{"id":3182,"date":"2013-06-16T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2013-06-16T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T13:35:00","slug":"working-on-alabamas-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2013\/06\/16\/working-on-alabamas-hair\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on Alabama’s hair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because all the fibers in my haul from Georgia Landau<\/a> contained dust and stink, they required lengthy preparations before use. First, I picked out all the stray threads, vegetable matter and pieces of fabric. Then I gave them a quick wash in lukewarm water with some dish soap. Finally I aired out the hanks on my clothesline [a very useful addition to our new apartment!] for several hours. Though I still need to comb out the fibers I intend to use, I can now work with them without sneezing my head off.<\/p>\n

I like best the fibers below, a rich golden, reddish orange. This photo is actually an accurate representation of the color.<\/p>\n

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I chose the golden orange for Alabama’s wig, so I stuck a weft on her hair just for a mockup. Ideally, I’d like to give her two braids sticking out horizontally over her ears a la Pippi Longstocking. Anyway, this mockup shows that the golden orange will go well with her complexion and eye color. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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And here’s a picture of Alabama’s beautiful, detailed feets. She has no footwear yet because I want to make her some simple sandals so that her feets are visible.<\/p>\n

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This entry was originally posted at http:\/\/modernwizard.dreamwidth.org\/1528369.html<\/a>. You can comment here, but I’d prefer it if you’d comment on my DW<\/a> using OpenID.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because all the fibers in my haul from Georgia Landau contained dust and stink, they required lengthy preparations before use. First, I picked out all the stray threads, vegetable matter and pieces of fabric. Then I gave them a quick wash in lukewarm water with some dish soap. Finally I aired out the hanks on… Continue reading Working on Alabama’s hair<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}