I'm very new to dreadlocks. I just finished my dreads today, after 3 days of backcombing, goh! I was just wondering if wearing a hat would be detrimental to the dreading process... as the forming of dreads is due to the movement of hair... would hats restrict this? Thanks in advance
not sure i can answer that properly without taking a guess. but when you rub wool on cotton or on hair theres a exchange of electrons creatting a static charge perhaps its that static charge that helps? you know how socks cling to eachother after being in the dryer cotton rubbing on wool causes that static cling..perhaps that same cling helps dreads tighten im just guessing here that the attractive and repellive forcses tend to move the hairs pushing and pulling themn and forciomg knots just a theorie though all i know is wool works
I also believe it had to with the movement your hair gets when wearing a wool hat. As movement = knots, my hair looks especially knotty right after I wake up and had slept in a woolen hat. It may cause congos when wearing a hat, but separating them by splitting the dreads that are forming into one to stop it if you don't want them.
i've been wearing a fairly tight 100% wool hand woven skully, would it be better for my dreads to wear a more loose hat, or is it better for them to get pressed down?
My original post was refferring to tight hats, hence the reason I enquired about the restriction of movement... so it sounds like tight hats are fine, buddy.
loose hats would be better to alow free movement within ya might as well get yourself a tam since ya will want 1 eventualy anyway
yeah... I should get one on retrospection... but my dreads are only like 5 -7 inches long... so i think a tam would look a tad silly with dreads like that, ya know?
http://www.wholesalecentral.com/ser...l0001/store.cfm?event=showcatalog&catid=73841 those are small enigh foir shoityer dreads and cheap enoiugh to replace in a few months or a year or so when they grow
even if the material of the hat don't make a difference you'd think that having the lose hairs forced to spend time next to the dreads would help them get gobbled up. but i do notice a difference between wearing the wool beenie (knit with a loose spun yarn) around the house and the cotton bandanna i wear at work to keep the saw dust outta my hair.
whoops that link i gave is a wholesalke site theyre 4$ each but min orders 100$ great price if u plan on resellin em but sux if u just need 1
