Sewn wig caps and wefts: Wefting alpaca and synthetic fibers for wig making

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When I made my first BJD wig, I made the foolish mistake of thinking I could attach the loose fibers to the wig cap with just a single row of machine stitches. Now that I've had a little more experience, I know I need to make wefts first for sewn wigs! Today I'm sharing how I make my soft wig caps, as well as the method I use for turning both synthetic fibers and natural fibers like alpaca locks into wefts for making wigs.
My husband ordered a bunch more raw alpaca locks for me for my birthday, so I'll be making a lot of wigs this year! Should I make videos about preparing the locks too? Cleaning, combing, and sharing what products I use on the locks before making them into wigs? Let me know what you think!
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@maybeanimus 7 лет назад

It's really cool how you have made several videos on different techniques people can do to make wigs and wig caps! It sure helps out beginners figure out what's right for them

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

That's what I'm aiming for, so I'm glad you're enjoying it! A lot of the methods for wig creation are similar, but there are many ways to put them all together so I want to do what I can to show as many as possible.

@hasanmurtaza8339 4 года назад

This is great !!👍👍👍 I did not know where to get the hair strips for making wigs. Now i can make my own 😍

@hsifassila 7 лет назад

This is amazing! Makes me want to try to make a wig myself too!

@meggethann 7 лет назад

Oh wow! What an incredible video! This was the most easy follow wig making video I have seen! Thank you so much for making this!!! Such an inspiration to the community! 🦄💕🦄💕🦄👏👏👏👏👏

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

Thank you for your kindness!

@user-nt3ju2lt2d Год назад

Very helpful and informative, Thank You for sharing your technique!

@studiolook 3 года назад

What an interesting method!!! I want to try this!

@TheTendopain 7 лет назад

Thanks for the video it's helpful and I recently bought my sewing machine and will use for wig making.

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

I think you will enjoy it! Wigs are one of my favorite things to make.

@digitalisdoll9689 7 лет назад

I definitely plan to try this, thank you!

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

Please let me know if you do, I'm excited to see the things people make!

@caissa6187 3 года назад

great tutorial. thanks for adding the diy wig cap! :-)

@layla3c223 Год назад

This was very easy to follow thank you!

@rubyxcube3 6 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your know-how!

@lucywilliamxo 6 лет назад

Thank youu !!!! u saved my life!

@sarahlongshore2605 7 лет назад

you are so inspiring! : )

@saskiamckenzie8047 3 года назад

💗💐 thank you so very much!!

@blancatirado576 5 лет назад

Great video. Thanks

@pchhim 5 лет назад

I don’t see a video of how I’m suppose to attach this to the doll. I’m just starting to make my first doll and I like this method over gluing.

@kairosinstyles 6 лет назад

Thank you very much...

@LomisPlayground 6 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@janettefindlay8857 3 месяца назад

Brilliant I am trying to make a Harry Potter doll for granddaughter and how to do hair has had me puzzled. ❤❤❤❤

@AnuragKumar-ze1fj 6 лет назад

Wow

@LadySubaru62 7 лет назад

I love all your videos, could this method work for brushed yarn fibers. I'm making some yarns wigs and don't know if I wanna make a glue wig.

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

Brushed yarn is very similar to alpaca fiber, so it should work fine!

@lucienesilvaaguilar2805 4 года назад

muito obrigado

@ZangelDemon 5 лет назад

Once the alpaca weft is sewn and the stabilizer removed, do you cut the excess hair that's been folded over before sewing the weft to a wig cap? Dolls are small scale and I worry not doing so would bulk the wig up. Would cutting the excess compromise the integrity of the weft? Since it's a natural fiber that has a cuticle, if I'm not mistaken, wouldn't the folded excess hair be running opposite to how the rest of the weft's hair is going? Would leaving the excess on and then brushing the wig (the hair shafts going in opposite directions) cause tangling? Please forgive me asking so many questions. I've not used natural fiber before for wig-making so I'm pretty in the dark when it comes to this.

@LomisPlayground 5 лет назад

I don't cut it because my dolls are larger, so I can get by with just adding fewer wefts and it doesn't change things. Despite the fiber's cuticle, it's best to leave it longer so that it's more resistant to having hair pulled from the weft. You get some pulled out no matter what you do, but this does help reduce it. I've gotten to work with some human hair wefts before and they're made this way as well. It doesn't seem to cause a whole lot of problems to have the strands laying in different directions, but that could be because they don't get handled a whole lot, being for dolls. :)

@MissTiffanyGalore 2 года назад

Very very helpful like 👍

@biancas3497 3 года назад

This is very helpful...thank you! I skimmed through some of the videos in your wigmaking playlist and couldn't find where you detail how to make a hard wig cap. Could you tell me which one explains that?

