Making A Hand Tied Weft With Bulk Hair (And Fishing Line) ;)

Leonte D: This is exactly what i was looking for to help me with my new hair. Great tutorial... thank you.

tweetspie06: This is wonderful! I can't wait for my KK braid to get here so I can make my clip ins!

DIYng2Live: This video guide saved me from a few years of frustration. I've been making dreadfalls for quite some time but once the weight increased it was important to fasten with a much firmer weft. Thanks!

Amelia V: i have searched for something like this for so long. ur like the only one who actually showed me what i wanted. Thanks u

Heaven Comiskey: What a neat simple,fun little video. Thanks so much for taking the time to make it AND answer so many questions.

Ciarra Butler: This is awesome!!! I did not know that you could do this... You make it look so easy.

Ashley Carney: I've been wondering how to do this FOREVER! lol This is really really helpful. Thank you!!!! :)

Ennead13x: Ah, thank you for posting this, this is exactly what my friend and I were looking for! you said in earlier comments that you can use thinner materials than fishing line? We're trying to make doll wigs actually. Would quilter's/sulky nylon thread work as well?

Roxanne de la Rosa: Thank you so much! My hair was really long (waist length) and I cut it to a bob and I wanted to make a wig with it and this solves my problem! Thanks!

Azaraen: The same happened to me today. When i got home i started searching for weft making techniques and i found this video ^_^ now i'm happy because my weft is done so i can sew a few clips on it :)

75westchestnut: Pretty Cool. Great alternative to buying the really expensive done wefts! Time and patience adds up to savings and knowledge! Thanks for the helpful video! kelly

lizellie1: You're welcome.  I thought this demonstration was absolutely clear and looked very easy to do.  I must admit though that when I tried it. I was a bit clumsy but  after a few tries, I finally got it together and figured out how to tie my fish strings and keep them strong enough to stay put and not come apart while trying to string my hair pieces.  Thank you once again.  You are the bomb.  :-)

Sanna Valapuro: The thread that I've found best is a thin sort of upholstery thread. The kind I use is called "Grizzly bear thread" and is just as thin as regular sewing thread, but so strong that no matter how har you pull on it with your hands, it won't break. :)

Sanna Valapuro: I usually buy my hair from different sellers on ebay. I haven't bought any recently so I don't have any specific sellers to recommend, I'm afraid. As far as length goes, it really depends on how long you want the hair on the weft to be. Get whatever length of hair you want + 2 inches or so.

Sanna Valapuro: @RyaVids The fishing line is just what I happened to have laying around at home at the time I did the video. I think quilters thread is the equivalent of what I normally use (it has a different name in swedish the kind of thread I use) so it should work excellently. With thinner thread like that the weft gets very nice and tiny. :)

Sanna Valapuro: I have glued mine in but sewing should work just as well! The thing that makes handtied wefts better is that they are alot less bulky and that the hairs are more securely attached, there's no slippage.

Laura Lawrence The Beauty Agent: I am so happy to see this tutorial. How do you finish your wefts? do you have to cut the fishing line and then hand sew across the top of the weft? How do you make sure that the hair stays in place once you cut the lines?

Private: I've just made a weft using bulk synthetic hair and this method. I was wondering if there's anything I need to do to finalize the weft or secure the hair? It's a little unsightly having these fishing line knots at both ends of the weft, but if I cut them, the hair will come loose. What do you suggest? Thanks for a great video!

Lara Schilling (Digitalis): At first I was really confused, but with practise and patience, (and looking at the written tut lol), I managed to make heaps. I find Plastikhaar easy to use in these, but any KK silky will do. I have to take a few pics! I basically made just streaks (to sew clips onto) and a fringe, plus some weaves for the front of what will soon be my dread wig. THANKS!!!

Sanna Valapuro: What I do is that I fold a piece of the fishing line and secure it inplace by sewing by hand. Sew through the entire length of the weft to make sure all those knots stay firm. If you have done the weft with a thinner thread, like grizzly or quilters thread, you could just thread the same thread you have made the weft on to a needle and sew with that. :)

Sanna Valapuro: That depends entirely on how long you want it to be. ;) If it is synthetic and there is no cuticle direction to keep track of you can make it 10" and twice as thick as a weft normally is by making the "beard" part of the weft as long as the rest of the hair. If you want to make it as long as possible, my guess is you could get allmost 19" out of your 20" hair.

