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I was curious to see if old-fashioned rag rollers would curl a mohair wig, so Isley became the test subject. It worked pretty well--it might have worked even better if I had used a hair dryer on the wig, but I didn't want to scorch or dry out the mohair, so I just waited a few hours until the rags were dry. Here is the hair with the rags removed: You can see the nice wave in the front--it took out some of the natural frizziness of the wig, too. Here is the other side: (You can see I only did a bit of the front of the wig). While I was messing with hair, J made a peach pie: And it was delicious.

Deb in Texas got this alarming wig from Ebay--it is made of the most gorgeous mohair, but the side pieces just didn't hang right and a strip of the skin was always visible, plus it was just..odd. She sent it to me and I got out some scissors and started to investigate. Here was the problem--the extension on the sides were made by folding the skin in half, which made one side look good but the other side with a double wide strip showing: So I cut the strips on either side of the front of the wig off; took one strip, and cut that strip back open so it lay flat: Then I cut the flattened strip in half. Then I sewed one half to the left side of the front of the wig: Kalypso tries it on. Looking good so far. Then I added the other strip to the right side, and once again Kalypso was the tester: So now I know a good way to make mohair extensions look ok, and Kalypso has the HUGE purple wig that I think she will wear a lot--the hair is gorgeous! I would use a thimble the next...