Folding a load of towels can be satisfying. Bath towels, hand towels, beach towels, dish towels, washcloths. There are many ways to fold towels.
When I’m visiting my daughter I ask her to remind me how she folds her towels so I can replicate her method.
They need to fit on the linens shelf the way she’s accustomed to. Linen closet space might determine your preference.
I fold mine differently at home.
Do you think there’s a right way? A proper way? Do you fold/roll towels the way your mother did? Do you think about why you have a preference? Do your towels look like you’re in a fancy hotel or spa?
There are three new woolly sheep dryer balls who’ve joined the three baby seals. One baby seal didn’t get upstairs to be photographed.
You throw the wool balls into the dryer with the damp clothes (in place of a dryer sheet)
“Wool dryer balls are reusable, biodegradable, non-toxic, and fragrance-free.” And they help the clothes dry 25% faster according to reports of the benefits of purchasing them.
I enjoy using them. A bright spot during chores and if you need some these are from FriendSheep
Baby Seals came as a bday surprise from dc and the three new sheep are from JB. Thank you
Mary, Maura and I spent some time this afternoon, trying to find pairs from a big box of clean socks. We are not the first team to attempt to match socks! As many as six family members have contributed to the accumulation. There were no-show socks, shorties, ankle socks, a couple of argyle and a ton of black and white athletic crew socks, some dress socks. A few holey socks were discarded. No hand knit socks on the pile!
From this
To this
In progress Socks are under control. Maura standing with what I’d call a sneaker sock but nobody uses that term.
Some loners were left. Hopefully there are some matches in a drawer or under a bed.
Laura spilled some mayonnaise on her cotton dress. It left a nasty oily stain. Wash it with some Brown fels naphtha soap first before washing, I advised -she didn’t even leave the soap on – but it took the color out of the fabric. Hmmm so much for my advice.
My solution. Rubber bands and yarn ties all over the dress for a reverse tie dye in a solution of Clorox water. Good thing I’m a retired art teacher
You can see where the color came out along with the oily stain Wet Dry The back Success
Thinking about laundry and washday which was traditionally on Mondays-click for history
Do you have a specific day for laundry?
A fellow knitter hailing from Maine responded to my post of Fels-Naptha Soap
Here is Carrie’s recipe for Homemade Laundry Soap with the accompanying photos she sent when I invited her to be the guest blogger.
“Loved your blog, sorry to text so early. Wanted to tell you it cost 2.75 to make a 5 gallon pail. If you used 1 cup per load it would be approximately 80 loads using 8 oz. Cost per load is about 3.5 cents” Carrie. I had the wrong cost of ingredients you don’t use the entire box.
Thanks for being guest blogger, Carrie.
Full recipe below 5 gallon container Ingredients Paddle Bit to stir mixture Here’s a batch of Carrie’s handmade regular soap. She’s been making her own soap for seven years.
HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP
Ingredients:
2 cups Super Washing Soda
1 cup Borax Detergent Booster
1 Bar Fels Naptha Soap
Supplies:
5 gallon pail with lid
½ to 1 cup measuring cup
Whisk
Stir Paddle that attaches to electric drill or large sturdy stir item.
Directions:
Grate 1 bar of Fels Naptha Soap with a cheese grater and place in a saucepan. Cover soap with approximately 3 to 4 inches of water. Heat on stove at a low simmer until soap is melted, stirring constantly with whisk.
Add Borax Detergent Booster and Super Washing Soda to 5 gallon pail. Fill 5 gallon pail to ¾ full with hot tap water. Attach paddle bit to drill and begin mixing the powder and water until combined and powder has dissolved.
Then slowly add the melted soap mixture to the pail, while stirring with the paddle. Next fill remaining pail with hot tap water, till it reaches 3 inches from top of pail. Continue to mix until smooth.
Mix it several times over the next few hours until it has cooled. This will produce a smooth pail of soap.
Use ½ to 1 cup per load of laundry.
** For use in top load washers, for front load washers, please check your manual.
The ingredients that can cause cancer have been removed. Good to know
When I saw this Fels-Naptha in the store the other day, my mother came to mind. She’d run a wet bar on soiled shirt collars and cuffs, on hard to remove stains from laundry. Scrub the spot then put in the washer
As I folded the pairs, I realized all the hand knit socks I’d made (plus one spring green pair knit my Sabine Bornemann at Die Wollnerin in Berlin) were clean at the same time. It’s the second time I’ve washed all of them since shelter in place started. I read that Sabine’s hand dyed yarn store in Berlin has now reopened, allowing two customers at a time
Lots of places and friends represented by the different yarns from Alaska, Germany, Norway, Arizona, New Zealand, Florida. Can you find the yarn I received for my July 4th birthday? (thanks Joanne). The sock monkey pair? There’s the desert plant dyed yarn and gifts from woolswappers halfway across the globe.
A sense of accomplishment
My new method is the hand wash setting on the machine and hung out to air dry in my bathroom. I used to hand wash them and roll in a towel.
