I about a year ago I was gifted some human hair extensions from a friend who only needed a few pieces to clip in for a costume but ended up buying the whole package because it was cheaper. She said maybe I could use the hair for dolls somehow. And so the addiction of hair collecting was born.
I had rerooted a fashion doll with yaki kanekalon before and then gave the doll over 100 micro braids (I should post about this soon... what board does that fall under?). So I wasn't new to hair manipulating, but I had never made a wig. So I watched a lot of tutorials and had a lot of trial and error moments but at the end I was actually left with a halfway decent straight unparted yaki human hair wig.
And then I needed to go to the hair supply store ASAP because I couldn't stop. I bought a bunch of hair but I've only had time to make two wigs so far. Here are the results:
More pics can be found on my flickr.
I was using caps from wigs that had been from cut (read butchered) AG wigs, but now I have a wig cap supplier. These are human hair in 5" to 7" lengths. It feels unbelievably soft and springy. I can't wait to make more.
And I love those wigs?! Wow! I would never have thought about wigs for such big girls, but they look awesome.
