How to Make Your Own Wool Dreads

Now, a few notes about dyeing. You may buy pre-dyed roving, or want to keep your wool natural colored. If this is the case, feel free to skip this part! For those of you looking for a color you couldn't find, or who just want to do your own thing, this can be very fun!
Now, I personally read up on this subject a lot while I was waiting to get my roving in the mail. Most people dye their roving BEFORE dreading it. I did the opposite. This can be better or worse depending on your preferences. If you want even, uniform, all-over color, you should dye your roving first. If you want a more arty, or different look, you might want to try dreading then dying. Either way you do it, the process is the same. You'll need a large bowl, a smaller microwave-safe bowl, saran wrap and your kool-aid. (By the way, if you want a specific color, use a search engine to look up "kool-aid dyed wool," to get some idea of what different flavors will look like.) Basically, all you do is soak your dreads (or wool roving) in hot water for about thirty minutes this time. In the meantime, be mixing up a strong batch of kool aid. I used one mug of water per packet of kool aid, but this is another thing you might need to experiment with a bit. Once your dreads have soaked, take a few at a time, squeeze them out, and lay them on a length of saran wrap big enough to wrap them in. Drizzle on some kool-aid mixture, wrap them up quickly and squish it around until they're all saturated. Then put them in the microwave, in the microwave-safe bowl. I'd say for about thirty seconds to a minute, (I did thirty seconds then flipped them over) but obviously you should keep your eyes on them. You may want to use a pot holder when taking them out of the bowl, or just dump them out. Put them in the sink to cool off while you're working on the next batch. After they're cool rinse them out. If you want you could redye them as many times as you please to get your desired results. Mine got kind of crimpy and fuzzy after all this, so you may want to re-roll them a bit (I didn't go through the whole process again, just rolled them in my hands before hanging them up to dry) then again, you may like how they look and you can always leave them. It's all about what you want.

Finally, You'll want to attach these into your hair already! There are a few different ways to do this. To make falls, you'll just want to attach the dreads onto the elastic cord or lace. I personally split the dreads into two sets so I could have pig tails. Then, I doubled each dread over the elastic, and sewed it to itself, so that the middle became a loop around the elastic. I continued this process until all dreads were on the two separate elastics. You can also tie thread around the dread just below the fold to make a loop, then thread lace or elastic through the loop. To put them in your hair, make two buns high up on your head, and simply tie an elastic around the base of each bun. I also wrap a couple long dreads around the base of the bun once the falls are attached to hide the thread ties. If you wanted, you could also attach both falls doubled over on one bun to make a thick pony-tail. I hope this has been helpful, happy dreading!