I have a cover with a layer of carpet-type felt under it for a standard 18inch cookie/45cm mushroom pillow. Â It has the additional advantage of giving a slight amount of "give" which makes sewings using a needlepin much easier - it's not much worse than using a proper Honiton pillow, and useful for making odds and ends when my Honiton pillow is otherwise occupied. Â For that, a thickish felt would be necessary, and an old suit probably not, the felt being non-woven fibres felted, rather than a woven material fulled. Â Horses for courses/different pillows for different laces. Kind regards
leonard...@yahoo.com > On May 20, 2015, at 2:45 PM, Jane Partridge <mous...@live.co.uk> wrote: > > The general purpose of adding material over the foam, as I understand it, is > to make the pillow last longer. Most of the domed polystyrene pillows I've > seen that have a layer of felt under the cover have a fairly thin layer - the > type of felt you buy in squares for craft work, rather than the thick carpet > underlay type. The cover also helps reduce the noise of working on > polystyrene, but I'm not sure if ethafoam is as noisy to work on. > The more layers you use, the greater the amount of fabric you will need to > buy, and probably the finer fabrics are going to be more expensive, so think > about whether cost is an issue. > The only other comment I would make about using wool is that as a fibre, wool > holds moisture, which is useful for warmth in clothing but could cause > corrosion if you use steel pins, live in a damp climate and don't finish > projects reasonably quickly! > > Jane partridgemous...@live.co.uk > >> From: hottl...@neo.rr.com >> >> Hello All! I thought I knew what type of wool to buy to cover my foam > roller but now I'm not so sure. My plan was to use wool felt: 1) because I > have more than one source & 2) because I applied wool felt to my IOLI $5 foam > pillow last year & it worked like a charm. When I say 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. > - 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/
