Studio: Knotting

Equipment needed:

- Wig lace

- Knotting hook

- Knotting handle

- Wig block

- Cradle

- Coloured paper

- Hair

- Water

How to:

- Begin by attaching the lace to the wig block and putting the wig block in the grooves of the cradle

- Take a small piece of coloured paper and slide it under the lace so that you can see the holes clearly

NOTE: Lace holes must be in a horizontal direction

- Knotting hooks have one smooth side and one hooked side, the hooked side is what you use to hook the hair

- Hold the hair in the opposite hand to your hook with a small loop at the end

NOTE: Dipping the looped bit of hair in water will make it easier to work with

- Hold the hook through the lace and hair close above the lace

- With the hooked side of the knotting hook, hook a single strand of hair from the loop and pull it through the lace

REMEMBER: Tight tension must be kept at all times

- When the first bit of the strand is through the lace, twist the rest of the hair around the hook and flick it up

- Pull the rest of the hair through the loop of hair that you have created, forming a firm knot

NOTE: Hair must always be knotted in the opposite direction that you want it to sit

Evaluation:

I found that the knotting technique was very difficult to get the hang of straight away.  It took me a while to get my head around what to do, however once I got the hang of it I quite enjoyed it.  My main problem was that I kept losing the strand once I got it through the hole first, and then I would lose the tension.