African treading techniques

[Sherbetcane]

i remember this style..lol. When i was in Ghana i had this style a couple of times when i was in school. it was soo tight and stiff it was very uncomfortable to sleep or lay your head anywhere the first weeks,doing it made me loose hair around my nape and temples cos it was worn tight.The thread used, was used make sew-ins for weave-ons cos it was soo strong. though its available people dont use them anymore even on weave ons cos the thread is no longer strong. it easily tears up when u pull on it soo hard during the coilings. People just now, use the ordinary thread for sewing which is doubled up several times to make it stronger. Or maybe the cotton yarn thread for knitting, it comes in alot of colors..it is used the same way doubled up. its looks better cos with that u can choose variety of colours for the coiling, which makes the style better looking. i had a magazine from the uk ''blackhair'' a model had the same style but with red cotton yarn thread. it looked better and softer. here are some pictures of the coils u mentioned

http://blackgirllonghair.blogspot.com/2009/02/african-style-week-threading.html

 

[DivaD04]

hi sherbertcane.....1st thing, i noticed u're in qatar....i'm in riyadh.....sooooo if i ever came to qatar, could i pm so we could meet maybe get my hair threaded? not anytime soon since my hair is super duper short. maybe like in a year or 2 when my hair grows out...this will be great to have as a protective & style.

btw how long does one hair have to be in order to get threaded?

has a dress code and she's only 4 so i have to make it look natural for other 4-5 yr old kids. i'm thinking smaller sections, i don't like big chunky sections.

eta: i'm starting to remember these styles...i've watched alot of shows showing africans...nigerians now that i know who specifically wears this style.....as a kid. just never knew what it was.
i'm going to attempt do my dd's hair....all over. it'll have to be conservative since the school

 

[DivaD04]

hey nonie. are you up?
the blog sherbert provided has some neat styles. i'm now able to spot threaded hair.....i know i'm going thread crazy. i wish i had some hair right now. i'm invisioning threaded locs right...but i have nothing to thread. my dd is lucky.

 

[Sherbetcane]

hi Diva! lol. we could try something when you are in Qatar. A thing about this style is when ur done coiling it adds more length. It's not really possible with hair which is really short, cos u r goin to end up with really thight coils which will make it very uncomfortable and painful. The longer your hair the better cos the coils can be joined together to create another style.

 

[Nonie]

hey nonie. are you up?
the blog sherbert provided has some neat styles. i'm now able to spot threaded hair.....i know i'm going thread crazy. i wish i had some hair right now. i'm invisioning threaded locs right...but i have nothing to thread. my dd is lucky.

Girl, why didn't you PM me? I don't sit around staring at a thread waiting to see what action is gonn' be posted so I didn't know you'd addressed me. Going to look....

 

[Nonie]

http://blackgirllonghair.blogspot.com/2009/02/african-style-week-threading.html

I found this blog last week but I can see a lot of people still not being comfortable wearing what looks like a thread version of the beehive--out here where the style isn't common. But I did find another blog and was actually coming to ask how the styles are done. Looks like a type of cornrow with the "tube" lying against the scalp. Does anyone know how this is done?

I did find an image to demonstrate coils I think I tried to talk about that you can create by using a knitting needle, say:

And the herringbone style I was trying to describe sorta looks like this:

Only I'd get just two "herringbone designs" going in the direction of the middle one in this pic. I'd have a middle part and then one on each side of the part.

(Source of these images)

 

[libertysince05]

wow, this thread bring back memories!!!
So did anyone try making these styles?