My First Pony!

Yay, I can finally wear a pony tail! That's basically the only style I can do at the moment, other than loc puffs lol. One thing I love about locking with short hair is that it is really exciting to see the changes it goes through. The longer, the more styles you can do. Not that i'm rushing for longer hair, I'm just embracing the length as is. I always hear from people who have really long locs say that they "miss" the short stage and that they wished that they embraced it more, because once locs are longer they take a bit more work to maintain and style. So, until then, I'm embracing the stages, and this is one of them: finally being able to do SOMETHING with my hair other than letting it hang haha.

Tam Hats!

It's funny, I'm really not much of a hat person, but I find that tam hats are just SO comfortable, stylish, and fun! I like how it fits snuggly around my head instead of all tight and constricting the blood flow to my brain lol. I'm also noticing that it is kind of popular around this time of year, though it is commonly worn by "rastas" it doesn't seem to matter if you have dreads or not, the tam/berret/whatever you want to call it looks good on just about anybody. Anyways, I bought my first tam at Hot Topic (of all places) which cost $6 (it was originally $14, so it was a pretty good deal!). I admit, i'm not a fan of the color of this hat, but being that it was cheap, I had to get it. It feels so comfortable, it gives my hair that rest and protection from the chilly wind, snow, and of course those pesky lint balls, and most of all, I can wear it all day, any time of year, and it's just sweet and breezy. I'm also planning to make my own tam hats thanks to Pinky2D4 (one of my favorite loc'ed youtube personalities). Figure I might get back to crocheting again, I used to be so good at it years ago as a kid and then stopped, but I can't wait to hone my skills again by attempting to make this hat! I can't wait! Here's the tutorial I'm going to follow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hkhu6mX_x7w

A Celebration: 13 Months Locked

Today I am 13 months locked! Although I haven't been documenting it month-by-month, it is amazing to see how much it has grown over the past year. And I must say, I never thought that hair could ever be a celebration. I have been natural overall for 2 years; each year has been a celebration of the growth and progress that my hair has gained from YEARS of damaging it SO much with weave, perm, tight-ass-braids, and so on. I never thought I would go down the natural route; I just never thought it was ever an option, I always thought that our hair was meant to be "tamed" and "hidden" until 2 years ago when my lovely hair stylist told me that I could do more with my hair, and voila, she chopped my hair off and I've been natural and maintaining my hair ever since. Crazy, right? And this whole locking process is definitely a trip. A part of me felt like I was meant to loc ever since I had the big chop, and I'm glad to be taking part in the process. Still have a loongg way to go! Even though to the average person being 13 months locked is like "and? so what?", to any natural hair/locked sistah out there, it IS a big deal, and it IS a celebration of the way things are now and the things that are to come! Photos coming up!