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I use cheap dish soap. I think the alkalinity helps open the cuticle, which is essential for the felting process.

You so messy❤️‍🔥🥰

A hair dryer may overheat the dread. The steamer helps to melt the plastic at the best temperature.

You can make a permanent attachment by crocheting your hair into the wool dread. You'll want to felt the dread a bit looser so you can get a .5m hook through it.

Hi Heather. Not a silly question at all. My mat begins to slide when I'm pressing to hard and it's soapy. Periodically, I rinse the soap off and start over. You can also try rolling on a towel. Put the towel on the counter and your mat on the towel. It may help.

Thank you Joy! It's been a crazy ride and I hate that I had to take the EIDL. Seems pretty unfair to have to take a loan. We've had to open and close a couple times now. The health department let us work outside in August when it was 107 degrees. I won't lose my salon (because I have tremendous drive) but many have been forced to permanently close. I've managed to keep my brother safe from covid but that means my house in lockdown. Thank you for watching my video and sympathizing with my frustration.

@@shensley1992 We are in this TOGETHER! I understand! Don't give up, we'll get through this shit show!

I hope it helps. They're actually fun to make and you can get very creative with mixing colors.

@@shensley1992 yes ^^ I have watched a bunch of tutorials, and can't wait to try out dreadding. <3

That's a super good question. After the felting is done and your dread is solid, I soak it in cold water to close the cuticle in the wool. That's how the soap gets cleared out. Then lightly wring out, reroll, and let dry.

Curlicue thank you so much.

Thank you so much! That is a rubber mat but it's just the shelving mats you can by at any home goods store. The mat just help the wool stay in place while your trying to roll it back and forth. It would slide too much on a counter top. Ratio is one part soap to 5 parts boiling hot water. I put that in the water bottle after it cools a tiny bit. You need the hot water and soap to open up the cuticle on the wool which helps it to felt really good.

@@shensley1992 Thank you, Yeah I have tried a towel and just doing it between my hands and it wasn't staying tight and i don't think my water was hot enough. I will go out and get some shelving mats and try again. I think I will just redo the ones I already have first lol. again love yours hope my turn out good, I bought some acid dye and I am going to try and dip dye the ends. (fingers crossed) lol

I use any liquid soap. The ratio is 1:5 parts boiling hot water.

@@shensley1992 thank you 💖

ADRIA TAYLOR Thank you so much. You need the soap to help open the cuticle of the wool. It's very important so that it will felt properly. I add regular dish soap after I've boiled the water (about 1/4 cup for a quart of water).

Oh OK thank you. Is there a specific soap that is needed? Or can it be any soap

And is there a way to loosen them if the get stiff?

I use regular dish soap like Dawn. I felt mine pretty tight but the get more pliable as I wear them. They just soften up over time. You can experiment and not roll one as long and see how you like it after it dries. It should be at least rolled long enough for it to felt.

Puddytatpurr Good morning. You can use a towel or any other surface (including countertop) that isn't too slick. If it's too slick you won't be able to get it to roll. That mat is just a roll I bought at Walmart to line the inside of a cabinet.

shensley1992 thank you for such a fast response. I know the stuff - used it in a caravan to stop crockery moving about whilst in motion. It feels slightly rubbery to the touch!

That's the stuff. It works perfectly for felting. I'm in the midst of editing another video for a synthetic/human hair dreadlock that I just installed on a client. It'll get up here by next week. One of the best looks I've done so far!

shensley1992 fab. Not sure where I can get it here, I'll go hunting! Have you done a SE dread tutorial?

Puddytatpurr I have not but I can easily put one together. Check back next week. It's super easy.

Miranda Anderson Hi! I use 16 to 32 ounces depending on the length of the dreads. Remember that if you want 22-24 inch dreads and you are making double ended, you will need to make them at 48" to give room for shrinkage. At that length you will need 32 ounces of wool.

Shannon Hensley, good to know, that was my exact question. Thanks! 😙😙

The Dreadlockshop has here too a chanal. Look there, they have many videos about Dreads. (Synthetic, Wool)

kiraanko Yes! Your ombre dreads can be done with white wool and then dip the finished dreads in die mixtures. A bit messy creating them and it takes some practice.

Shannon Hensley I see , ty