About Dreadle
We offer products that are all made for the trade of making dreadlocks. In our shop, you will find everything to make new dreads, repair them or brighten them up! Enjoy discovering Dreadle! .
All our products are from Germany, handmade and unique. That’s something we are proud of..
Dreadle – What is it?
To crochet dreadlocks, to repair them or to do similar work with a common 0.5-1.0 crochet hook is nothing new! Usually you buy the hook in a dry goods store, where grandma buys her knitting needle.
But after years of crocheting my own dreads, I know very well that these crochet hooks are not designed for such a use. They are lying uncomfortably in your hand, you get blisters and they break quite fast.
It was time to invent a new crochet dread hook, that was especially designed to make dreadlocks and of which the image is tenable. A robust and handsome tool with a handy grip was required...
And therefore, we created the Dreadle.
I hope you will appreciate it!
- Maxi Wolf
Materials
All materials we work with are bought up offcuts of wood and leather that we acquire from bigger companies. We exploit the materials further and revise them affectionately. Other materials were found on beaches and in forests of this beautiful planet.
Only the upper part, the crochet hooks, are purchased as new. Every Dreadle, every fanny pack and every jewelry is handmade and unique.
Paua Shell
Strictly speaking, the Paua Shell from New Zealand is not a real shell, but a volute, that can only be found at the coast of southern New Zealand, in the pure and unpolluted Pacific Ocean that is full of minerals.
This volute, also called “Abalone”, belongs to the genus of the so called Haliotis iris, but the Maori named it “Paua”.
It is probably both the most beautiful and remarkable volute of the Ocean. Such a colorful gastropod’s shell with its intense shades of blue and green, as well as the gentle hint of rose and all the other changes in coloring make every piece of jewelry look interesting and fascinating. The colors vary depending on the angle of looking at the shell which lets it shine in innumerable colors.
The history of New Zealand’s Abalone can be put down to the early culture of the Maori, the native inhabitants of New Zealand. This volute was part of their daily menu and of their cultural life.
Parts of the Paua’s valve were used for every kind of decoration, for example to decorate handmade wooden figures or to brighten up masks (Tikas) and to make their eyes out of Paua shells. The Maori also used the Paua as body jewelry.
Still today New Zealand’s Abalone is served as a delicacy. Its taste resembles the taste of an edible snail.
Wood
Type of wood used for the grips of the Dreadle:
Padouk
Amaranth
Ziricote
Bubinga
Canary Wood
Black Cherry
Maser Birke
Bocote
Zebrano
Tonkabohne
Kol.King Wood
Ami Nussbaum
Cocobolo
Red Heart