Sanna Valapuro: I think I've answered this question a gazillion times by now! ;) I don't knot the fishing line really, I secure the weft by sewing with regular thread, then I fold the fishing line so that it lies to the back of the weft and secure it in place by sewing. :)

Wolfemade: @MissDeliana I was scared the thread wouldn't work since monofilament string/fishing line is tested to be strong. I'm glad that both methods work :). I just have to find a better stool/chair/device to tie the strings to. Thank you for replying!

Sparklngcrystalz: Thanks so much for posting this as I have not been able to find a video on this technique. It's a great, clear video. Right now I am wondering what other stick tool I can use besides the chair.

sotsotone: I'm so glad I didn't throw away my old hair extensions (the one they braided right into my own hair). It costs a bomb!! Now I can re-use it and make my own clip-on hair extensions from this.

Shiba: Wow that looks really easy. Thanks for posting such a great tutorial ^_^ Anyway, Do you have any suggestions for short hair? I'm afraid the hair i'm planning on working with is to short.

lalebakara: this a great video, should be helpful for making wefts when I don't have enough weave left or only have bulk hair!! thank you Del, the intructions were very clear.

breezy acre: just wondering how long it takes you to do 7 feet or so? Im new to extensions, and the one thing that worries me is that darn weft showing should my hair part or blow in the wind, making this type of weft seems very lightweight and nearly undetecable. i love the idea!! please let me know how long it take you? i may buy some bulk hair and give it a try

Sanna Valapuro: Wow, lots of comments! Thanks you guys. :) I didn't discover it on my own, I found a description on how to weave online that was kinda hard to follow and spent some time trying to dechiffer it ;) It did pay off eventually and because I know some other people had problems understanding the directions I decided to make a video from it. The fishing lines and stool was all my idea tho ;) Pure "use what you have) utilizing, because I'm a cheap bastard.

Wolfemade: I couldn't find fishing line, so I used quilters' thread. It works surprisingly well. I love this method. I can do wefting while watching TV :)

Sanna Valapuro: That's actually exactyly what I do. Only I leave a bit of line at the end and fold it in on the weft before I sew through it all. Also I sew along the entire weft, to make sure it's nice and secure.

Sanna Valapuro: I actually taped the string to the stool so it sat right where I wanted it too. Works just fine. :) I guess this is like using aa weft maker but without the weft maker then.

Sanna Valapuro: I haven't sealed them with anything, but I weave them pretty tight and the sewing probably helps keep everything in place as well. I haven't experienced any shedding at all.

Sanna Valapuro: I'm so happy that my little video is of joy to anyone. Really, I never thought it would be so appreciated. I would make a new one, try and show more clearly what I am doing and mention some things about what materials to use and so on, but I don't have a camera to do it with anymore. :)

candilc: Wow! That looks great! Do you think there's any way possible to do this technique with crochet braids? I'm looking for a way to do microbraids without actually microbraiding any hair. All of the wefted microbraids I have seen are not microbraided all the way up to the weft and the weft is so big that it looks too noticable! Any suggestions would be great!

joshbabyyy: This is amazing. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Sanna Valapuro: hehehe, thanks. I was a bit nervous so my avccent got even stronger than it usually is! I'm from Sweden by the way. Well the stool you could find anywhere, the fishing line I had laying around at home btu I recommend you go to a sewing supply store and ask them for quilters thread or if they have any other suggestion for very strong thread. Where you get the hair is up to you, there's a gazillion stores online to get it from and ebay is a great source as well. :)

Blair Rawson: I'm looking forward to using this video. I had seen the tutorial but my wefts were coming out a bit...bizarre. ^_^

Lara Schilling (Digitalis): I find it easier to tie all 3 lines on one side then fan them out and tie them individually on the other. This method is brilliant! I swear by it!

ShugaPhree: wow this is interesting..i do microbraids alot and always end up with extra hair people leave and it will be fun to make my own tracks great video thanks

lizellie1: Wow!...  So this is how one uses pieces of hair to make extensions.  I always wondered.  Now I know.  This is soooo Kewl.  Thanks for making this so very clear and precise.  Really good job on this video.  :-)

val ng: thank you for posting the video, I'm going to try it out at home, I appreciated next time if you could use a thicker/colorful thread for better visual, but it's very helpful video. Thanks

bling bling: I love you!!!! I had spent so much time to search how to make handtied wefts,but nothing.Thank you so much,you are awesome god bless youtube :)

Foxxycatt: this is amazing, i have to master this!

