Georgie Kennett
Major Project
Re-fronted wig
This is the cheaply made red synthetic wig I am refronting. It is a machine made wefted wig with a middle parting. I chose the middle parting so that I could remove the machine made one and just re knot the parting. I did not need to add any hair at the front where the hairline will be as this will be covered by roses anyway.
There was a U shaped section where the parting was so I navigated where the weft ended and carefully cut around the top part to completely remove the parting section so that I was left with a wig that looked like this.
This is the removed section of the wig that I cut out, the hair on the parting piece can be cut off and used to re front the parting.
I attached the wig to the block and measured how much lace I would need to re make the parting and front section. I then proceeded to cut the lace and pin it to the block.
I made four darts on the lace, two either side of the parting making sure they did not enter the space I was going to be knotting in.
I sewed them with invisible thread and this holds the shape together like a cap. It is important to keep the area you are knotting and front section completely smooth so it can be glued successfully.
I placed the wig over the block with the darted lace on it and pinned the wig where I needed it to sit.
I then turned the wig inside out and sewed the lace cap onto the remaining wig securely so that I could remove the pins holding it together and it would stay in shape.
I then re attached the wig and lace to the block in order to later knot the hair after drawing a rough line of the parting as a guidline.
This is the piece I cut from the machine made wig. It is the parting section but this can be used to re front.
With scissors I cut the cap part and lace section off so I was left with lose hair.
This lose hair is then put into a drawing matt and used to knot the hair onto the new parting. This will be enough hair since the machine made wigs are generally thicker than hand knotted ones.
I knotted around 1-2 hairs every hole then every other whole and random towards the centre of the parting. As I said before I did not worry too much about the front part as long as there was lace to glue to the models head because it is covered in roses I have made anyway.
The reason I re did the parting section is so it didn't look to fake in the pictures, yes the colour is obviously false but I wanted it to work well.
I added some layers to the shape so that it fell beautifully and wasn't straight and bulky. I cut the hair dry and did this before application as I already had single roses to attach for this look.