Just make sure that she is not alleric to wool itself; i am mcs and fine w/ wool, but a friend of mine has always had serious reactions to wool, even organic, natural wool.

I just now got an "all-natural Cotton Blanket" on sale at Beds, Bath & Beyond. The brand is "Down Town" and the label says "Cotton Cashmere". It also says "No dyes or chemicals are used" I was so excited at this unexpected find (at $48 with my discount coupon and sale price! It (King size) used to be $159.99 - I could hardly contain my excitement and asked for more of this line.

PS - I read an online idea for making "Bed Buddy" style neck wraps with a sock, filling it with white rice and then tying it. Since I just donated all my polyester pillows and kept the cotton zippered cases, I am going to try a replacement pillow of cheap bulk organic grain - maybe rice - to fill them (maybe double-layered) and have custom-made pillows! Then maybe try chair pads - a neck wrap ... an all-natural cold (or hot) pad of rice also...(OK then it will be time to learn to reupholster furniture...which will be a bit pricier. I learned that latex (natural and unnatural) foam is available on foamorder.com (scroll to end) and also for $6 /lb you can buy Kapok fill that is used to refill the sleeping bean - from http://www.beanproducts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=001&Product_Code=zz-kap-fill&Category_Code=MaternityProducts

PS I had a lot of eye irritation when I carried out my polyester stuff - as I always have in clothing sections as well.

Wow, I'm really seeing a light at the end of a tunnel. We CAN improve our health!

I found out too late to return two wool blankets (not organic) that were described as being washable with "no chemicals." There was a slight odor to the wool before and still after washing so I called the company and they said there is a coating of resin on any "washable wool blankets." This certainly was not disclosed in the catalog description. The catalog is for chemically sensitive persons. They did give me a partial credit for the purchase price. (I can't use the blankets.) Buyer beware!!

I purchased a wool blanket from a Woolen Mill in Frankenmuth, MI, about 5 years ago and I love it. They make their own blankets from their own woolen mill and you can see them processing the wool right in the store. You can also chose your own fabric design made of cotton to go over the wool from a huge selection.

Frankenmuth will also process your own wool for you. A friend of mine and I went in on wool from an organic sheep and vegetable farmer (not certified but he feeds organic vegetable cuttings to the sheep and finds unsprayed apple trees and volunteers to pick....some people just want their yard cleaned up....also gets leaves from unsprayed yards and used them in the barn for the sheep, then this all goes into the compost for a couple of years...and back into the veggies and back into the sheep!!!)...we took the wool to Frankenmuth and had them clean it with Bronner,s soap and washing soda.

It came out in beautiful bats (we had prespecified the sizes we wanted....you can have them thin for warm weather or thicker as you like.) The bats are used to cover and make comforters such as they retail in their store. We also have wool pillows form similar material...they are great...fit under your neck nicely, but also spring back nicely for looks or for reading in bed.

I received a wool comforter from a wool processing store in Frankenmuth for Christmas and it smelled of mildew and some sort of chemical. I couldn't use it and had to return it. Instead of refunding my money, they washed it and are sending it back to me. I hope the problem is resolved, but I am a little skeptical. I am super sensitive to smells and chemicals and things that others don't notice often bother me. I have a wool futon, mattress cover, and pillows from Shepherd's Dream and I never experienced any difficulty. I was trying to buy locally and save a little money, but it turned into a huge pain.