Charlotte Washington: Nice job! Thankyou so much!

Sanna Valapuro: Wow, that is so cool! I did think about making wefts to sell but I don't have the buisness skills. Glad to hear that I could help you make a living!

Divine Vibes: This is amazing!

Sanna Valapuro: To all of you asking how I finish the weft: Please read the video description as I have described it there.

Optimal Softness: Thats sooo cool, i must try it! God, this is so great :D

Scott Hamer: I keep trying this technique, but the hair just keeps bending back through the line and undoing itself. Is there any tips for preventing it from doing this? I'm getting so stressed with it, I might just use superglue haha.

WOLRemy: I am a beginner at making dreads.. My 10 year old daughter wanted to help.. Well now she can.. It was hard for us at first (fishing line so clear) but once we got it, she went crazy with my green KK hair..This is the only tutorial I have found on youtube and we're so greatful!!

Laura Lawrence The Beauty Agent: thank you. do you hand sew it or machine sew? i will be trying your method soon. :)

Sanna Valapuro: Simply put: I don't. ;) And I don't have to. When I sew through it all it secures everything very firmly in place. However, lately I've been usign a thin strong upholstery thread instead of the fishing line, and when I'm finished weaving I thread the thread onto a needle and use the same thread I wefted the hair on to sew through the finished weft. Makes it very secure, thin and nice looking.

Daiana Sol Pegoraro: Thank you so much! I have a question. Is the same thing with thin hair? Again, thank you so much ^_^

Fauzia Latifa: Waw brilliant!! I always wonder how it made..thanks so much 0

MISS Thommas: WOW this is amazing..thanks for posting

Joya Adigun: Thanks for the video I make wefts for my clients and this is a different way verses the way I make them.

AKIYIAKELLY: wow.. I have never seen this done before. I am going to try it :-))

Kader10: thanks a lot for this video, but what do you do when you finish weaving? do you just cut it at the end?

Sanna Valapuro: The space is alot smaller than you'd think.You could get the space smaller by using thinner strands of hair. When you buy machien made wefts the strands are very thin and then two wefts are usually sewn together on top of the other to make them look thicker. The trick to get the weft longer is to use as short of a "tail" as possible when you weave it. :)

70’s Fashion &Hair Channel: Well thanks for the explanation, but I've decided to make some No Sew Wefts involving caulking which I saw on another tutorial. I'm convinced this method may actually work for me, and I found it under a Coldplay tutorial for Katie Blair. So I don't think I can go wrong this method. Thanks for replying to my comment. I'm sorry for being so angry earlier.

takkitackey: hello~ i was looking for a tutorial and your video just came up thank you so much, but i have a question did you use the weft machine? because im trying to do this at the moment, but i dont really have the machine thankx XD

Joyce van den Goor: wow thanks for the video! Just what I needed ^^

Sanna Valapuro: Thank you! I do try my best. :)

Sanna Valapuro: @AKIYIAKELLY How long it takes rerally depends on your skill level, once your hands get used to it it'll be pretty fast. Can't remember how long it takes, I haven't made a weft in ages.

Sanna Valapuro: Hi! It's difficult to know what the problem is without seeing how you do it. If you have the possibility to film when you make the weft and show it to me I'll try and help. Also, what material are you using to weave on? Maybe the material has too much friction?

CheeseCakePanda Cosplay: thanks for the tutorial! what kind of string would you suggest?

thegoodfaery: could you possibly do another video, showing this in more detail? You do it so fast, that I can't tell if you're just 'basket weaving' the strand, back and forth, or, if there's some method of wrapping each strand of your fishing line!

Sanna Valapuro: You're welcome! I'm glad my little video is still helping people learn!

amara7733: how did you tie the strings to the stool? I mean to get that pattern :)

8172kees: do you seal the hair when you re done,?to keep it from shedding hair?

Laura Lawrence The Beauty Agent: do you have much shedding with these? do you seal them with anything afterward? I know some people use sewing FrayBlock to make sure they don't shed.

