THE LESSON 19 



TO MAKE A PLAIN FLOSS SILK BODY 



Taking up the work where it was left, i.e. after 

 fastening off the herl, take a piece of oval silver 

 tinsel (7) after having stripped the end to expose 

 the silk underneath. Lay it on the far side 

 of the hook, and bind down the exposed silk 

 firmly; continue winding with the silk (2) to a 

 point about a J of an inch from the eye. Tie 



in the end of a piece of floss silk (8) on the 

 near side of the hook, the strand lying over the 

 left hand (see Fig. 8). Now take the floss silk 

 and wind it down the shank of the hook to the 

 butt (6), returning it over itself to the point 

 where it was tied in, using judgment in thicken- 

 ing, by winding extra close towards the shoulder. 

 Fasten off the floss (8) with a few turns of the 

 binding silk (2), and cut off the end. Take the 

 tinsel (7) in the tweezers, and winding from left 

 to right in spirals about T % of an inch apart, 



