Knotty Physics Lesson: A Must Read for All Dreadies

I often feel that many of the FAQ's can be answered by a simple physics lesson. So, here it is:

And if you don't feel like reading all of those terms of art, I'll break it down for you.

Length=Locks
Loosies=Locks
Less Area to Move= Less Locking
Restricting Movement=No Locking
Less Length= More Fall-out
Slippery= No Locking

And now some visual aids:


Demonstrating that more length creates more opportunity for locking.


Demonstrates the importance that loosies have in locking and hiding loopies

 

hair movement restricted by rubberband


movement restricted by crochet

 

I love it

 

Beautiful

 

Why was a study done on knots...did my tax paying dollars go towards that? lol

 

lol

 

Nice! It's not exactly done for dreadies but some of the ideas can be used for dreads too

I still want to believe though that there must be some more 'man-made' way to make dreads lock faster.... Since as it is the only answer is 'time'.
anyone here want to make a paper on dreadlocking? xD

EDIT: I've come up with the an idea..... stick your head in a box and tumble it around like they did to the string xD result? perfect dreadies every time =P
P.S. I take no responsibility for any damage done to a person from following this advice.....

 

root flipping. expect this texture.

 

Thank you! For the longest time I didn't know what it was and didn't understand the 'splainations

 

Me either, every time someone mentioned root flipping i didnt get it

 

I flipped one of mine at the root and it just felt weird so I unflipped it. I can only really do it with maybe 3 of my dreads.. the others roots are too thick.

those are some sweet diagrams btw

 

lol, thanks they are confusing now that i look at them. i hope y'all understand them.

 

that was mighty kind of ya to do that im sure that will help some people with some confusion many thanks