Ventilation: Hair Change Direction

This is a video of me showing how I would plan to change direction to a unit when needed. We need to make the change in direction smoothly without making an obvious change so it will appear more natural.

Since we only have limited options on which direction to ventilate in a lace ( only 3 major directions that can be expanded to overall 6, depending on how you brush the hair) we have to plan it so we can shuffle a little the area where the change is going to be done.

Hello: everyone. This is a super week maker and today I'm making a video to explain something that some people have grabbed the attention and they just asked me. The video was triggered from Terra star again because she said: can you make a video about her direction towards the front? I never know when to start changing the direction to follow a natural head of hair. Now this conversation, though, about the hair direction and changing the direction and how to change the direction smoothly was discussed between me and her say. 5. 1. 4. We had a huge conversation. This is just a small one of the small messages. It'S huge message, but it's one of the small messages about how to change the direction from one point to another. A little smoother changing the direction is something that we want to do for you know the top part the sides, the center of the crown where some people have a cowlick or whatever you want to do. You have to know how to change it and when to change it and how to make it smoother. So the first thing. First, we need to understand the options that we have with the lace. The problem with the lace is that we don't have infinite options, because we could only ventilate into 3 major directions that can be translated into 6, depending on how we brush the hair and I'm gon na explain to you in a moment what I mean 3 and Then 6 we can ventilate in the top face of each hexagon and the lower face of each hexagon going upwards. But if you have seen the video about what is hair direction and how do I ventilate, I'm gon na put it in the description, you can see that when you ventilate hair into specific direction into specific face, you actually create a hinge in that spot. So the hair can be, you know, kind of brushed in the opposite side and still lay as flat as possible. So it's up down direction, one side right up or left down. This is the second group, and this is the third group left up right down, which of course means that, since we have up and down, we actually have six directions. These are the only options that we have when we want to ventilate in a lace that is hexagons that has hexagon pattern, because there are other ways that have squares or triangles, but the hexagon is the most popular, because it's more sturdy, it doesn't stretch it's the Bobbinet it's what everyone uses for weak, making it's the best place that you can use. So when I made the discussion with her say, I I actually explained him how I see the lace first, and this is something we really need to discuss. First, because a lot of people are getting lost in. Where do you ventilate? How do you ventilate and how does the density change or not change according to the way you ventilate? So let's say that we have is a little excellent part of the pattern here and I'm just gon na number the each each hole it's excellent. So we have one to 12 right here now. Let'S say that I want to ventilate in each hole, because whenever I talk about ventilation, I actually talked about not per hole, because this is easier because a hole, a hexagon, is an entity on itself. We can see. It'S there, but he did not ventilate on the hole I mean, the hair has to be attached, something and the the hexagon is literally a hole, so you cannot ventilate. On top of it, you have to ventilate in one of the sides of the hexagon okay, now which side it depends on the direction that you want. But this is not really what I want to address here. First, we're going to discuss about what side, what lining? What you know where you can ventilate the hair belongs to which accident so remember the numbers we have two and eight two seems to have now two knots. But you know if we see the first, the first image. We see that it's only one is going up. So, what's going on, why does it do seem to have two and what does why does the eight seem to have two as well? It'S just that two and eight have one common so well. Does this not belong to to make things clearer and easier? In my mind, I'm going to separate the hexagrams and create them literally floating in the air, which is impossible in in the lace of course. But it's going to help us understand what belongs work and we have to come into into a phase that we accept that this belongs here that belongs there. We are actually making this assumption. It doesn't have to belong anywhere, so I still have the same numbers here as you can clearly see, and I still want to ventilate one, not in every hexagon but, as