[Sca-cooks] Haaaalp!

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> They were covered with burrs! The little ones, about the size of caraway
> seeds, but fuzzy all over. And they are all over both the dress and the
> blanket- worked into the fabric quite tightly.

You are probably going to have to resort to pulling things out, but you
can try soaking the fabric (completely underwater) for a day or so and
seeing if that will cause the burrs to swell up and open, or even soften.
They are, after all, seeds.

Soaking the fabric, putting it in a baggie, freezing it wet, and soaking
it some more might have slightly better results.

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