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How to Make Single-Ended Dreads (Boiling Water)
The below tutorial explains how to make single-ended dread extensions, which can be braided into your real hair using a 3-way braid or a blanket-stitch braid. Single-ended extensions can also be sewn or threaded onto elastics to make falls.
The tutorial uses boiling water to seal the dreads, but you can also use steam from a tea kettle or a steamer.
What You will Need
- Kanekalon jumbo braid - available here!
- A comb or backcombing brush - available here!
- A kettle of boiling water or a steamer
- Pliers or gloves (to hold the ends of the dreads and keep from burning your fingers)
Instructions
1. Section off some kanekalon jumbo braid to make your dread. The amount of hair you section off will depend on how thick you want the dreads to be. Try experimenting with different amounts of hair until you find the size that you like.
2. Now its time to make the loop at the top of the extension. The quick and easy way to do this is to make a lark's head knot or rubberband the hair at the top, but the knots get pretty bulky so I like to do it another way. Seperate a small section of hair from what you've already got.
3. Now, while holding the all of the hair securely, wrap the section around the top of the hair to create a loop, then pull the small section through the loop.
4. Pull the loop tight. You have now formed the top of your extension. This loop will come loose VERY easily at first, but once you backcomb the dread and seal it, it will stay in place. It will take some practice to be able to backcomb the hair without the loop coming loose or the hair ending up uneven. If you get frustrated, you can always just do a lark's head knot or rubberband the hair at the top instead :)
5. Now its time to backcomb your dread by literally taking a comb and brushing the hair up (backwards). The hair will end up in a big clump at the top. When this happens, pull it down and backcomb again. Repeat until you've got a nice, tapered dread shape. Again, you'll need to carefully hold onto the small section that forms the loop while you're backcombing to keep the loop from coming loose or from the hair being uneven.
6. Now its time to seal your dreads by secureing one end and twisting it. I like to tape a coat hanger down around the top of my sink to secure the dreads, but that's not the only way. Be creative and come up with what works best for you.
7. Seal the dread by pouring boiling water over it. You can also use the steam from your tea kettle or steam from a steamer to seal them. I usually seal the thick top part first, then I got back and do the skinny ends afterwards. It makes it easier to keep the top part twisted nice and tight. When you do the ends, use gloves or pliers to hold them so that you don't burn your fingers.
If you are using boiling water, a good way to save water is to put a saucepan underneath the dreads and collect the water as you use it. Then, pour it back into the kettle and boil it again for the next batch.
8. Lay your dreads out flat or hang them up to dry. If you put them in any weird positions while they're still warm, they may retain that shape.
9. Once your dreads are sealed, its a good idea to trim the ends and seal them again to keep them from unraveling. The picture below shows an unsealed end, messy end.
If you've got gloves to protect your fingers, you can pull the ends straight and boil or steam them again to make them look straight and neat.
You can also trim them with a braid sealer, which will keep them from unraveling. If you don't have a braid sealer, you can trim them with scissors and using a hair straightener to slightly melt the ends.
10. Repeat many times over. If you're making a full head of extensions, you'll need somewhere between 80 and 120 dreads depending on how thick they are. The dread from this tutorial is pretty thick (about an inch in diameter), so you'd only need 80 or so for a full head of extensions.
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