CHAPTER VIII 



THE SECOND LESSON A WINGLESS PATTERN 

 OR GRUB 



THIS is a very simple pattern, without wings, 

 tag, butt, or tail, and will be a useful one for 

 the beginner to start operations on. 



The first thing to do is to fix the stout 

 binding silk with the fine dressing silk. Do 

 this by letting the former hang downwards- 

 having first given it a firm pull to insure the 

 close and even set of the preceding coils and 

 catch it with the tying silk in the manner in- 

 dicated in Fig. 25 and (magnified) in Fig. 26. 

 Take two or three close tight turns tail wards 

 with the dressing silk, and cut off close the 

 free end of the binding silk and the shorter 

 end of the dressing silk. 



This manipulation is applicable for tying in 

 any loose ends of silk, and comes in useful 

 when it is necessary to continue with a fresh 



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