Thickening Dreads with Crochet Hook

Tutorial and tips on how to thicken or make a dread denser using a crochet hook. I use a .7mm, but if you cant find a crochet hook that small, try to find the smallest hook you can and that should work too.

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[erexe12]

for me its hard to get out the crochet hook.... do i do it wrong ? :( 

[skillteacher]

Probably nothing went wrong, if the hook gets hard to pull out then the loc is getting thicker.

The only problem i can imagine is if you are pulling the hook straight out. Make sure to curve the hook out as its leaving so it does not rip any hairs.

Also the smaller the chrochet hook the smoother the action. So maybe your hook is too big.

[toscamille]

Is .85mm crochet hook good???

[skillteacher]

yes the .85 mm is a good size, not much bigger than my favorite .65mm. The smaller the hook the easier it will be.

[Domingo1927]

do live near los angeles?

[acb2471]

my mum has had dreads for about a year now, and the hole dread is thined out and are starting brake about half way up. I have tryed to fix them up from your viedos but after a week or so her hair starts to thin out again. she had quite thick hair before the dreads. Would you know y this would be happening? Thanks

[zxcvbn7048]

with kinky curly hair can the same method applies? Can you thicken small size locks into larger one ?

[lovemeformenotanyone]

what are the pros and cons of this method?

[FYNEISMODEL]

Answer some of your comments. They all have good ideas needed to be answered. They are questions i need to know the answer as well

[NationalSOCIOgraphic]

Now that was helpful! Thanks man!

[EdwardJohnson202]

@allworkn0play thank you

[allworkn0play]

@EdwardJohnson202 you can probably go to a craft store, or walmart or something..

[EdwardJohnson202]

where can i get the smallest crochet hook for dreadlocks i need it badly

[PureVintageSoul]

I am a hair stylist and I actually think that this is a pretty good method. I started my locs 8 months ago and I changed my grid pattern which resulted in some of my locs having that thiner section. Overall, my hair is pretty thick, but I have 3 dreads this could be useful on. Now, dreads is a mixture of dirt, hair that has started shedding so I actually don't see a problem with this method because the hair is being pulled from the end of the loc and not the root. Very informative.