Here's another project I've been working on for xmas presents, wool felted dryer balls! They are an all natural, eco-friendly alternative to dryer sheets (which often contain icky animal fat) or pvc dryer balls. They are made with 100% pure wool and felted twice in the washing machine. There are also several tutorials online for this project, but I found this one to be the most helpful, along with this one. For mine, I actually used 100% wool sweater scraps (I picked up the sweaters from my local second hand store) for the core, and the 100% wool roving and yarn on the outside was made in Canada by a company in NewBrunswick called Briggs and Little, which is nice. You can actually see little bits of hay and grass still in the yarn which tells me it's not over processed and gives it a more 'natural' feel, which I love. It seems to give it character somehow :)
Anyway, these were alot of fun to make and super easy :) I think I will be making some more of these for myself!
very nice! I like the little designs you created for them. super cute and artistic!
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