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12-12-2016, 02:33 PM #1
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Felting?
Hi Everyone,
I've been on the fence about starting locks for a while. I know I really want them, just haven't made a decision on exactly how I'm going to start them. Please bear with me as I have a rather banal question to ask.
Yesterday I was giving myself a little 5 cent trim, nothing serious. I took the trimmings and got the bright idea to try to felt them in my hands. I'm a knitter and often use this technique to fuse wool yarns together. I wet the hair a little with water/almond oil/peppermint oil mixture and then rubbed the hair rapidly between my palms. In the end I came away with what appeared to be a gorgeous loc. My question is has anyone ever tried to start locs this way? Was it a complete disaster, bad idea, epic fail? Just curious as this has never been talked about as a means to start locs.
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12-13-2016, 05:37 PM #2Freshman Napp
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Re: Felting?
I used to knit and because of that I tried to make a loc using this technique once. I didn't work for me. I don't know why, it works with hair that's not attached to my head, but if it's still on my head it doesn't work.
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12-13-2016, 10:48 PM #3KnottyAuthor
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Re: Felting?
...That's different....not bad...just different
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Re: Felting?
Check out this technique.
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