Originally Posted by
maviskw
In my experience, the steel wool will rust very easily. I would use wool with the walnut shells. Wool is very light and has natural lanolin, so that would keep the pins sliding smoothly. I have a little wool laying around here from an old quilt that died. Never throw something out that might have a use later.
Wool...what a wonderful idea. I don’t have any wool fabric, but I might can get my hands on some wool clothing. Would that work?