The Merida Wig

For those of you that do not know who Merida is, she is the new princess from Disney's 'Brave' movie. I wanted to make a yarn wig because I've always wanted to do that. Plus I figured with the movies popularity that there would be a lot of 'Merida's walking around on Halloween night. I wanted my daughter to stand out a little bit. I never dreamed that this project would take so long! You can click on pictures to enlarge them. Blogger hates me and would not let me put them straight. I used Lion Brand Yarn in DaVinvi super bulky wool and acrylic mix in the dark red shades. Here is their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LionBrandYarns?ref=stream

First I bought a hat, sewed the front up to allow for her face.

Then I weaved yarn in a horizontal weave pattern.

I sewed yarn to the wig in vertical strips.

back of hat/wig. I basically made it so I could loop strands in wherever I needed them.

The wig with hair, with most of the hair. This is 4 yarn balls in, I ended up needing 6 altogether.

Curled it with perm rods, I used 7 different sizes but the smaller sizes worked best. Next time I will not use the bigger rods.

Soaked it in water all night. If you just spray it down it doesn't get wet enough to hold the water in.

Baked it in the oven at 200 degrees for 3 hours. It was still not dry, I was kind of in a rush to finish this before her Halloween party. 

Put it a bag and dryer for an hour. I was desperate and I know this sounds crazy. I filled the dryer with dry towels to help it dry and to protect the rods. I made sure it was on delicate and low heat. I also checked it about every 10 minutes.

The hood dryer was too small. Hahaha.

The finished wig. It turned out great!

Also some pictures of it in action. I did put an elastic strap under her chin to make it fit well. The Winter hat did start to stretch after all that water and drying.