Success! They have survived a trip in the dryer without even a hint of unravelling. They’re on their second voyage now, lol. I was so chuffed to find them in with the clothes, still round 
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My freind was making some dryer balls and used needle felting to ensure cohesion until they were felted. Hers were beautiful. Mine tend to be the ugly yarn someone “gifted” me. I crocheted covers for my balls and then felted them…still ugly, but they have not come apart. I was unsure all the wool was 100%…so covers were insurance. They work great so it must have been wool.
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Oh, crochetting covers is a terrific idea! I used up all that heavy wool though and only have very nice stuff left, thin for socks and super chunky fancy. I was thinking of using some already fulled sweater scraps to sew beach ball segmented covers for the old balls that started coming apart. I may do it, just to rescue those instead of throwing them out. That will give me eight of them! Lol, I will have the most colourful laundry accessories ever 
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I did it! I rescued the old ratty dryer balls and sewed them new covers! I am SO pleased with myself right now, I thought it would be ages getting round to that project or, let’s be real, giving up and tossing those balls out 
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It happened! After almost a year of heavy use, the outer strands have come loose on a few of the balls. So far I’ve been able to repair them by pulling the strands straight through the middle of the ball with a long needle. I’m thinking about another solution though. Maybe Carol’s idea of crocheted covers. I wonder if there’s a fiber that discharges static better than wool though. This winter our laundry is positively crackling with electric energy!
Dryer balls are cool, but if you want to really cut static electricity, get a humidifier!
I live in the desert, with single-digit humidity. Clothes act weird, you get a shock every time you touch somebody, and your skin dries out. I’m getting wrinkles!
We rum a humidifier all year long to keep the house around 45%.
We also use dryer balls because they cut even more static. And they’re cool!
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It’s no wonder, with you and Rob’s high-voltage chemistry in the house! 
Maybe cover the ball with a layer of additional plain wool, felted, not spun into yarn?
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The first balls I made were like that, yarn w a felted outer layer. It peeled off after a while, I sewed wool sweater covers for those.
I discharge his face every morning before kissing him bye when he drops me off at the office, lol. If not, the shock makes our fillings ache!
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