Maybe a stupid question about dishcloths and I'm changing my name

It is available on the net as well somewhere I think, I did a stint of hairdressing and had to learn all about hair strands and what made them up how colour got into the hair and perms etc so it is the same idea although we have little tile like things on our hair, we don't have the extra little coil thingy which is as well as every time we washed our hair it would go to felt...ROFL can you imagine..

Bit like, '''''I've just washed my FEET and can't do a thing with them.'''' sorry but I couldn't resist this one...

Make then six inches square, and join in the 6x6 each month..Cheers....Cher

Would that be like what happens with dreadlocks? I knew a young guy a couple of years ago who had dreadlocks and we got talking. He showed a few of us how he does it... takes a section of his hair and just keeps twirling it over and over repeatedly until it just happens. So I asked "So how do you get all the tangles out when you decide you no longer want dreadlocks and would rather have your hair hanging loose and straight again?" He said... "You don't! If you choose not to have dreadlocks anymore you can't get the tangles out. You have to shave your head and start over, regrowing your hair." Whoa, what a drastic step! He showed us a picture of himself with his head shaved when he had decided to go back to straight hair for a while... but he said he got bored with it and started doing the dreadlocks again. ;o)

I also have a question to anyone who knows about cornrows (those tiny multi-braids that cover the entire head). Now, when my hair was very very long (I could sit on about 2-3 inches of it) I pulled it back into a ponytail while it was still damp and then made three or four small braids in the ponytail hair. It was the day before Halloween and I had planned on wearing a short curly wig over my own hair, so the braids made it easier for me to disperse them around my head enough to get the wig on. Anyway, after midnight on Halloween when it came time to take off my mask, I went into the washroom and took off the wig, and undid the braids and *poof* my hair was HUMONGOUS, like Diana Ross of the Supremes. ROTFL So, here's my question about cornrows.... does the same thing happen... or is is almost impossible to get a brush through it at that point and you have to rewash it to settle it down enough to brush?

Just curious! Gemini

yes the same thing happens, the curves set in your hair are closer together so it will be harder to comb or brush through. If you have naturally straight hair you can get a wild but interesting effect from it, but it's a lot of work just for that. Cornrows can take hours to put into hair. (get a couple good movies and a thick cushion to sit on!) if you want the ripply effect only, an easier way is to use a crimping iron.

jean

MRH wrote:

Hi Pam,

I've done both, but most of the ones have been crocheted using my 6x6 square patterns and making them a little bigger.

Hugs,

Nora

*grin* I didn't mean for *me* to have cornrows... although my hair is long enough to do it... but thank you anyway. :o) Besides with the Fibromyalgia, I'm lucky if I can keep my arms up long enough to do the first three fold-overs on *one* single braid without my arms starting to ache... which is why when I do braid my hair now, after the first three fold-overs I bring the rest to the side so I can lower my arms in front to finish it. It was just one of those things that I have been curious about and never bothered asking anyone about it before. Now I have, and now I have the answer. Thank you! :o)

Oh, and my hair is naturally straight (with just a *hint* of a very slight wave that shows only when it's shorter)... and with it really blonde, I would look like a dandelion gone to seed if I did the same thing now that I did that one Halloween. LOL

Gemini

Thanks Aud! :D Pamjam

Lol! Well I'm honored to be nuts together with you! Pamjam

Lol! Thanks Aud. :) Pamjam

Nah, I don't like being initials. It has to be something really different. There may be another PamQ in here someday...but I bet I'll stay the only Pamjam!

Thanks, Katherine! Cotton it is! Pamjam

Having naturally curly hair is to do with the folicle Gem, afro hair is different to other types in that the folicle is more bent, than those with cocasion hair, mine is curly or wavy, so I have bent folicles...lol

Regarding dreadlocks, I used to do a lady's for her, and she had brown wool wrapped around it, and it stayed inplace.

Very dry hair means that the tiles are opening and not shutting properly, so a good conditioner is needed to smooth these tiles down on each hair shaft.

LOL Just as long as you know that *I* get the multi-coloured, tie-dyed loooong-sleeved sweater for the padded room. ROTFL

Gemini

Cotton fibers are funny about water; cotton will absorb water from the side, but not from a cut end. So cotton terrycloth that has been sheared to make it velvety instead of loopy won't absorb water. The sides of the loops will absorb, so the longer the loops are, the more absorbent the towel is.

=Tamar

Aud ,,, you already knit the smell into your discloths??? that is smart , this way you can choose the smrell you like best

Hiding after a chair ,, mirjam

Aud i read something about it YEEEEEAAARS ago , now where is THAT dicctionary with THAT list ,,, it SHOULD be on the shelf Over the computer ??? It is Yellow ?? it`s side is glued ,,, ???????My dictionaries have their own ways ,,,,, No wonder i couldn`t see it laying on top of the screen ??? what was it doing there ???? Any way ,, The Dictionary of Word Origins , by Joseph T. Shipley, LittleField, Adams & Co, 1964 ed. claims that Marilyn, Marion: LIttle Mary .

But i feel , like many other people that changing our names LIKE THAT was wrong ,,, if a grown up choosed to do it on his/her own will , it is Ok ,, but imagine , being 6 , coming to my 3 rd country , 3 rd language ?? suddenly being far from other people i knew besides my mother and than also get a new name ??? Not the easist thing in the world... Or other friends of mine who barely remembered their name , getting a new one Just like that ?? not clever ,, mirjam