Stitching Hair

I've been really looking forward to stitching Red Geisha's wig.  Geisha wear heavy wigs shaped into traditional styles.  This means that more traditional stitched hair treatments like the bullion curls in the little Melissa Shirley mermaid,
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2010/06/final-product-mermaid-purse.html

or the long flyaway locks mixed with beads of Kelly Clark's Elivira witch,
http://www.notyourgrandmothersneedlepoint.com/2011/04/face-anyone-could-love.html

or the French knot curls of Baby Jesus (Mary has stem stitched hair) are not right for this design.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2009/06/madonna-and-child-clothed.html

I've stitched geisha hair before as this older Blog article illustrates.
http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com/2010/08/break-for-beauty-shop-part-eight.html

But this time I want to do something totally different.  While I ponder this, you may be interested in this video of wig styling for Kabuki theatre which shows the process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_61hv7tPU4

Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com