Stash Bash

I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind. This year my goal is to use up all the craft supplies I have spent money on that are taking up mental and physical space in my life.  Join me here every Thursday for a Stash Bash. 

I cannot believe it is Thursday and I have not blogged since last Thursday, do any of you ever get into a rut and just feel like you have nothing to say though you have so much going on? This week I have not gotten much done in the way of creativeness.  I am in the middle of planning the kitchen remodel, redoing the girls room and spending so much time in the garden.  I have lots of herbs in the herb bed ready to eat and seeds popping their heads through the Earth.  I love this time of year, there is something about everything coming back to life and getting back to our meals being farm to table.  Come back tomorrow for my first Meatless Meal every Friday in Lent.  This year I am thinking it might be fun if you link up any of your meatless recipes after my post (if you’d like to).  That way we can all learn some new tricks.  What do you think?

This weeks Stash Bash is a very practical project but it uses up lots of stash yarn and all those bits of wool yarn that you did not have the heart to get rid of.  I had a bag full of leftover wool yarn from other projects.  Not enough yarn to get rid of (even if I could get rid of any bits of yarn) and not enough for little projects.  I also had some sleeves from a shetland wool sweater that I never finished unraveling so I pulled those and used them for the core of my wool balls.

I used to sell wool balls on Etsy years ago.  I initially made them to get rid of the plastic dryer balls which did work but were plastic so they were on my list of things to get rid of.  On the days when you cannot hang your clothes out to dry, the dryer balls make the dryer finish faster and you waste less electricity.  Lately, everytime I went to the dryer there were fewer and fewer.  My boys love to play indoor ball with them, my dogs love to play catch with them and bury them in the garden and so it was time to make some new ones.

Wool dryer balls are simple to make.  Start winding yarn into a tight little ball and when the ball is almost the size you want it to be, start winding the yarn so that it covers all the gaps and spaces and looks nice and neat.  Next, you put them into a piece of pantyhose or nylon, tie a  string around the top and bottom to make they don’t escape in the washer and dryer and then just wash and dry a few times.  The washing and drying will felt the yarn into a solid ball.  Take them out of the stocking and if it looks like the yarn is matted solid, you are ready to use them.  I throw about 8 in the dryer and the load finishes super fast.  

So what did you get done this week, I can’t wait to see!   I love every one of your projects and hopefully you will join me this week.  Thanks for stopping by this weeks Stash Bash. Below is the linky list for you to add your project. 

Here’s what to do. There are no rules. 
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash. 
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?     

P.S.  Its so nice to hear from other stash bashers so if you visit some of the links don’t forget to leave them a quick little comment.

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or follow me by email at the top right hand of the screen to have future posts sent to you. Tricia (Crunchy Catholic Momma)

No comments yet.

Leave a Reply