I gave in to temptation and glued the first two wigs after the wefting was sewn. I'm using my Kaye Wiggs girls as wig models since they have such nice high, rounded, 'dome-shaped' heads, and they are a lot shorter that the other dolls that will share the wigs. Here's the puff-ball auburn and dark brown wigs - it's always fun to see them on dolls before they get tamed. Now they need to be shampooed and conditioned, then combed. That will majorly reduce the bulk.
Today I have to sew the wefting for the next two wigs. I'm a little nervous about using the really long mohair. I KNOW what I'd like the final wigs to look like, but working with very long mohair has some very special challenges - it's so much harder to comb and control, plus it's too easy to use way too much hair. It's fine to have 'pouffy' shorter hairdos, but for really long hair I don't want a big bulky silhouette. I'm also still not very good at making a neat center front part - the hot glue almost always seems to show a bit, or make some chunky areas right in front, and it's one of those things where practice doesn't make perfect. Each time it's like doing it for the very first time, and I never know just how it will end up looking. Each time it's a gamble that can't be undone.
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