I said, the hexagon is still a hole. So I need to attach it to one of the faces, one of the sides of the hexagon and just do it on the top. So this is much more clear now. Two and eight two has only one in the upper part. It has only one of the upper part and the lower one that was at eight now belongs to hexagon below that. So it's clear enough now to say that one we can ventilate in any side of the hexagon. You can see in this image and we can ventilate up or down. We can ventilate side right, left, low, left up right low and they all belong to eight. But the thing is that the the sides of the hexagon they group with other hexagons, so one side belongs to two hexagons, so we have to decide each side which hexagon belongs to now. If you stop clearly in this little images, let me just show you again: if i regulate up here or down here, i have the same direction. If i ventilate this right up size or the left law, it's still the same direction. If i ventilate in the left up or right law, it's still the same direction, so I don't need to ventilate in all. Six of them are evently in half of them, so the top part and the low part they have the same direction. So I don't need the low part I'm going to raise it. The right up, part and the left down apart, have the same direction. Somes are going to delete the lower part, and the same thing happens to the left side left up with the right log. I'M going to delete that so I have these three sides at 8, but are going to give me all the possible ventilation directions for that accident because I have I can ventilate up or down and with the hinge effect. I have all six options here. So let me just number all the hexagons again and I'm gon na do the same thing to all accidents. I don't need the lower parts, so it's excellent now has only the top cap, the top three parts that create all possible ventilation directions. So I'm going to paint these little cups a different color so as to make things a little bit more visible and I am going to connect them again, see I disconnected them so the cup of one which is blue. The cup of four, which is the grain with the cup of seven, which is purple with the cup of eight, which is blue and the cup of 10, which is orange. They create hexagons, as you know, I own the top part, but when they are connected, they create the hexagons. So I'm making the assumption that each hexagon, when I want to ventilate, for example at four, I am going to ventilate in one of the three green sides. If I ventilate into the purple the blue or the orange, then the knot doesn't belong to four. It belongs to seven ten or eight accordingly. So this is a very easy way in this image, for example, that I showed you earlier that here, for example, to cut only one knot. It has the knot which is above the number. It has only one knot as well, which is above the number as well. So this way, I know that when I want to ventilate one knot per hole, I know where to ventilate it, okay, so we're proceeding to the actual part of the video where I'm going to explain to you how to change the direction. How would I change the direction - and this is just a small example of what I would do if I wanted a a line where I change the direction from one direction to another, so we have this hexagon pattern here, it's a little bigger than the previous one. Smaller holes and more hexagons, because I really want to show you the transition, so I need more hexagons to work with and I'm going to ventilate the top half of it with this direction going upwards. I'M going to make this gray, so you will be able to see a little better. The visual aspect of the hexagons themself and I'm gon na put blue the other ones that are going to have diagonal ventilation. Now I'm gon na remove the color, so you can see how it looks and you can see that there is a strict line where the hair changes direction. We don't want that. The reason is that, as we said in human head, there is no straight line where everything just goes through a different direction, maybe the cowlick, but who likes, who the cowlick in his week. And since we don't have many options in the hexagon, we only have six options. We need to find a way to make it appear a little bit smoother. So what I'm gon na do is I'm going to have a small section of the hexagons that I'm going to make the transition? What I'm gon na make in here is that I'm going to have both the directions. This area here is going to have a little bit of shuffling going on in terms of direction, so we will start with I'm gon na just grayed out, so you can see easier. I'M gon na start with hair going upwards. Then I'm gon na add half a line with hair going diagonal. Then I'm gon na add another row with hair going upwards. Then I'm gon na add a full row of hair going diagonal. Then a half a roll of hair going upwards and then everything below that is gon na be diagonal. So what's gon na happen, you can see it ventilated and I'm going to remove the