FINISHING OFF FLAT TINSEL 121 



tying a plain tinsel tag is not generally known. 

 I think it is an easier, quicker, and neater 

 method than the others known to me. To 

 my mind, for plain tinsel tags, flat tinsel is 

 infinitely to be preferred to oval tinsel or 

 twist. 



The waste ends of the tinsel should each 



FIG. 43. 



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be cut off on a slant, so as to meet at a 

 common point on the upper surface of the 

 shank. 



Take the Summer Duck feathers which 

 have been prepared for the tail (3), and lay 

 them on the hook with their natural curve 

 pointing upwards, as in Fig. 44, exercising 



