CARE OF ELASTIC NETS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 62, Issue 123, 6 March 1942, Page 6

CARE OF ELASTIC NETS

CAREFUL HANDLING NEEDED. If you are the proud possessor of a foundation garment of fine net elastic, cherish it, for it is rare in the A\oild to-day, and Avill soon become still more rare, the international situation being Avhat it is. If you should notice Avhat 'appears to be a’“flaAv” where the elastic net is joined to the corset fabric, as if the fabric were on the point of pulling away in places, don’t rush for needle and thread. LeaA’e aa’cl] alone. It will not run, for this fabric is avoa’ou , noc knitted. It is simply that the machine needle has come'down, right on one Oi the line elastic threads and covered — a ny attempt to mend it Avill make matters Avorse by making holes in the other threads.

Foundations of clastic not need more careful handling than others. Never drag them on roughly or dig sharp fingernails into the delicate mesh when pulling the garment on. Tim proper way to don one of thdse con - trolettes is to turn the garment inside out and upside down, like a stocking.; stop into it and pull it up almost- to the waist, then pull it up, from the bottom and finally smooth it down into position. The next point of care is the laundering. Never subject these foundations to heat. Never wash them in hot water, or dry in the hot sun or by a fierce heat, and never iron with a hot iron.

With this kind of care your precious foundation of elastic net- will last a long time, and any signs of threads cut at. the seams will never come to anything.