Learn how to make the best homemade wool dryer balls to reduce static cling and laundry drying time.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Felting Time1 hourhr
Total Time2 hourshrs5 minutesmins
Course: DIY
Cuisine: Laundry
Author: Chrystal Johnson
Equipment
Washing Machine & Dryer with normal detergent
Scissors
Yarn Needle
Ingredients
100% Wool Yarn
Nylon Stockings or Panty Hose
Instructions
Wrap yarn loosely into balls that are a bit larger than the size of a tennis ball. If you don’t do it loosely, you’ll have trouble with the felting process.
After your ball of yarn is large enough, cut the yarn, making sure to leave a tail that’s a few inches long. Thread the piece of yarn onto your yarn needle and weave the tail through the ball several times to make sure the end is secured into the ball. If there is any of the tail left, trim it down to where it’s flush with the surface of the ball.
Insert the yarn into the toe of the stocking. Knot the stocking so that the first yarn ball is completely surrounded by stocking. Repeat with each of the yarn balls you made until they’re all tied into the stocking.
Put the knotted balls into your washing machine with one of your loads of laundry and run through one wash cycle in hot water. Dry in the dryer with your wet clothes using hot air (not low heat). For best results, repeat this process with your DIY dryer balls for a few loads of laundry to ensure they’re felted.
Once you believe you’ve repeated this process enough times, cut the balls of wool out of the stocking. If you don’t have a solid ball now, go ahead and tie the balls into another stocking and repeat steps 3 and 4.
If the wool balls are completely felted, you can begin using them in your clothes dryer.