---- Susan <hottl...@neo.rr.com> wrote: My plan was to use wool felt....I am referring to "fulled wool" that is typically used for wool embroidery, penny rugs etc. Not too thick but with some body. While wandering about the internet today, I found wool flannel & wool challis.
Hi, Susan Challis and flannel are awfully thin. My preference is for a sturdier, denser fabric like felted/fulled wool, or old army surplus and thrift shop blankets. It would take a lot of layers of challis or flannel to pad the pillow the way a couple of layers of blanket would. And many layers of thin fabric have a pretty good risk of getting some wrinkles in the stack. This makes a more lumpy surface and also can produce spots where pinning is more difficult. For the pillow surface, smooth is what I go for, not wool. I don't want material that will hold onto the bobbins or the thread that runs from them to the pricking. I don't want fabric with bits of fiber sticking up, to get tangled into the lace. I want a relatively dense (threads per inch), smooth surface. Cotton bedsheets are good, or calico (muslin, in England) quilting cottons. Just my opinion, Robin Robin P. robinl...@socal.rr.com Los Angeles, California, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
