"There's a hole in my lock-ettes, dear sista, dear sista,
"There's a hole in my lock-ettes, dear sista, a hole!"
"So fix it, dear sista, dear sista, dear sista,
just fix it dear sista, dear sista fix it!"
So I did.
I found this 'hole' in one of my locs on the left side of my head while retightening this week.
"Hmmm..." I thought, "How'd that get there?" and more importantly - "How do I fix it?"
Well, once again I have to give thanks to the online community and the usefulness of the internet; I especially need to thank Kalia Dewdrop whose video and related posts ( here and here ) equipped me with everything I needed to give it a go. Knowledge is power I tell you!
Some things I did differently - for one, I don't use a latch hook. That thing looks so 'huge' and cumbersome I refuse to touch it. No offence to anyone who does use it OK? To each his own. I used ole faithful 'Yarnie' for this - and I have even included another pic of him for those of you who were wondering.
(Yarnie is of course what's left of a cut down plastic yarn needle, whose eye I widened by following Nubian Princess' video instructions - gotta love YouTube!)
Here is a pic of the repaired loc - not bad even if I do say so myself. (Apologies for low quality images, had to use my camera phone and it doesn't have a very good flash).
Here is a pic of the repaired loc - not bad even if I do say so myself. (Apologies for low quality images, had to use my camera phone and it doesn't have a very good flash).
Nubian and Kalia's videos are included below for those of you who are interested.
http://kalia-dewdrop.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-fix-holes-in-your-locs.html
and the video is here:
6 comments:
nice... unfortunately we don't get that hook here! :(
Yarn needle? Cheap, cheerful and effective - when you can't get your hands on the SL or Nappy loc tools!
You tube is the best! You can find any and everything on there!
You did a great job!
Thanks for stopping by my blog, I answered your question in the comment section.
Take Care
Hole...what hole? lol Sis you did a great job. I'm like you about the latch hook. Cute opening to your post!
Knowledge is power!!! Thank you!!
SMH, I can not tell you enough, how many nappy loc tools, I have lost, how many S&H charges I have paid when reordering it, and to see this post makes me want to puke...LOL....Thank ya Thank ya so much for sharing!
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