THE RIGHT WING STRIP 187 



as to lie all practically in the same plane ; that 

 is to say, at the point of tying in they are 

 squeezed together laterally by the silk, and 

 made to lie on the upper part of the hook 

 within a space representing an arc of a circle 

 considerably less than a semicircle (see p. 18 

 and Fig. 2). This can be effected auto- 



FIG. 96. 



matically, after a little practice, in the following 

 manner : 



Lay the " right " strip on as shown in Fig. 96, 

 having first taken a few turns with the dress- 

 ing silk to the right over the hook and away 

 from you to form the foundation for the wings. 

 In doing so, measure the strip carefully, so 

 that only a small portion of what will even- 



