The dreads are going. It makes me sad, but I can't keep them.
See, the beads were giving me headaches... so I took them out. And within a day 1/2 the dreads were loose and falling apart. The other half were turning into a huge knotty mess that I could not get to dread - just to bunch and loop and knot - and not in a good dreaddy way, but rather in a bad rats nest of mashed hair.
So out they are coming. I'm not even having to fight them too much. There are a few in the front that are really tight... the back is totally dread free right now, but there are maybe 6 or 8 left up front.
I had thought that dreads would be a perfect addition to my simplification plan - but it turned out that they were more then just a little absent minded rubbing of the head while watching TV - it was hours and hours of it, with a ton of beads, and worry about keeping them clean and...
Anyhoo.
Last night I found quite the find. I was at a mega-store killing time whilst jme was haveing a planing meeting over coffee w/ some friends. I found myself, somehow, in the fabric department and all willpower left me when I saw gorgeous robins egg blue wool suiting for
can you guess???
$1.00 per yard!!!
Yeah. Pretty darn amazing if you ask me. I also got some lovely brown acrylic knit, a soft shades of gray and blue and brown and pink and lavender stripe (very faint and misty) and a pink knit. And wouldn't you know they all look lovely together. They will become the most fantastic little girls' fall wardrobe.
About Me
- Heather
- I am addicted to coffee and fabric. I collect scarves and elephants and small children and other people's pets. I usually have bits of string stuck to my person. I spend my extra money (hahaha) on books and fabric and music. My guitar is my friend. I sew things and it keeps me sane. I love sewing for other people... visit my etsy shop to see what I've got available!
3 comments:
hey, it's okay! You can always restart your dreads again one day...without the wax. ;) That stuff just won't wash out, you can ask my daughter about the head scrubbing I had to do when misguided by certain websites whose goal is to sell dread "maintenance" products!!
I actually think that the wax was helped them dread tighter, but I only used it once 'cause I didn't want it in my hair. They just got SO loose without the beads and I was so done with the rubbing. *sigh*
well, I personally would never have the patience to wait for my hair to dread! Plus, I think it would hurt my scalp (I can't stand ponytails for very long). I don't know how J kept her resolve. It's been a year and a half, and her dreads still don't look as nice as I'd like them to....
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