The angler's workshopv1- .. . right hand, whichguides it. Draw the silk as tight as possibleduring the first three turns, so that it will ad-here to the rod. If you wish to make ten or twelve circlets,after the sixth one lay the pull-through {d Fig. 51) along the rod, loop toward the left, andwind over it, as shown in Fig. 54; but if thewinding is to be a narrow one, the pull-throughshould be inserted at the beginning. This stepis illustrated in Figs. 51 and 52. Count eachcomplete circlet, at least at first, in order thatall windings will be uniform. At the end holdthe wound silk under the lef
The angler's workshopv1- .. . right hand, whichguides it. Draw the silk as tight as possibleduring the first three turns, so that it will ad-here to the rod. If you wish to make ten or twelve circlets,after the sixth one lay the pull-through {d Fig. 51) along the rod, loop toward the left, andwind over it, as shown in Fig. 54; but if thewinding is to be a narrow one, the pull-throughshould be inserted at the beginning. This stepis illustrated in Figs. 51 and 52. Count eachcomplete circlet, at least at first, in order thatall windings will be uniform. At the end holdthe wound silk under the left thumb, cut it with-in an inch of the thumb, tuck the end (b Fig. 52) through the loop of the pull-through anddraw the latter under the winding, the end ofsilk following as in Fig. 53. When the pull-through is free, pull on the end(b) of winding silk until it is tight, then shaveit off even with the winding and cut theoriginal end (a) even with the last circlet of silk.(This is often cut after the fifth or sixth circlet)158. FIG. 50. RODMAKING FOR BEGINNERS Fig. 55 illustrates the method employed in mak-ing a narrow border of say, red, for a wideband of say, green. The figure shows the widegreen band finished and the first stage in wind-ing the border. In this case the original end ofsilk (a Fig. 53) is not cut off until the border isfinished, as it helps to hold both bands pull-through is inserted at the beginningof the border winding, and used in the samemanner as illustrated in Fig. 53. This method of manipulating rod windings isthe simplest one of several for making so-calledendless windings. It is capable of numerousvariations, and it is not only easy to learn, butinsures satisfaction. The secret of the method is to keep the pull-through of buttonhole silk well waxed, and todiscard it for a new one whenever it showswear. In all books on rodmaking more compli-cated forms of winding are described and illus-strated. The first step is alike in all of these,but th
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