Hanging laundry question

**Sara Noel** · 01-04-2002, 10:06 PM

How many have an indoor/outdoor laundry clothesline?

I am wondering if there is a way to have the laundry soft. Not necessarily "dryer" soft, but softer than stiff. *LOL*

When growing up my mom always hung the laundry. I have great memories of helping her. She had quite a little system. hehe
We had a nice outdoor clothesline and an indoor one in the basement laundryroom.

When I got a bit older, I loved the smell and the freshness, but hated the stiffness and then rarely hung my own laundry.

To me it's something I would like to "rethink". I would like to take a stronger "back to the basics" approach to things.

Sara

**Jerseygirl** · 01-04-2002, 11:01 PM

I find that if I hang things sort of in half-so the middle of a towel is where the line hits with either side of the towel on each side of the line, it seems to help, I guess because neither side is pulled so tight by the weight of wet fabric. I also don't use clothes pins on things I hang in the basement so I avoid the marks and it takes much less time--There I admitted it and now there are whole rows of old Polish women rolling in their graves, I'm so embarrassed!

**MicheleMomof3** · 01-05-2002, 03:14 PM

I just read somewhere a woman wanted to save money on her electric. So she line dried her clothes and if things were too stiff she popped them in her dryer after they were dry for a few minutes to take the stiffness out. I dont mind the clothes being stiff. I hates the towels being stiff. So now I take the towels and fluff them a few minutes in the dryer before we use them. Now thats its cold my daughter also likes if I warm them up in the dryer too
~Michele~

**Ahrens65** · 01-07-2002, 03:36 PM

I have a couple indoor clotheslines......i dislike stiff clothing too....so i also pop them in the dryer for a few minutes. My younger kids think it is fun to play between the dryer lines......especially if i hang sheets

I started my indoor lines when the electricity rates went up in the town we live in. It saves us quite a bit now.

Tamara

**Clementine** · 01-21-2002, 03:39 PM

I hang all but our unmentionables on an outside line weather permiting.
I have a garment rack in my laundry area that I hang things on to dry in nasty weather.
If you throw the clothes in the dryer for a few minutes after line drying it takes the stiffness out. Fabric softener is a must or use vinegar in your laundry rinse cycle. It will soften up clothes and towels just fine and for a fraction of the cost of fabic softener.

**SewCrafty** · 01-24-2003, 08:09 AM

**mom22grls** · 03-17-2005, 01:06 PM

gosh, I hope I put this in the right place.

When ya'll hang out your laundry, do you hang *everything*...like "unders" & towels & socks??

I ask because I *do*. I try to hide the "unders" in between rows of clothes. NO ONE else I've ever talked to does this. Is it just "improper?"

Looking for opinions.

-Jamee

**Mommy2five** · 03-17-2005, 01:15 PM

The only place that I have lived and hung laundry out to dry was in Arizona, it dried so fast there! Anyway, I would be shy about hanging our unders out for the neighbors to see too

We lived in a duplex and they were just "right there".

You aren't alone

**tightwadmommy** · 03-17-2005, 02:52 PM

I put my "unders" on a drying rack inside,no one sees them.

**Missy** · 03-17-2005, 02:58 PM

our unders are hung inside, not out of being proper or not, but because it seems that the wind really yanks the light stuff off the line.

**bamamomto4** · 03-17-2005, 03:07 PM

I hang ours out. We live in the country and no neighbors can see the line. If they could,not so sure I'd hang them out lol

**jlxian** · 03-17-2005, 04:13 PM

I hang out everything and the only things I try to disguise are pieces with big holes -- like a towel or blanket. But our neighbors are just far enough away that they wouldn't be able to "examine" our laundry.

**DaisyLady** · 03-17-2005, 04:17 PM

unders go on a drying rack inside. Sheets get hung out except when pollen levels are really high. Towels always go in the dryer. The kids don't like it when I put them on the line. They don't get "fluffy" enough.

**Layne** · 03-17-2005, 05:15 PM

DD and I hang our undies on a drying rack indoors. Our towels go in the dryer, DH complained they smelled funny when I hung them outdoors.

We are in Wyoming and at the mercy of the wind. I can't tell you how many times I've had to pick up clothes off the ground. Blue jeans are always hung with 4 clothes pins and sometimes that's still not enough.

Lately I've been having to hang most of our clothes inside.

**niceday** · 03-17-2005, 05:21 PM

This is a good question and actully never thought about it but I two live in the country and my clothes line is at the back of the house so no one sees it but if I had a close neighbor then I 'd probley put undies and such in the dryer.