An amazing friend of mine is also onboard with homemade christmas gifts. This year she made dryer balls. As simple as they appear - I can only imagine the time commitment to make for multiple people!
Basically its a ball of matted wool - or rather four balls.
I have been using Nellies Dryer Balls for about a year and a half - they are recommended in the cloth diapering world. But they are starting to show some wear, some of the plastic nubs breaking off - which I have learned may be due to storing them in the dryer - which gets very cold in the winter and then when hard/cold plastic is banging around......they break. Also in comparison the felted ones are MUCH quieter than plastic.
I also got a small bottle of lavender essential oils to add to the balls - for those people who want/need their clothes to smell fresh and clean. I just added it and so far its a nice additional touch
There are lots of online tutorials if you want to make your own dryer balls or you can buy them on etsy.com.
Pros to using dryer balls
- decrease drying time
- decrease wrinkles
- reduce static
- safe for sensitive skin & cloth diapers (which recommend no fabric softeners etc which leave a coating on the materials)
Overall : Fantastic
- Lauren
3 comments:
Oh hey, I made the blog! Glad you liked them :) I hope they are staying together for you. One of mine is unraveling- but they are supposed to last for years :( Oh well, I'm sure it's a quick fix. You've got to get those other sisters posting too!
One of mine has been attacked by some velcro but still seems to be intact.
This is brilliant! I use the Nellies ones and they are SO loud. I actually avoid running the dryer at bed time... Which we all know is pretty much a must.
And a double plus is having something to do with my leftover wool. Ah who are we kidding, I'm going to check out etsy now... Thanks Big L!
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