Someone posted in Jan. that a free fleece socks pattern was wanted. I found one at this site . I haven't tried it yet but plan to today. The wind is ripping through me and I am chilled to the bone! I will skip the gripper and ribbing and make it all polar. Tami Here is a link that might be useful: free fleece socks

Thank you so much for your informative and prompt replies to my posting! Monaw... I was hesitant to wash and bleach this fabric as I didn't buy it and am using the material in as efficient a way as possible to utilize the size and have no scraps yet. I thought it would probably take a number of washings to get a true idea of what the results would be. A forum inquiry seemed like the best way to get a true answer by using others experiences with the fabric. I was going to ask the Humane Society if they'd like to use these three covers for awhile to see how they would stand up to their cleaning procedures before going on to make the rest. BUT... Cryptandrus... you're posting gives me more confidence to go ahead and make the rest of the covers (I was so glad to be able to do something useful for this group). I will ask if she knows about the material's likelihood to "pill". I don't know if the material came from Joanns but that would be a good bet. Hopefully these pillow covers will behave as well as you're cat bed cover. Thank you both for your time and input! Although I've used Garden Web quite a bit for gardening and cleaning forums I'd never looked at this one. I'll do that and see what kind of interesting information there is. (If I could remember a tenth of what I read I would be SO smart! =) The memory is going.... =) Thanks again...

If you like flannel but are frustrated with the pilling you might consider LLBean. This is such a great store that if after you use them for a few months and they pill they will take them back. True. They have a policy from 1920 or something. My mother is an LLBean fanatic. I have LLbean flannel sheets and I love them. They are 4 years old. No pilling. Gosh, I need to get new ones. I did buy the jersey sheet from JCP for my son's room. I do not like them. He loves them but the sheets seem to be stretchy. They have not retained their shape. JCP does make great products to check them out and see. I just wanted to mention that there are companies that make good flannel sheets. ~boxerpups

There is a polyester satin that I use for pillowcases that washes and dries..now I press mine a bit, but they don't wrinkle so badly that you would need to do that for sleeve lining. I think it would be slippery enough--and I have the same aggravation that you write about--had not tho't of lining the sleeves. Thx for the idea! OBTW, leave a good hem turn back before attaching--the satin can ravel. I just had another thought..maybe you could hem the edges on machine and then loosely tack to inside seams and the liner would stay in place. I should experiment! My main complaint is the 'grabbing' on my back with the pull-overs.