WHEN IRONING

Shannon News, 4 September 1928, Page 4

WHEN IRONING

POINTS TO REMEMBER,

All fabrics with spots or raised patterns should be ironed on the wrong side. This is to bring out the pattern in better relief. The raised work on fine handkerchiefs, embroidered monograms, initials, etc., need special attention when iToned. In passing the iron over the handkerchief this corner is avoided till the last, then it is carefully pressed on the wrong side, on a piece of soft flannel, if possible. This raises the pattern and makes it stand iip in better relief. Silk, when it is washed, needs methylated spirit in the rinsing water. A teaspoonful in & basin of water will be enough. The, spirit gives a very special softness and finish to the article* when it is irondried. Silk should bo ironed while still very damp, always on the wrong side. If silk has a raised pattern, the pattern, like all raised names and monograms, will come up well if a double thickness of flannel be slipped underneath. The iron should be very fair-! ly hot, though hardly as hot as for linri en, as silk withers under the great heat.! The ironing is continued until all the; steamy emanations cease and the silk* is dry and glossy. It is seldom flannel; is ironed, as wool spoils under a hot; iron.