Gee. Adele......maybe I just a linty person.  I love using the courdury, but
green lint was on the threads.  Admittedly this was years ago, but I loved
that fabric.  Oh well ....I do not have too much of a problem with  rolling,
anyway.

Thanks for the info, ladies.  BarbE


----- Original Message -----
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:
>
> >  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 have
> this problem. Another pillow cover I have is of mid-wale corduroy,
> which also stops the bobbins rolling - I think even better than the
> velvet/velveteen. I have used that pillow for some years without any
> problems, either.
>
> I wonder if many years ago somebody didn't just get a rotten piece of
> velvet, told everybody she knew, and the story became a lacemaking myth.
>
> Adele
> North Vancouver, BC
> (west coast of Canada)
>
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