Cabbie Dreadlocks....not

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Someone asked me if I'd ever tried one-color dreadlocks on a Cabbie.  Well, I've done Kids with six or seven different fibers on their heads and ~called~ them dreads because that's how the internet said to do fake dreads.  However, I'd never tried using wool roving and felting the strands to form dreadlocks.


Started with long loops:

Cut the loops, then used hot water to felt the yarn.


I thought maybe the yarn didn't get steamy enough to felt so she went through the dishwasher.
Pretty sure that didn't solve the problem.

I think it's safe to say that even now I've not ~successfully~ done felted dreadlocks.  Someone suggested that it would work better to use super-bulky yarn, but rooting the yarn when it's about the size of a pinky finger is, so far, eluding me.

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