I still have my original honiton pillow which is made with barley straw.
But I cheated and bought my from Dennis Hornsby.It is quite large and
heavy.I had seen him at a Lace Day in Essex in the early 80s. I had
run out of money by the time I saw it and he had only one left.I said
I wasn't amused by the reference to barley straw, because I know that is
correct - my own Honiton pillow is made this way. But it was the
demonstration pillow part that made me laugh!!
Clay
On 4/22/2011 1:19 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote:
Hi Arachnids
In the article about Honiton lace the
