Thank-you all for your great comments re: straw-filled pillows. I got some
significant new information that will help a great deal in my project.
- Oat straw was traditional/recommended. Also sea grass. And I very much
like the suggestion to add fragrant herbs.
- Chop the straw. A duh! moment
Information overload ;) It is barley straw used for pond work (I
suppose oat straw could be as well? but barley is preferred).
I would love to know how a pillow stuffed with barley straw compares
to that of oat or wheat (is it lighter? heavier even? does it compress
better? or was it just what
it is a bright and very sunny morning, albeit
jolly cold outside!
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From: Brenda Paternoster [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 9 Feb 2006
On 2/10/06, Carol Adkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the huge straw bale in her shed - she described it as similar to an
explosion of straw, as of course when the straw is baled, it is tightly
packed, and the release is similar to a bomb going off!I could
sympathise
Of course I wouldn't
when I had opened the bale outside, it was packed in neat 'books' and
it didn't explode.
In Australia we call them biscuits but I get the vibe of it...*g*
Cheers, Yvonne.
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I made four pillows stuffed with barley straw several years ago and gave
them away 18 months ago because they were just too heavy (especially the 24
inch circular one), although excellent to work on.
One suggestion for packing the straw is to fill the pillow as much as you
can, put it on your
On 9 Feb 2006, at 02:24, bevw wrote:
Barley straw is recommended for honiton pillows (and
others, I suppose) because it wasn't as 'hard' to break down into bits
as wheat or oat straw. However, we have machines that can do the trick
- like if you have access to a garden shredder - works a treat.
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,
For years I've been reading about how early lace pillows were stuffed with
straw and have been curious about how they would differ from our modern
pillows.
I've decided that I want to make a reproduction 17th century bobbin lace
pillow. Does anyone have any advice, suggestions or thoughts to
Does anyone have any idea what KIND of straw? I know there is a big
difference between wheat straw and barley straw and oat straw.
I have made many straw-filled pillows. The biggest was a Midlands
square and it consumed more straw than I had available, and I ended up
stuffing the rest of with
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From: Allan and Yvonne Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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My first pillow is a straw pillow. I used lucerne chaff (a type of chopped
straw used
you can allso use gras if you have a lawn, just leave on the lawn after
´cutting to dry, collect and stuff your pillow.
Dorte
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