WINDING RODS 



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Figure 59. 



Figure 61. 



ig- 5 8 ) through the loop of the pull-through 

 and draw the latter under the winding, the 

 end of silk following as in Fig. 59. 



When the pull-through is free, pull on the 

 end (b) of winding silk until it is tight, then 

 shave it off even with the winding and cut the 

 original end (a) even with the last circlet of 

 silk. (This is often cut after the fifth or sixth 

 circlet.) Fig. 61 illustrates the method em- 

 ployed in making a narrow border of say, red, 

 for a wide band of say, green. The figure 

 shows the wide green band finished and the 

 first stage in winding the border. In this case 

 the original end of silk (a Fig. 59) is not cut 

 off until the border is finished, as it helps to 

 hold both bands together. The pull-through 



