I have felted wool DED from www.jungledread.com that are braided into my hair (see profile pics, both pink and green). Though my hair is now longer than yours, I've been wearing them since it was about that length (at least, your top length that I can see). Jungle Dread isn't accepting new orders right now, unfortunately, but I can describe how they are put in.

Each dread is a U shape - think two seperate dreads that met and fused at the root ends. To braid them in, you grab a small section of your hair (mine wind up being about 1/4 square) and divide it into two. Place one end of the DED (so one dread-side) in the middle of those two hair bits, and then treat it like the third piece of hair in a braid. Braid down until you run out of hair, then rubberband it off. This leaves you with one loose, unbraided dread and one dread/braid combo.

The trick to hiding the scalp is to use LOTS of these. I have over 50 on my head, and I have an undercut up to my earlobes. The wool ones are quite puffy. I hear Colinette Point 5 is quite popular for this, and you can also make fake dreads out of synthetic hair by ratting and steaming it, which I've done and failed miserably at.

Any more questions, ask away!

Hey there,

I make wool dreadlock falls and have never made them loose for anyone but can if you like. I can also give you a little advice on how to make your own.
I think what would work best for what you're describing is to attach a both dread and a piece of handspun yarn to each section - you will get a lot of bulk this way and the yarn will give a really lovely texture variation.

Thank you! I have spent the past year growing my hair out especially to put braid in for Burning Man, went to get a trim on my hair and the girl butchered it so bad that I had to cut it all of about a inch long. It's now about 3 to 4 inches and I think I have figured out how to do my yarn braids from this post! Thank you guys!