#bjd wig

I made the wig with wool roving I purchased from Sarafina Fiber Art. It's very soft and the color is beautiful! Definitely recommend them. :) They got lots of colors to pick out from!

To felt the roving, I just used hot water + a Dove bar of soap I had on hand (a lot of the guides online suggest olive soap, but seems most any hand wash soap should be good). Then it's just a matter of rolling the fiber over a towel after spraying. I used a felting needle to blunt the ends so they wouldn't look so grinch finger-y (and gave the ends another spritz and roll to blend).

I made more than pictured, but you really don't need a ton for a head this size (Zeri wears a 5-6in wig).

I then simply hot glued the locs on after applying a quick flocking to the cap to help disguise it. I just cut up a chunk of the roving into little pieces to making the flocking I needed. I had to hot glue btw because the locs needed to be held in place as they dried so they'd lay how I wanted on the head (and regular glue would just soak into the wool like a sponge). Each piece is strategically glued down to the layer beneath it to get the style I wanted so the end result is like a squishy helmet. xD

I used full strands to start, and as the glue hardened I cut the weft in half and did it all over again. There was no need to keep them long since we are going to end up cutting them short anyways. With short/shaven wigs I like to put the rows a little closer together for coverage sake.

This is not as bad as it looks, I swear. 😏

NGL It’s actually going to look horrendous as we lay the wefts down.

My lovely glue jar in the back. This hair layout reminds me of something but I can’t put a name to it.

Anyways… time to grab the clippers. I used a 1/4” attachment and went slowly, watching for any bare spots. There were only a couple of small ones and I had plenty of reserve hair to fill them in.

Ta-da! That hair got everywhere despite best efforts to keep it contained. I did a little fine tuning with my dermaplane razor which is super handy for razoring wigs. I do like my full size hair razor but the tines are a little too wide for a doll wig.

Here she is, killin’ it with her new wig. I am so in love! Now both of her wigs match.

I appreciate you all for following along with me on another project. Keep coming back because I assure you there are many more.