Partridge and Orange
Orange silk, with near clear wax laid on with a trowel
Partridge and Yellow
Partridge and Orange Variant
That is actually a lump of wax at the head, but didn't notice until too late. Think the trowel might be overkill!
I've seen P&O tied with a rib, usually fine gold wire. Thought I'd have a go at ribbing it with yellow silk - which seems to be an older way of doing it, later replaced by gold wire. At least that is the impression I get looking through Courtney Williams... the march brown from the other day being a case in point.
Then purely on a whim, I wound the yellow silk in between open turns of the orange, as in the Dark Watchet.
The orange silk on this one is waxed with dark cobblers' wax btw...
Andrew.
Roy told me the neatness of your heads and tying off was really quite something, and he wasn't kidding! 
And there was me thinking I was getting the hang of it as well... 
