The playwork book . inches wider allround than the outline of your framework,cutting away the angles at the corners, sothat you have a neat flap to turn over allround. Never use gum or mucilage for akite, good strong paste is best, if it is to bemade of paper. Now at the three pointswhere 3^our balances are to be attachedto the kite, paste on a little square patch ofcloth so that the string or balance as it iscalled does not tear the fabric or paper, andfasten the ends of your two strings throughthe two upper patches and knot it firmlyround your wooden framework. The looseends of your balances
The playwork book . inches wider allround than the outline of your framework,cutting away the angles at the corners, sothat you have a neat flap to turn over allround. Never use gum or mucilage for akite, good strong paste is best, if it is to bemade of paper. Now at the three pointswhere 3^our balances are to be attachedto the kite, paste on a little square patch ofcloth so that the string or balance as it iscalled does not tear the fabric or paper, andfasten the ends of your two strings throughthe two upper patches and knot it firmlyround your wooden framework. The looseends of your balances must now be runthrough the third patch and fastened to thevertical spar of the frame. The string ofthe kite is fastened round these balances bya slipknot. Next add the tail, which needscareful adjustment to the weight of the 126 THE PLAYWORK BOOK kite; it can be weighted with rolls of paperat intervals, or little bundles of fresh boys often weight it at the endwith a divot which is a little piece of. Figs. 99 to turf, both grass and root, all to-gether. Figures 100 and 104 are another form ofkite most commonly used in Scotland. Thisneeds only one straight spar of wood, and KITES 127 the curved bow at the top can be madeof light cane, such as is used for basket-making; or what is very good, if enoughcan be got, is a length of flat steel such asis used in ladys corsets. Fasten the bowto the spar by lashing it into a notch orgroove at the top and bend it evenly andfasten it firmly by stays of string as inFigure 104, both across and to the end ofthe spar. Now lay on to your paper orcotton material and cut it out as before inFigure 100, with a good turnover to pasteor stitch down, and add the patches wherethe balances are attached. These kites lookvery gay if a tassel of colored paper or woolis added at each end of the bow. Figure 101 is a very good kite to make ifa really large one is wanted. The two longcross-spars of wood must be notched to fiteach othe
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