Trula

Occupation: Writer, Used Bookstore Owner, Substitute Teacher Interests: happiness, childrearing, philosophy, marriage,yoga, quilting, fitness, vegetarian stuff, dreadlocks, beads and shells, sewing, reading, writing, web development physics, business, politics, art, animation, body piercing, plants/gardens, environment, organized space, reading, art, science fiction, small presses, thrift stores, antiques, homesteading, speculative fiction, farming, dirt, dumpster diving, survival, positivity, zines, straw bale houses, simple living

Changes!

Hi everyone, please forgive my long absence. I recently went back to school to get my teacher licensure and have beena little wrapped up with that. I’m getting adjusted to the schedule and everything so I’m able to put more time in here at Dread Mama. I’m changing the layout to the blog very [...]

Made Some Plastic Dread Beads

I made some plastic beads for my dreads out of blue plastic grocery bags. I’m going to work on the process, really refine my technique then make a bunch to sell. I really like these!

Getting Back Into Blogging

hello all, it’s been a while! Dread Mama’s been going through some things. But I’m back and feeling better, and am committed to blogging often and adding to the site. I did twist up the front of my hair to lock and it’s coming along nicely. I will have pics soon…I lost my camera! soon [...]

Twists with a Bun

My hair is so long I can sit on it so as you can imagine it can get cumbersome. This is how I usually wear it; tossed up in a bun
My twists are coming along nicely. I think the hair here should be locked oh, February 2010-ish.

Head Wraps Will Help With Locking My Front

So I twisted up the front of my hair, now using head wraps I made to help stop myself from picking at my twists! LOL

Locking Up Front of My Hair Part 3

Yah, I decided to lock up the front of my hair. I’ve kept it loose and short for years because I liked to change up my hairstyle. This is after I washed my hair and picked out the front and did it up in little twists. VERY SIMPLE & EASY TO DO, if you can [...]

Locking Up the Front of My Hair Part 2

Washed my hair and picked out the front part, which for now is unlocked. I decided to lock it up. This is before I twisted it.

Locking Up the Front of My Hair Part 1

Well as you know if you’ve visited my blog or seen my pics before, the front of my hair is unlocked. I left this hair loose because I like to have unlocked hair to play with, braid, twist, just do various styles with. Lately though, like most of this year, I haven’t done a thing [...]

Subscribe to My Feed

Stop by often to read the freshest content. You can bookmark this site as a favorite or better yet, subscribe to my site feed via a reader or email! New content will then automatically come up in your feed reader or email. My feed subscribe address is here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/DreadMama

Fresh Washed Dreads

S-bop’s fresh-washed dreadlocks. I needed to separate a few at the roots. After a summer of sun his locks have a tint of red.

Tiny Twists

One of my sons with his newly twisted hair. For the past couple of years he has had a dreadlock mohawk. Instead of shaving the sides again this year, he had me cut off the mohawk to the new growth, then trim his hair all over so that it would be the same length. Then [...]

Classic Bun

My classic bun. Buns are something you struggle with at first with dreadlocks but as your hair gets longer it gets much easier to put up in a bun because you can just tie it up in a big knot.

I Finally Washed My Dreadlocks

It’s been a minute since I last washed my hair, I’m not even going to say how long because it’s embarrassing LOL! I have no excuse except it takes so very long to dry (my locks are over 3 feet long) blah blah blah. Anyway I’m back on schedule; henceforth washing my hair at least [...]

August Bun

Just a quick shot of a quick bun. I still need to wash my hair!

I’ve Been Lazy About Washing My Hair

Lately I’ve been real lazy about washing my hair. There’s just so much of it, and it takes a long time to dry. No more excuses! I hope that by publicly stating how little I have been washing my locks will shame motivate me into getting back to regularly washing it. Ok, here goes…Since [...]

I May Dread My Front

I’m thinking of locking the front of my hair…I keep this hair loose because I like to do different styles with it, but lately I’ve just been putting it into a long twist like this. What do you think?

DreadLock Wraps

I wrapped some of my locks with different colored thread and/or small strips of cloth. Some of my locks were thinning as they got longer or got torn getting caught in doors or what have you. So I decided to fix them with ‘band-aids’ of thread and cloth. My hair is quite healthy and I [...]

Random Shot of My Dreads

Just a few random pics

Another Loopy Bun

Another bun, what

Dread Mama Group on Flickr

Hey everyone I started a group on flickr for Dread mama!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/dreadmama/
Join and I’ll post your pic(s) to the site!

Loose Hair Flat Twist

About to roll my unlocked hair into a fat flat twist.

Thanks for visiting
dreadmama.net!

Loopy Bun

Been wearing my hair in a loose bun, just put my dreads in a ponytail, then loop the ends under.
Thanks for visiting
dreadmama.net!

What Works for My Dreadlocks Might Not Work for Yours

I don’t want to discourage questions or seem like I am withholding information but honestly, what works for my hair may not work for yours. Some things you will just have to wait and see. For example, I do not know how long your dreads will be in 10 years; they may be as long [...]