Fill the hot water bottle with fabric scraps, cotton wool balls, rags, foam peanuts, etc. Fill as much as you can push through the stopper hole.
Tattered wool robes, dirty rags and ratty sandals have made a fashion comeback.
Rag & Bone wool sweater dress, $395 at rag-bone.com.com
A pair of chunky rag-wool socks completes the look, and adds ammunition to your cold-weather defense.
(207) 883-2500; blackpointinn.com; doubles from $460 . 4 He'd wear this tee ($105 at Rogues Gallery) under a flannel shirt with jeans, an old L.L. Bean parka and beat-up Red Wing boots, topping off tHe look with a "rag-wool hat I found between my sofa cushions after a party".
Near right, Rag & Bone stretch wool jacket ($450) and shorts ($255) at Barneys New York, barneys.com.
"The weaving process is as labor intensive as with a cotton rag rug," she said, "but wool gives you a structurally stronger carpet". To customize her rugs Ms. Eakins consults with clients and decorators, who provide fabric samples, paint swatches and photographs.
When using steel wool, place the steel wool and any rags you use into a metal bucket.
(Aloha Rag down vest in cashmere and wool, $380; Band of Outsiders cotton flannel shirt, $230).
Once all the strings are off, get a microfiber towel (preferably) or a non-lint rag, regular, plain ol' tap water, fine steel wool, sandpaper, a set of screwdrivers, pliers, and tape (only use painter's tape or automotive tape).
