I just said good-bye to dryer sheets... possibly for the rest of my life.
Once upon a time I wrote this on this very blog:
"A lady on TLC's My Strange Addiction ate dryer sheets. The show mentioned that dryer sheets contain over 600 chemicals and many of them cancer causing. Soo...I am drying my clothes with something that cause cancer? Not only that, but the people who manufacture the sheets. What's their health like?"
After watching the show, I switched to all-natural dryer sheets by 7th Generation. I found the dryer sheets to be really expensive, but if it means keeping everyone involved healthy...than it's worth it.
HOWEVER!
Shortly, after buying the dryer sheets mentioned above, I went to a crafts fair...and saw home-made dryer balls. I was pressured into buying them...$15 for 4 of 'um. At the time, I thought that was a big investment (I was unemployed). The lady selling them told me she has used the same set of dryer balls for years. I only recently started using the dryer balls...but it's been a few weeks. I can tell you that EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE/GET DRYER BALLS. YOU WILL SAVE $$$. (No, really! I'm serious). All of the claims mentioned here are true, I can tell that from experience.
Homemade dryer balls are super easy to make....but felting only t) works if you have a top loader washing machine (ok, maybe works best if it's a front loader) AND 100% wool. If you're worried if the wool is going to felt or not, just look for "felt-able" on the package. Or go to your local yarn shop and tell the sales associate what you're looking for...they will be happy to help you, I'm sure of it!
If you don't want to risk making them yourself...you can either by the PVC-free "plastic" ones or buy the wool ones from someone who is into fiber crafts.
I'm not sure if the method of making them mentioned on this website works since nobody has yet to comment. But knowing what I know about wool fiber, it makes sense.
It must be the lanolin in wool. I was wondering if those worked..
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