Hi,

I have researched these quite a bit but have never worn them myself as it would not work for my business face. 

I had an acquaintence here in Dallas who wore them as part of her dreads.  She started low key with white that matched her hair color more or less then then went with brightly colored.  Her look was pretty radical for Dallas, Texas.  :-)  I believe that she had the first ones put in for her but started experimenting.  It is a very interesting look. 

Hi elle and welcome to the board. You might not find alot here on the wool or yarn extensions, but the hair-heaven forum (taking the quinnster forum's place) has lots of great info on wool, roving, dreads, braids,and other types of extensions.... and a lot of very creative people http://www.extra-muffins.com/hair/ - http://www.extra-muffins.com/hair/

Hi Sher,

In your current photo are you wearing the 22 inch Bohyme straight with Protac tape?  You look awesome.

By the way, maybe this has already been discussed, but why is Quinnster closing?

sherrie215 wrote: Hi elle and welcome to the board. You might not find alot here on the wool or yarn extensions, but the hair-heaven forum (taking the quinnster forum's place) has lots of great info on wool, roving, dreads, braids,and other types of extensions.... and a lot of very creative people http://www.extra-muffins.com/hair/ - http://www.extra-muffins.com/hair/

Thank you Sherrie.  I appreciate the link.  I will go check it out and see what I can learn. 

Quinnsters is closing due to part to the amount of money it cost to maintain the board, it was cheaper  to move to another place. And Quinnster (Kathryn I belive) has given up the hair extesnions and the interest, so someone else had been running it for sometime anyway.

PirateQueen wrote: You really aren't supposed to get your hair very wet at all wearing wool extensions, particularly roving, because if you do you can risk getting your own hair felted in with the wool which would be a real bitch to get out. Dry shampooing is recommended instead. I'm puzzled as to why anyone would say they are heavy - they are way lighter than synthetic dreads. And they only smell wierd (like pure wool does- a sort of sheepy smell) if you get them wet.

I ment they're heavier when wet.  painfully heavy.  and i know your not SUPPOSED to wash em, but when you work in a smoky enviorment night after night... there are some things fabreeze cant take care of.

But it did make me itch worse then any other extension Ive ever had.  I think I have a slight allergy or something

PirateQueen wrote: You really aren't supposed to get your hair very wet at all wearing wool extensions, particularly roving, because if you do you can risk getting your own hair felted in with the wool which would be a real bitch to get out. Dry shampooing is recommended instead. I'm puzzled as to why anyone would say they are heavy - they are way lighter than synthetic dreads. And they only smell wierd (like pure wool does- a sort of sheepy smell) if you get them wet.

My friend that had the wool dreads used cornstarch as a dry shampoo.  She used to get really itchy scalp and would try to pat it down with a little water.  She had wool put in by someone and they used a brand that did not smell.  Later she put them in herself and actually felted them herself.  Those actually smelled.  So I am guessing that she used a lower quality of wool or there was some other problem.

Dunebug wrote: I wore all kinds of yarn in mine on and off for years, you can spritz with a dilute version of your perfume, or febreeze to keep them smelling sweet. They are heavy though, I wouldnt recommend them as a first time extension, haha, got to build up that tough head skin first :) I didnt wash mine at all when they were in, I just washed my fringe area so it wouldnt get greasy around my face. I never wore roving dreads, I just used to make fat braids and twists and use them like dreads. Its fun to play around with because you can get all kinds of colours and textures that you cant get with hair. Check out the link Sherrie posted, theres lots of good info on there!

Hey Dunebug,

I would love to seem any images you have from when you had the yarn or the different colors.  Do you have any you can post?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Rae,

I just love this look.  Thank you for posting it.  I wish I could do this. 

You look spectacular.