Hello gentle spiders, When I first started to make lace there was a trend to use sheeps wool with the lanolin still in it for pin cushions and to have another filled with emery powder. I was given a wool one as my first pin cushion by the lace teacher and within a number of months all of the yellow brass pins had turned black from the lanolin and some even marked my lace. In the end the pin cushion and the pins went into the bin and I bought a new box of pins and made a new pin cushion using polyester filling. I've also never bought any emery powder for a pin cushion to sharpen my pins. Â The effort to do so seemed not worth it the one time I tried it. Â I just treat myself to a new box every few years. LÂ Kind Regards
Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website:Â http://www.thelacebee.com/Â On Sunday, 1 January 2017, 11:12, Agnes Boddington <ag...@weatherwax.karoo.co.uk> wrote: <<I like to make pincushions stuffed with sheep wool, quite firmly. The lanolin in the wool protects pins.>> - 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/ - 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/
