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) > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
