"Nwele" Threading to stretch hair w/o heat

[curlcomplexity]

Yeah, it's really common in Nigeria. My mom used to do it to me when I was a kid, and my aunts still do it to their daughters.

The only thing is that most of the time, the thread is worn for a while as an actual style, which was not so fun growing up, because the kids on the playground would have a field day with it.

I used to get this done as a kid...hers looked way better than mine did

...and I would take the thread (which was regular sewing thread) and unravel it before morning so I didn't have to go to school like that. My mom woud wake up pissed

 

[jwhitley6]

This just seems like too much work to me.

 

[choconillaprincess]

for stretching do you wrap the thread around wet or dry hair? seems like it would take forever to dry... i would like to try this so i can do a dry twist out on stretched hair

 

[miss cosmic]

for stretching do you wrap the thread around wet or dry hair? seems like it would take forever to dry... i would like to try this so i can do a dry twist out on stretched hair

I can't let my hair dry unstretched. After conditioning i use a micro-fibre towel, apply leave-in then plait in sections. Depending on how much time i have i can have as few as two or as many as 8 sections. Obviously the bigger the section the longer it will take to dry.
You can do it on dry hair - i just do it on damp because my purpose is to stretch my hair after i've washed it.

 

[Kn0ttyByNatur3]

That is sooo cool! I would like to try that to my hair sometime.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I had kinky twists put in as the braider (African) used this technique to curl the twists. It was really interesting. I was expecting her to pull out perm rods but instead she used a threading technique.
I filmed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXcsarYuoo

I've seen The Damn Salon demo this before. I really like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG2Kn2GznMY&feature=youtu.be vid though and the corkscrew look you can get with the weaver thread. I bet it looks awesome when done on wet hair and then taken down when dry. Might need to try it out when I get some time.

 

[PlainJane]

Does anyone still do this? I just discovered this method on YouTube.

How long does it take to dry?

How long to thread?