color. So you realize, from this upper line, to the lower line in between these two lines, everything is kind of shuffled, but the thing is that see above the line and below the other line, everything above the first line goes upwards. Everything below the second line goes diagonal in between you have a little bit of shuffling, but this is going to serve into making the transition a little smoother. Now. This is where I marry the first part of the video with the second, with the actual issue of the changing of the direction. What this image I have one hexagon, two hexagons and three hexagons people would think that one has three knots. Two as two knots and three has only one knot, but, as I explained previously so when you want to change the direction, let's see the first image where everything is a single line, ventilated or is it there it is you see we have one node in the Top part, but then we changed the ventilation, and now we have hair grouping in some places and other places we have bigger spaces, so one has only the top part belonging to eat 2 cos they are not belonging to eat. 3 has the up one belonging to it and 4 has the up the upper one belonging to it, and every hexagon pretty much has one not belonging to be specific hexagon. So, although it appears that some hair might be a little bit more grouped, we, we haven't actually changed the density up close, we did change the visual effect of the visual aspect of the density, because some places are a little bit more dense and other place. I mean look above. We have such a huge space. One is swamped by three hair strands. Next to one we have another big empty spot, so we have bigger empty spots and more grouped hair, but overall and from a distance. That density is not going to change, and this is the only thing we can do when we're ventilated, single strand single, not in every knot, because there's no other option for us to do that, and I'm gon na show you an image inside the hexagons of how It looks you see that the the with the arrows that top part is going upwards, then a little bit of diagonal, then one whole row again of going upwards one row of going diagonal, half Rho going upwards and everything else going diagonal. So this way single strand single, not in every node, is how I would change it. And a last thing I wasn't going to include that into the video. But since I'm going to explain everything, if you want to change the direction and you then click multiple strands, but not I'm going to show you a better trick, we have the hexagon patterns here and I'm going to ventilate the top. But as you can see, we have two strands ventilated into one knot, so we have four strands: protruding two tails into returns: I'm going to ventilate the next row of hexagons having one strand or not, but I'm gon na ventilate, two strands per hexagon one's going upwards And one is going diagonal and I'm gon na ventilate a couple more and more and more line here, one more and then everything else is gon na have the the hair gong diagonal. So you see that all these hexagons have it a bowl. Then we have the blue with her big shuffled and then everything else goes. They agonal and I'm gon na show you with the arrows how it goes. You can see that all the top part has two strands going upwards. Then there are a few. A few hexagons looked have two directions into the same hexagon and everything else has the diagonal direction in both strands. This is a little bit smoother because smoother, if you have more strands, but not you already, don't have too much definition in that part of the unit. So at least you have the option to have the place where everything is going to be shuffled a little bit more defined than the rest of the double double sorry, the double stranded hexagons. So the the part where everything is gon na be shuffled is gon na. Have single strand while the rest is gon na, have double strand, and this is gon na, create a little bit smoother transition, and also this part is gon na have single strands, so it's gon na have a little bit more definition than the rest of the part. So it did you put a little bit more definition, but you put a little bit more shuffling so overall, the visual aspect of that is gon na be kind of the same. So this is a huge video about changing the direction of the hair in a unit. There are tricks to know where to change the directional, how to change the direction, and I might make a new video if I had a canvas blog. I would do that, but I don't have a canvas blog. It'S not so difficult how to do that, but I can make a video I can make later a video if I have a head cameras so as to show you exactly what I would do. If I wanted to change the direction because, whenever I'm making a unit, I always plan before I start the ventilation, and then I know exactly what I have to do and where I have to do it thanks for watching, ask me anything you want and I'm gon Na make a new video to reply to your questions. You

