How to Make a Wool Dryer Ball: Start with a skein of 100% WOOL yarn. (This cost me about $5 and I got four balls out of it.) wool dryer balls To start your ball, wrap the yarn around your fingers about 20 times and then slip it off and wrap the yarn around the middle of that circle you just made about 20 more times. Now pinch the beginnings of your yarn ball together and keep wrapping! Make sure you wrap it nice and tight. Pretty soon you will have a small ball of yarn. Tuck the end of the yarn under some of the other strands of yarn to secure. Repeat above steps until you’ve made 4 or more balls. Now you are ready to give them the “felting” treatment. You are going to need one leg of a pair of pantyhose or tights. Put the first ball into the toe of the pantyhose and secure it there with a piece of embroidery floss or acrylic yarn. Do NOT use wool yarn, you don’t want this to felt. Continue adding additional balls securing each addition with floss. Toss the pantyhose “snake” into the washer (the hotter the water the better) and then into the dryer (again, the hotter the better. Speeds up the felting process.) The fibers fuse and the ball of wool is much smoother and tighter. At this point you can do another layer of yarn and “felt” again if you want a larger sized ball. I chose to leave mine as is. Keep in mind they will get slightly smaller over time as they continue to felt. You just made your own wool dryer balls! Go ahead, give them a spin! If you want, you can even add a couple of drops of essential oil to the balls before you throw them in the dryer. I used 1 – 2 drops of lavender on each one and my clothes came out smelling sooooooo nice!!! I think the scent should last through several loads!
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 12:21:58 +0000
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