Tonight I made some felted dryer balls. Adding these (about 6 per load) to the dryer when drying a load of clothes is supposed to replace dryer sheets and decrease drying time. There are many ways to make these, below are the steps I followed to make mine. I used a skein of feltable wool yarn with miscellaneous wool scraps that I saved from knitting projects, spinning and unraveling thrift store sweaters. To felt the balls I just wash and dry them a few times with the rest of my laundry. When they seem felted enough I simply stop washing them and only add them to the dryer.
 |
| my wool scrap pile |
 |
| wool yarn being wrapped around a wad of wool scraps |
 |
| with more wrapping |
 |
| yarn wrapped until scraps are no longer visible and then end secured by running it through the ball numerous times |
 |
| balls ready to be felted |
 |
| a previously made dryer ball ready to be put to work
|
No comments:
Post a Comment