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Miscellaneous
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Threading ribbon through a long casing with electrician fish tape
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A cheap nylon electrician fish tape (the kind sold without a spool) can
be useful to thread ribbon or elastic through a long casing, such as one
where a garment is gathered (e.g. at the neckline or waistline).
Get the shortest length you can find (I'd recommend buying a new one
rather than trying to clean an used one which is more likely to stain
garments), and cut a lenght of about 2-3 m from one end: longer lenghts
are unwieldy and won't probably be needed for most garments.
.. tip:: the remaining tape can be used e.g. as stiffening at the hem of a
skirt.
.. figure:: 0101-threaded_fish_tape.jpg
:align: center
To use, take the uncut end, with the metal loop and thread it through
the casing.
.. figure:: 0102-elastic_in_loop.jpg
:align: center
Then pass the elastic or ribbon through the metal loop, leaving quite a
bit of overlap.
.. figure:: 0103-pulling_elastic.jpg
:align: center
And finally, pull the fish tape from the other side, threading the
elastic through the casing.
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