you stated to stick it through the mass. Am I going to have to remove all I did and re-do them?

[@jasminevillarreal7772]

Thank you so much I've been wanting to do dreadlocks in my hair for a long time now and this video really helped me understand how to do it

[@nitaxoxoxox7876]

You are the best . I'm bout to start my dreads, and this just explained it so well . thank you so much

[@bishopl.blakney1060]

thank u for this video. u make my heart smile while feeding my brain with knowledge. i appreciate you.

[@getting-on-my-nirvana]

Thanks for your videos! I’m already a crochet master for myself mwahaha