@LomisPlayground 3 года назад

Oooh that's been a minute! I think it was this one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZpOqoQDYXXA.html - the more layers of glue you add, the harder it is.

@biancas3497 3 года назад

@@LomisPlayground Thanks!! And yeah, I'm pretty late to the game! Just like to see all options because I'm curious like that.

@barruecocaroline3104 10 месяцев назад

hi, i'm french, your work is beautifull. May i ask you what sort of fabric do you use to stich the natural fibers with? thank you in advance for your answer. Caroline

@LomisPlayground 10 месяцев назад

I use water soluble stabilizer... it melts in water and leaves just the hair and thread :) Then it can be sewn to the stretch lace wig caps.

@sabanonder7241 7 лет назад

very beautiful , thank you very much:)) What is the material you plant on your hair? Is it paper or not?

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

It's water soluble stabilizer. You can get it most places that sell fabric, it's designed to give fabrics more strength so they can be used in things like embroidery machines without stretching or tearing. :)

@sabanonder7241 7 лет назад

I want to try, thank you very much :))

@jeanettpagan5150 2 года назад

Can the strexth lace or mesh caps be sewn onto a cloth doll head after the wig is completed ?

@kumudharangarajan3106 5 лет назад

What yarn is used for making weft

@LomisPlayground 5 лет назад

I don't typically work with yarn, but just about any kind of wool or acrylic yarn can be brushed out to make wefts.

@themostrandombird 7 лет назад

is it wrong that on want to cut off my long hair to make a wig

@karamiahstant1299 7 лет назад

random bird you can buy human hair online instead of cutting your own off. If you by bulk hair it is a little bit cheaper

@themostrandombird 7 лет назад

Karamiah Stant too late already did

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

Human hair is awesome for doll wigs :) I haven't gotten a chance to use it myself but I hope to in the future! I hope your wig turns out beautiful.

@Beth_Faber 3 года назад

@@themostrandombird Four years later - how did the wigs come out? Have you cut your again since then to use for wigs again?

@guillermomagallon7586 4 года назад

Can wax paper for cooking work to sew on the alpaca hair?

@LomisPlayground 4 года назад

Yes :)

@guillermomagallon7586 4 года назад

Lomi's Playground thank you very much :)

@feliciaboston6365 Год назад

Hi there. Why did you use a different method for the orange hair? Isn't the brown hair also synthetic?

@LomisPlayground Год назад

No, the brown is natural fiber from an alpaca :) So it has a "grain" to the hair and lays differently than synthetics do.

@feliciaboston6365 Год назад

@@LomisPlayground ohhh. So you don't recommend the orange hair weft method on human hair?

@LomisPlayground Год назад

@@feliciaboston6365 No, it makes it more prone to tangling because the cuticle (or "grain direction" of the hair) would be running in opposing directions!

@feliciaboston6365 Год назад

@@LomisPlayground awww ok thank you though. I don't like the first method much because it shortens the length of the hair

@mrsbeegfish3679 6 лет назад

Where would one, how do you say, find stretchy lace?

@LomisPlayground 6 лет назад

I got mine from JoAnn Fabrics.

@like2makethings 7 лет назад

Have you made wefts from human hair with cuticles?

@LomisPlayground 7 лет назад

I haven't, but I do have some human hair waiting for me to get to it! It should be the same principle as the alpaca fiber, though.

@akly1379 7 лет назад

I'm telling you now, it's very springy hair so it is hard to fold

@arleynesandoval1076 4 года назад

Do you sell any wigs you make?

@LomisPlayground 4 года назад

Unfortunately not! I hardly have time for wigs on my own dolls ;_;

@ode2reading 6 лет назад

So, why not just buy synthetic weave hair that already has a weft? Just asking.

@LomisPlayground 6 лет назад

Some types of synthetic hair don't come in all colors, or don't have the same texture or feel of saran or nylon hair, which typically do not come in wefts. The orange hair I used in this video is actually leftover fiber from wefts that were far too long to use for a doll, but when you have a foot of fiber cut free, it'd be a huge waste to just throw it out. Knowing how to use the leftovers to make new wefts saves money and saves the synthetic trimmings from going to the landfill, too :)