At 07:50 17/05/2006, you wrote:
"I have some lovely pictures of the kind of flossing that was used in
the late 19th century, but they do not come with instructions. Can
anyone point me at a website, or instructions please? Suzi"
Suzi - I've not found anything about how to actually do it on the
web or indeed in any books. However, playing around on a couple of
corsets I've found that using two or three strands of cotton
embroidery floss (since I'm not going to be washing them), secured
with a couple of small stitches inside and then building up the
design over and through the spiral from the front works. It is
/very/ hard on your fingers especially until you get the feel for
the spacing between coils but can be very effective.
I'm sorry that I can't be more help but if I find anything will be
sure to post it here.
Katherine
Thanks for that - I have actually done fairly simple style flossing
with proper flossing silk - bought in a charity shop many years ago!!
But I would really like to do it properly. And yes, I agree, it is
hard on the fingers - and the needles - bent at least two trying to
fight one through a space that wasn't there!
Suzi
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