Sanna Valapuro: Nope! It means the hair when wefted is roughtly 16,5 inches long. You're supposed to leave the end of the strand you weave as short as possible. Hair does have a up and down, if you make sure that the strands are root side up the weft will end up more tangle free. This is what usually is referred too as "remy" hair. Of course if you use synthetic hair it doesn't matter, then you could do as you said, make a 9 inch weft of 18 inch hair. This would make the weft alot thicker.

selefa: how exactly do you end the welf and secure it? with glue? sew?

Breezyxo: This is awesome!!

Sanna Valapuro: I think I understand. Maybe you need to make sure that the lines/threads that you are weaving on are a bit closer together. You could also try keeping the hair you have woven pulled taught with a hair clip or something until you have finished. :)

Sanna Valapuro: That's how I do it too actually, but they slide together unless I keep them apart at the end, that's where I use the cardboard. :)

Sanna Valapuro: No. It stays secure enough without any kind of sealer if you weave it tightly. :)

Sanna Valapuro: I don't really do anything specifik to "cast off". I only sew through it all with sewing thread until it feels secure enough, then I cut the excess lines. :)

wynth65: could you put more light on the strings and the hair? Also how do you make individual pieces with the completed weft?

Simple Ari: the greatest guide i've ever seen. :D but just one question. where did u get the strand of hairs? :O

Private: Oh my god I'm so sorry, I should've looked harder at the comments and description! Thanks again <3 I hope you get a new camera soon so you can keep making these super helpful tutorials ;D

Sanna Valapuro: @Sparklngcrystalz The professionals have a specific tool for this. It's like a stick thing with adjustable holders for the thread and you attach the thing to a table with a thumb screw.

malucarlinha: So how do you finish off the weft? Do you just tie knots in the fishing line? Thanks

AKIYIAKELLY: this was a good video.But it seems like it would take so much time making enough wefts for a whole head. with that being said: How long do it take to make enough for a whole head?

rottenpeaches: what do you think would be the best to use instead of fishing line ?

HuntersOrigin: Can you use the regular nylon thread?" and how do you seal the ends?

Laura Lawrence The Beauty Agent: how do you finish your wefts? do you cut the lines and then sew over top of them? i don't want to pay money for an instructional dvd and this is the only tutorial i could find. thanks!

Jazmín Nimzaj: loved your video...i looks so neat and clean ^^ as soon as a know where to get sinthetic hair i'll do it kisses _________________jazzy

Sanna Valapuro: Hi! I can't make another video, I don't have access to a camera. But I can tell you that I am basically just basketweaving. If you check out the link in the "About this video" to the text and picture instructions you might find it easier to understand what the video is showing. :)

Holliegh Lee: How long did it take you to get good at making hand tied extensions ?

Lara Schilling (Digitalis): I don't find they slide around, I tie them about 8-10cm apart vertically.

ndsamsays: youre so awesome! im inspired ! i just have to figure out how to set up my stool XD

TaceaLanise: do you use a sealer when you are done?

not the danger: MissDeliana,first off, thanks so much for posting this video~ It's been great help..On your video, you mentioned something about "having a beard" at 1:54? Could you elaborate on that? I'm planning to make a wig using human hair.. Also, you mentioned something about "cuticle direction"?

Sanna Valapuro: It is very easy once you get the hang of it, isn't it? it's actually a little relaxing, like knitting or crochet. I like to make my wefts in front of the TV myself. Anyway, to reply to your question. I think you will need to experiment with that on your own, wichever is easiest and gives the best results for you. Personally I don't try to make the ends even, I cut my wefts when I'm done. It's easier for me.

Anita Mallory: What I want to know is how you attach it to your head. My hair is sort of fine, but I bleach it and it makes it seem thicker. What is the techniqu to have the extension on your head? How do you fasten it on?

Sanna Valapuro: Hmm. Maybe you have tied the strings too far apart from each other? On the left side I have the threads that I am weaving the hair around really close to each other. On the right side I have them a couple of inches apart. SO when I finish weaving one strand of hair, I pull it tight first, then slide it quite far to the left, towards where the lines are closer to each other. It is much less likely to get undone then. :)

Sanna Valapuro: How I start is is actually what I show in the beginning. I just start weaving. Nothing special about how I start. As for how I end it, I have described that bit in the video description. Unfortunatly, I don't have access to a camera that is able to film close enough for me to make a decent video of the weaving at the moment.

Jermaine Bullock: What would be the shortest length of hair you'd say to hand tied in this manner? (in inches)