Finished two more wigs today - a long, wavy red with little wisps along the forehead (mohair from a goat named 'Lucifer'), and a slightly wavy, incredibly soft, long brown (from 'Jessie'). I think I'm starting to get better at the center parts since both these wigs turned out fine in front. Parts are still a very tricky, stressful thing to make. I'm thinking Ryung and Hazy will probably claim these two wigs.
I'm still using Miki and Layla as models since they are nice and short, therefore easier to glue the wefting onto than any of my taller dolls. Their heads get protected by a layer of plastic wrap - open in front so they 'can still breathe' (and so their eyelashes don't get squished) - then a layer of foil molded down around the neck, then some tape and then the crochet wig cap. The cap is lined with a circle of nylon tricot. The tricot keeps the hot glue from seeping through the spaces in the crochet cap, and prevents it from sticking to the foil. It also makes a very neat inside to the wigs.
I'd like to still make two more wigs - a blonde mohair for Layla, and a layered black and red synthetic fiber from a human-size wig I found at Value Village last week. Then I'm done - for the time being. Everyone should have a nice wig to wear, and hopefully I won't have to be borrowing back and forth all the time any more. But even if I do have to borrow, there will be a selection of other nice wigs for the 'victim' to wear in the meantime - they won't have to stand around bald.
I'd like to still make two more wigs - a blonde mohair for Layla, and a layered black and red synthetic fiber from a human-size wig I found at Value Village last week. Then I'm done - for the time being. Everyone should have a nice wig to wear, and hopefully I won't have to be borrowing back and forth all the time any more. But even if I do have to borrow, there will be a selection of other nice wigs for the 'victim' to wear in the meantime - they won't have to stand around bald.
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