mamborena: Bravo.  You truly understand that there is an 'art' to wigmaking! 

Simon Wright: Your explanations and videos are so clear and simple. It’d be great if you were to consolidate them along with some pdf notes into a wig making course which you could sell on Udemy.

Claude Clawsonne: Thank you for this, it was very informative and patiently explained. It reminded me of a question I had a while back however: in two of your customers' orders (the man's blond toupee and the woman getting chemo) I believe you said they asked for either particularly dense hair at the hairline or hair at the front with a tendency to stand straight up -sort of like a cowlick. I wondered how one accomplishes that in a wig, because your finished product looked like their wishes were fulfilled. Is the secret increased density or knotting opposing directional hairs into the same hexagonal space? Both? Something else? I hope you know what I mean: hair that tends to stand straight up before falling over into a wave. Some lucky souls are born with it. How do the rest of us get it in a wig's hairline? Am I dreaming of the impossible? Or is this a problem more suited to managing with curling irons and product?

Dave Edwards: You are amazing, your attention to detail is really astonishing!  Your concept of thinking of each hole as essentially only three sides (rather than six) makes it so much easier to plan for density/direction.  Thanks, as always, for a great video!

Tash: This video is everything!.. My question is though, when I get to the hairline, what pattern is best for a natural look? Eagerly awaiting your reply.

I I: Thanks great video. ..as always I would love to hear a out were these directions changes take place like from front hairline to left moving,around to ear im guessing maybe I'm still to new to the craft but thanks to you I'm learning fast as I can hoping to have my own wig making business thank you Rani

Mary Suárez: Genial mil gracias . Este es el canal que necesito para aprender la posticería desde una perspectiva profesional.

Sandrine MAKITA: Thank you very much for this tutorial.

Racoondevil: so. thanks. alot! You made me think to make a wig for my dolls. What's the best way to go about that? They're called bjds and are about 1/3 scale to regular sized heads. In the hobby, something hardly seen are fade haircuts because most the time they are made wigs that always are about medium length. I'd love to try my hand at making a faux hawk if possible. =)

Gregory K: love your work!

YOUNAN1111: Wow you are genius thank you for this video I really love to see all your videos♥♥

Gheriane Ulysse: amazing@ im so glad i found your channel first on this topic! worth every second

peepla7: Helpful... thank you.

Franciele Ferreira: Hello,I want to learn . What video do you recommend for beginners? I'm from Brazil, and I do not speak English. Thank you!!

shidoin: Does hairline freestyle ventilation utilize all parts of the hexagon?

dbuckner2000: thank-you for sharing really helped me out.

Denise Baker: how do you keep from getting long turn overs.. i think i make my loop too long and i end up with long turn overs.. its hard for me to hold on to a short loop to ventilate. what advice can you give me.. and can you make a video about turn overs while ventilating.. i want my wig to be beautiful and flawless

Julia Matarazzo: GOOD NIGHT HOW DO I TAKE THE FULL LACE WIRE FLOODS WHEN WE FOLD THE WIRE TO GIVE THE KNOTS AFTER THE WASHES CAN BE BOUNDED BY THE SAME?

Sylvia Silver: Great Detailed Explanation of "Cross Knotting" for Direction Changes.

Naaz syeda: Lovely work

SHELLY53100: WOW A GREAT VIDEO! THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I NEED YOUR DIAGRAM!

Jamila Hoyte: are they any books that get into the details of ventilating?

Jamila Hoyte: can you please make a video on how to plan for ventilation direction

rach K: thanks a lot . good job

Nappy Scribe: Off the subject, what kind of lace do you use?

Mike Love: Interesting video, thank you.

Amea skin and hair: please wig maker, middle stripe in which direction do I have to crochet?

Maya C: thats Amazing!

Jesus: I love coming to my new teacher class! GOD BLESS

Jamila Hoyte: are they any books that get into the details of ventilating?

cool chicks: a monofilament top I'm a hairpiece how do you Haida stitches after you're finished do you touch another piece over it? Crystal ones that I have always had you cannot see the stitches at all

Will Campbell: If making just a standard full lace wig, with no special requests, does the direction ever need to change?

Jenifer K: hey did you end up making a new video of this ne? if so can you direct me please?

Derry Rittenberry: You are blessed

Prajwal Sapkota: Even I have a frontal cowlick hairstyle and I so badly don't like it. What can I dp to get rid of it permanently? Help me out!!

Mr. Todd: You did not show the hinge method of how to make the hair go in any direction

peepla7: using tulle..... diamond/square shape.... advice?

1stAfricanqueen: You are so clever!!!

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