> When I started learning BL the first task was to make a pillow, and we > used hay - dried grass - and I still prefer hay to straw for a BL > pillow, Doesn't need the initial chopping and doesn't corrode the pins > as much. Hay is available from pet supply shops.
hmm, 'hay' here, at a pet supply, as far as I know (which is open to correction) is alfalfa, and has the head of the plant in it. I prefer what we call clean straw, harvested early and dried - will have less, if any grains/kernels. The end of the season straw will have the kernels in it, which I'd prefer not to use on the off-chance that some might sprout inside the pillow. Overly obsessive, maybe~ > stuff in the filling using a stout stick (half a broom handle) to ram > it in as hard as possible, bash it with a mallet, turn it over and jump > up and down on it, I am picturing it ;) but yes, that's about the effort you have to make to stuff the pillow firmly! -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
