wool dryer balls

I prefer to hang dry clothes.  I do have a dryer though.  I was kind of talked into it.  But I do use it occasionally.  Especially if thunderstorms have rinsed the clothes on the line three times.

But I do not like the dryer sheets or liquid fabric softeners.  It is both the how they make the clothes feel and the smells.  I do not like the smells.

I have been looking at the wool dryer balls and decided to make them.  The easiest way was to take a ball of wool yarn, put it in a nylon, wash it with a load of wash, and then dry it.  I have plenty of wool yarn but no nylons.  I had some napkins I could tie around the ball very tightly so I tried that.

I will say it worked quite well.  I made two, thinking I can make more as I go through my yarn basket, deciding what I wished to use or not.  One worked perfectly.  The other has a bit of a felted cap.  They actually still look like balls of yarn but behave like balls.

I have enough wool fleeces I was thinking I might try the same thing with a lot of fiber packed into my holey napkin.  That would be even easier then making the yarn first.  Maybe the next load of laundry.  

This was incredibly easy.  So easy I may make some for my Etsy shop or gifts.  Easy stocking stuffers are always a plus!