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From: "Adele Shaak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: "Velvet stops the bobbins rolling"
> On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 07:03 AM, Carol Adkinson wrote:
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On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 07:03 AM, Carol Adkinson wrote:
velvet is *not* a good fabric to use as cover cloth or pillow cloth or
for anything near to the threads, as the fibre nap from the velvet can
get
into the threads.
I used my velveteen-covered roller pillow for 20 years and did not ha
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Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: "Velvet stops the bobbins rolling"
> Another excellent material for a cover cloth is "ultra
> suede". This is a man-made fabric which is wonderful for
> cushioning the bobbins, slowing
Gee. Adele..maybe I just a linty person. I love using the
courdury, but
green lint was on the threads.
I was thinking of a discussion we have had on this list a couple of
times, where people have complained that their reel of cotton (or
linen) thread broke all the time and other people came
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From: "Adele Shaak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: "Velvet stops the bobbins rolling"
> On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 07:03 AM, Carol Ad
> I have had velvet on one of my pillows for at least 10 years (red) and it
> has not shed, the same goes for my MIL pillow, it was she who told me to
use
> it and she has had her even longer. But maybe it depend on what kind of
> velvet you use.
> Ann-Marie
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Hi All,
Just to add my couple of penn'orth! I am a bit wary about the advice that
velvet will minimise the rolling of the bobbins - I was taught (more years
ago now than I care to remember) and have consequently told all my students
that velvet is *not* a good fabric to use as cover cloth or pil
