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Absolute Sweet Cindy
Soft cloth doll
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Hair
Here, we build a wig for Sweet Cindy, and install it on her head.
The wig was carefully designed to make it possible to enjoy some hair styles and to keep the way of making relatively easy. Of course, this wig can be removed from head when you wash it.
The wig is made of three hair wisps that is (1) Whole wisp, (2) Back wisp, (3) Bangs wisp,
Wisp Description
Whole wisp Whole wisp is the largest wisp and it is formed like a cap using iron adhesive tape to fit the head. this cap-like wisp becomes a base for this wig.
Back wisp Back wisp is attached top of wig to the back of whole wisp on the center of the head to be the side and the back hair.
Bangs wisp Bangs wisp is attached along the bangs line (the line started from front face of a ear and path the upper forehead portion and goto the front face of another ear) to the whole wisp to be side hair and bangs.

Whole wisp

To make whole wisp

Spool board
At firsr, cutting corrugated board 12" by 22" make a spool for hair. Cover the edge of the board with the smooth faced adhesive tape so that yarn don't hook into the board edge to make easy to spool orderly.
Begin spooling
Tape the end of yarn on the board and begin to spool. spacing between yarn and next yarn loosely, spool yarn on the board. Do not spool narrowly or the density of hair will became too high.
Spooled yarn
Spool to 11" width. Tape the end of yarn.
The iron tape is bonded.
Well stick the iron adhesive tape 4" from right edge of board with iron. Do not bond the tape to board, bond yarn only.
Cutting
Turn spool board from side to side (Iron taped portion goes to left wrong side). Cut the yarn 4" from right edge of the board with sharp scissors.
Cut
Remove yarn from spool board after cutting.
sew the center of the iron tape
Sew the center of the iron tape with tiny stitch with sewing machine. Make back stitch at the start and end of seam. Whole wisp is finished.

Preparation of head

Mark three lines on the head. One is HAIR LINE shown by blue line on in the picture. Two is CENTER LINE shown by green line. Three is BANGS LINE shown by pink line. (In the picture, I mark with different color to show each line intelligibly, but you need not mark with different color, mark with the same color using the marker you have.) Wisps will be attached along these three lines. but they are not be sewn directry on the head.) Pin under the hair line for the mark.

Fixing whole wisp on the head

Using the head as a guide, form the whole wisp like a cap. This cap has 3-dimensional shape, but using iron adhesive tape, we can make it with ease.
Fix with the pins
Iron taped side out, pin whole wisp along the center line on the head from front hair line to back hair line.
Marking hair line
Using hair comb, line yarn all up in a row. (set yarn in line and single layer to cover head.) Temporary fix yarn with masking tape to keep the order. Mark hair-line on the yarn with a marker along the pins on the hair-line(Shown blue line in the picture) on the head.

Stick iron tape along the hair line

Stick iron tape with iron along the maked hair line on the yarn.
taped around the head
lining yarn all up in a row, stich iron tape around the head along the hair line.

Stick more

Stick more two tepes shown in the picture.
Front view
Rear view
Top view
Tape around the head 1.5" parallel above the taped hair-line. Then stick more two tapes beside the center-line as shown in the picture.

Stick iron tape along the bangs line

The front side
Side
Mark the bangs line with the marker as shown in the picrure. Stick iron tape along the marked line.

Remove whole wisp from the head and sew

Since wisp is not sticked on the head, wisp can remove from head like your cap can remove from your head.
Sewing on the tape
Using thread muches the color with yarn, sew on the iron tape of the whole wisp with small stitch length.
Almost tapes are sewn their center except hair line tepe. but sew near the lower edge of hair line tape. In the picture, sewing lines are shown by orange line. But use the thread muches yor yarn.

Finished whole wisp (wig base)

Turning iron taped side in, attach the whole wisp (wig base) on the head to confirm the size can fit.

Back wisp

Preparation

Back wisp is attached along the center line from bangs line to the hair line at the back.
Starting position of back wisp
Ending position of back wisp
May well the length of back wisp is 8 3/4" (8.75") but to make sure mesure the length and adjust the width of back wisp with the length. In this instructions I explain on condition that it mesured 8 3/4" (8.75").
Spooling
The same way as whole wisp, spool yarn on the board. Do not spool narrowly or the density of hair will became too high. Spool to 8 3/4" (8.75") width. Tape the end of yarn.
Stick two lines of masking tapes
Stick two lines of masking tape 4" from right edge of board. Push tape with your finger and stick well. make 1/16" gap between two tapes.
It turns it inside out completely.
Turn spool board from side to side (taped portion goes to left hidden side). Cut the yarn 4" from right edge of the board with sharp scissors. Wisp can remove from spool.
back wisp removed from spool
Since yarn is only taped, if you pull yarn it will easily remove. handle it tenderly.
Pin back wisp on the whole wisp
Pin the back wisp on the whole wisp along the center line from the bangs line to the hair line in the back.
Sew the gap of tape
Line to sew (shown in blue doted line) front view
Line to sew (shown in blue doted line) rear view
Sew the gap between tape and tape with sewing machine using tiny stitch. Make back stitch at the starting and ending of the sewing line.
peeled off (front view)
peeled off (back view)
After you finish sewing along the gap between the tapes, peel off the tape slowly. Since it become difficult to peel off the tape when you leave it long time (ex. a day), Peel off it in a hour. (Put your mind at ease not "in a second" or "in a as quick as a flash") In the picture, I put the wig on the hed to show well. but you do not need to do so.

Bangs wisp

confirming the positioning and length of the bangs wisp

measuring the length of the bangs line
Bangs wisp will be the bangs and the side hair. this wisp will sew on the whole wisp along the bangs line.
Beginning point of bangs line
End point of bangas line
May well the length of bangs wisp is 10" but to make sure mesure the length and adjust the width of bangs wisp with the length. In this instructions I explain on condition that it mesured 10".

Spool yarn for the bangs wisp

Spool and two line of tape
Cutting 22" width spool board to 17" and cover the edge of the board with the smooth faced adhesive tape so that yarn don't hook into the board edge to make easy to spool orderly. Spool to 10" width. Tape the end of yarn. After you spool yarn, tape two lines from 5" inch from right edge making 1/16" gap between tapes.
Cut from 10 1/2" (10.5") from gap of tape
Bangs wisp removed from spool
DO NOT turn spool board from side to side. Cut the yarn 10 1/2" (10.5") from tape gap as shown in the picture. In this wisp the length of yarn from tape is different. shorter side will be the bangs and longer side will be the side hair.
Pin on the whole wisp (front view)
Pin on the whole wisp (side view)
Confirm whole wisp iron taped side in. (no tapede side out) Pin bangs wisp to match the gap of tapes of bangs wisp to the bangs line on the whole wisp. ans sew along the gap with sewing machine.
Bangs wisp was attached (before haircut)
Peel off masking tape after sewing. Wig is completed.

Attach a wig

Sew the iron tape to the head along the hair line with large basting stitchs. Since when you wash her you may well remove the wig. Use a soft and wide-toothed comb to brush this wig or yarn will be fraied into filament. (However I think it not so bad.)
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