I met Jackie at GMX (a geek convention), she was one of the authors there. She really wanted dreads, and said all of the things I said about my hair before I decided to dread. She's very happy with the results, and I look forward to updates from her.
Before, with braids in for kinkyness:
first row:
Almost there! This is reason to be silly:
Done! Total time, 7 hours.