The allergy can be from the hay/straw itself, or more likely a mold or dust
product from within, even weeds that shared the field. All I know of
naturally of to kill off, is a dilution of grapefruit seed extract (which is
amazing for many things, even sour laundry you cannot bleach). Of course
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From: Susan Reishus elationrelat...@yahoo.com
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:27 AM
To: post to Arachne lace@arachne.com
Subject: Re: [lace] Ethafoam after straw and horse hair
The allergy can be from the hay/straw itself, or more likely a mold
I just got my first ethafoam pillow, and I find working on it a new
experience. Until now, I've worked Torchon on a traditional straw-stuffed
Belgian cookie pillow and Cantu lace on a traditional horsehair-stuffed
tombolo (Italian bolster pillow).
Ethafoam is a softer, with more give in it, as
I have never yet seen ethafoam pillows in the UK.
Most pillows here are polyester foam or high-density foam, but none last all
that long.
Then you can buy barley straw pillows, ususally around 20 domed round.
I have one of these and love it.
I recently bought a large pillow from Germany, filled
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Subject: Re: [lace] Ethafoam after straw and horse hair
I
bought my first straw-filled pillow last year, and at first I loved it. After
being away from it for a couple of weeks then going back to it, however, I
discovered that the 'cold' I had been fighting off the first time I used
Hi,
Just thought I'd jump in here with a possible suggestion when working
on an Ethafoam pillow. Years ago I was told to put a covering of wool over
the foam and between the pillow covering. I have used old wool skirts or
blankets that I have washed in hot water and put in the dryer. Even my
