[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Dryer Balls

Wed Sep 7 01:48:13 UTC 2022

Never came across any to buy. Lazy people like me would buy them. Other things are more intforesting to make. 
Best,
Ramona
On Sep 6, 2022 11:46 AM, Yolanda Thompson via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> When you make them yourself, you must felt the balls. Even after a few
> years of use they begin to unravel. Made my first one, and bought my
> next one which came in a package of six.
>
> On 9/6/22, Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > What do you mean, you "couldn't get the ends to stay attached"? Maybe this
> > has something to do with making them yourself? I bought mine, and they're
> > about the size of a tenniss ball and feel kind of like felt on the outside.
> > They don't have any loose bits or anything like that.
> >
> > Link:
> >
> > Organic Wool Dryer Balls –...
> > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4TMUN0?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ari
> >
> >> On Sep 6, 2022, at 10:19 AM, Ramona via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> >> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> I used the wool dryer balls for several years, but eventually they
> >> unraveled, and I couldn't seem to get the ends to stay attached, so I
> >> threw them away and have not had extra wool yarn to make more. However, I
> >> found out that ripping the dryer sheets in half or even in thirds works
> >> fine. You don't need all that chemical to keep the static down.  yarn to
> >> make more. When using the wool balls, you need two or three in each dryer
> >> load for best results. You also can use large balls of aluminum foil. They
> >> crash around, and I wondered if that was good for the dryer, so I went
> >> back to the smaller pieces of dryer sheets.
> >> Best,
> >> Ramona
> >>> On Sep 6, 2022 6:03 AM, Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> >>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I switched to using wool dryer balls instead of dryer sheets quite some
> >>> time ago and have never looked back. I don't like using fabric softener
> >>> and stuff on my clothes, and unlike drier sheets, which you can't recycle
> >>> and thus aren't great for the environment, you can reuse wool drier balls
> >>> over and over again. I've never tried this, but you can also put a few
> >>> drops of escential oil on each ball to give your clothes a nice smell. :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Ari
> >>>
> >>>>> On Sep 5, 2022, at 12:50 PM, Mary Kindrick via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> >>>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Friends,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was going through an old recipes folder and came across the attached
> >>>> document, which has many helpful suggestions.
> >>>>
> >>>> I intend to wash and brush my lint filter, as I have problems with
> >>>> moisture
> >>>> buildup behind the filter.  Yes, I use fabric softeners.  It doesn't
> >>>> matter
> >>>> that I just use the Downey beads.  These also, tend to leave a film.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I hope you find some helpful ideas that are useful to you.
> >>>>
> >>>> I sometimes find it difficult to open an attachment.  So, I have copied
> >>>> the
> >>>> document below my signature.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Mary K.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> DID YOU KNOW?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
> >>>>
> >>>> pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do
> >>>> it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.  If you leave
> >>>> them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
> >>>>
> >>>> It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
> >>>>
> >>>> Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
> >>>>
> >>>> It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
> >>>> spoonfuls of
> >>>> sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in
> >>>>
> >>>> double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful
> >>>> minty
> >>>> frosting.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
> >>>>
> >>>> of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of
> >>>> garlic.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
> >>>> chop
> >>>> them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place
> >>>> them
> >>>> in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples.
> >>>> Bake
> >>>> at 350 for 15 minutes!!!  Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
> >>>>
> >>>>   Reheat Pizza
> >>>>
> >>>> Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set
> >>>> heat
> >>>> to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy
> >>>> micro
> >>>> pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Easy Deviled Eggs
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all
> >>>> broken
> >>>> up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing
> >>>> thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just
> >>>> throw
> >>>> bag away when done easy clean up.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Expanding Frosting
> >>>>
> >>>> When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with
> >>>> your
> >>>> mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost
> >>>> more
> >>>> cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories
> >>>> per
> >>>> serving.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Reheating refrigerated bread
> >>>>
> >>>> To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place
> >>>> them in
> >>>> a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the
> >>>> food
> >>>> moist and help it reheat faster.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Newspaper weeds away
> >>>>
> >>>> Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet
> >>>> newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover
> >>>> with
> >>>> mulch and for-get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening
> >>>> plastic
> >>>> they will not get through wet newspapers.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Broken Glass
> >>>>
> >>>> Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you
> >>>> can't see easily.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   No More Mosquitoes
> >>>>
> >>>> Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
> >>>>
> >>>> It will keep the mosquitoes away.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Squirrel Away!
> >>>>
> >>>> To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with
> >>>> cayenne
> >>>> pepper.
> >>>>
> >>>> The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come
> >>>> near
> >>>> it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Flexible vacuum
> >>>>
> >>>> To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty
> >>>>
> >>>> paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent
> >>>> or
> >>>> flattened to get in narrow openings.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Reducing Static Cling
> >>>>
> >>>> Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a
> >>>> clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when
> >>>> wearing
> >>>> panty hose.
> >>>>
> >>>> Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! .. static is gone.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Measuring Cups
> >>>>
> >>>> Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot
> >>>> water.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient,
> >>>> such
> >>>> as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
> >>>>
> >>>> Foggy Windshield?
> >>>>
> >>>> Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove
> >>>> box
> >>>> of your car When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than
> >>>> a
> >>>> cloth!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Reopening envelope
> >>>>
> >>>> If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something
> >>>>
> >>>> inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or
> >>>> two.
> >>>> Viola! It unseals easily.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Conditioner
> >>>>
> >>>> Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving
> >>>> cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use
> >>>> up
> >>>> the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your
> >>>> hair.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   Goodbye Fruit Flies
> >>>>
> >>>> To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with
> >>>> Apple
> >>>> Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will
> >>>> find
> >>>> those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Get Rid of Ants
> >>>>
> >>>> Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it
> >>>> 'home,'
> >>>> can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially
> >>>> if it
> >>>> rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small
> >>>> children being harmed!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>   INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
> >>>>
> >>>> The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things
> >>>> around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and
> >>>> he
> >>>> went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I
> >>>> always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told
> >>>> us
> >>>> that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink
> >>>> and
> >>>> ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a  mesh material ...
> >>>> I'm
> >>>> sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well ... the hot
> >>>>
> >>>> water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He
> >>>> told
> >>>> us
> >>>>
> >>>> that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the
> >>>> heating unit.
> >>>>
> >>>> You can't see the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets
> >>>> to
> >>>> make your clothes soft and static free .... that nice fragrance too. You
> >>>>
> >>>> know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ... well
> >>>> this
> >>>> stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also
> >>>> what
> >>>> causes dryer units to potentially burn your  house down with it! He said
> >>>> the
> >>>> best way to keep your dryer working for a very long  time (and to keep
> >>>> your
> >>>> electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with
> >>>>
> >>>> hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every
> >>>> six
> >>>> months.
> >>>>
> >>>> He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How
> >>>> about
> >>>> that!?!
> >>>>
> >>>> Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would
> >>>> do
> >>>> that.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, I thought I'd share!
> >>>>
> >>>> Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it.
> >>>> The
> >>>> water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the
> >>>>
> >>>> mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I
> >>>> had
> >>>> it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it ... the water ran right
> >>>> thru
> >>>> the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all!
> >>>>
> >>>> That repairman knew what he was talking about!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
> >>>>
> >>>> NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME, BUT IT COULD SAVE
> >>>>
> >>>> SOMEONE'S LIFE
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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