Dryer Lint-Who knew?

Yep, you guessed it. This is my dryer lint. I have been saving it in an emesis basin on top of my dryer for a bit now. :)  I guess I store it in the appropriate container-it is kind of like my dryer vomit. Ha.Ha.Ha.

Anyway, I was fascinated to find what all dryer lint actually is made up of. It is soft, smells relatively nice and is often wasted. So, I used the all powerful Google and did some research.

Did you know that dryer lint can be composted if all the materials are natural? (Well, that counts most everyone out of composting their dryer lint-bummer.)  Dryer lint can also used as covering for pipes in the winter (taped of course), and mulch/fertilizer for your garden.  My favorite idea: Dryer lint can be reformed into cloth! After saving up your dryer lint you can spin it much like wool into a thread. You can use this thread for weaving or you can crochet or knit it into a blanket, sweater, or scarf! Socks can be stuffed with dryer lint to make an effective draft stopper.*  Beware friends and family.....Christmas is just around the corner! Bahaha. 

More practical use for dryer lint include craft making.  Using your lint for effective cloud formation on any piece of artwork is blue ribbon worthy. (This would be especially fun for the kiddos, but if you want to try your hand at it-have fun!) 

Planet Pals.com has great recipes for lint paper mache', lint clay and lint paper. They say that once you make one of the recipes, only your creativity will limit you to what you can make using your lint!!!

If I do decide to make something with my dryer lint, I will update my blog post. Until then, Happy Lint Crafting! :)

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