A New Wig for Owen

As some of you have noticed, my Owen had a new wig in the Thanksgiving photos.  I've never been all that happy with the blonde 'Johnny' wig he's been wearing the last few years, and had been meaning to make him something out of mohair.  But making wigs is nowhere on the list of my top thousand favourite things to do.

But we had been thinking of taking a short fall trip, and I thought I'd take Owen and Leona on a private getaway by themselves.  So that was my motivation to finally make him a new wig.  

The first miserable job is always making the wig cap, but I already had one waiting, so couldn't use that as an excuse. So I went through my drawer of mohair, and chose the one I thought would work best. It was Light Antique Brown, from a goat named Gloria, and wasn't too wavy.

So one morning I just decided to force myself to start, sewing all the mohair fringes, gluing the stitching, and cutting the strips. Even thought the mohair didn't look all that wavy, I still had to cut little bits with the hair going in the proper direction, and glue on really small bits at a time.

​When I was done, Owen looked crazy wild.....

It took a lot of trimming, adding some more mohair, then working in some hair gel for it to start looking closer to how I wanted. It's times like this I wish I had some hairdressing skills!

 The sideburns and part were a major pain, with glue showing, but it was as good as it was going to get, and still much better than his old Johnny wig.

​Anyways, I've learned that once a wig is 'close' to how I want it, it's best to stop and leave it for a while, so I don't go too far and destroy it. Hair can be cut off, but you can't make it longer. I can always trim a bit more later. 

In the end, we decided not to go on a trip after all, but at least Owen has a better hairdo.