How do you hang your washing out?

I love hanging out washing though I am no domestic goddess. Tops from the bottom. Jumpers over the line and trousers from the bottom . I always hang white things the right side out if it’s sunny as it helps to keep them white and removes small stains

Perhaps your relative likes trying to iron out the peaks on the shoulders of the clothes. Or maybe, never helped Mum peg out washing when a child. I met a lady who didn't follow the usual rule of tops from the bottom and bottoms from the top simply because her husband knows better, even though he never does any housework. It's easier for her to do as he tells her, than put up with the abuse. She would love to do things in more efficient ways but it's difficult to do in her situation. Yes, she has the information to get help for if and when she makes that decision.

Ha ha SunRises! 🤣🤣

MollyNew

That's a good story TheSunRises

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That's a good story TheSunRises

Something to make you smile 😄.

My son's work trousers have Velcro on the back pockets and he grabbed them out of the airing cupboard one morning, probably rushing as usual at 6.30am.

When he got to work, he couldn't understand why his workmates were sniggering, pointing at him and nudging one another.

He then discovered that he had a pair of my big black knickers hanging from the Velcro on the back of his trousers 😂🤣. They obviously got stuck on them in the airing cupboard and he hadn't noticed them. He felt so embarrassed and put them in the bin 😱😂.

Casdon

I hang tops with the pegs under the armpits so they don’t stretch and the peg marks are not visible. Does that make me a washing line freak?

Yes, Casdon
Occasionally, I'll peg my shirts from the shoulders, but T shirts and dresses etc definitely under the arms

I was taught if you wear it on top, hang from the bottom, and vice versa.

On a line using clothes pegs, which just as the whirligig line gets closed against the wall and covered when not in use, so the caddy with the clothes pegs comes in, to keep them clean and dry.

Jennifer Eccles
Oh me too. I do miss the sight of Terry nappies drying in the line.
When my DF and DDin L were pregnant I volunteered to washed all the baby things in preparation. It saved them time and gave me great joy 🥰

"I hang all my things together and OH’s on the opposite side. Household laundry goes on the other two opposing sides. No idea why!"

Maybe it speeds up the folding process!

Deedaa

My daughter and I always claim not to be neurodivergent in spite of if affecting most of the family, but when she showed me a photo of the school football strip hanging up to dry, she was worrying because she'd got the numbers in the wrong order and I was worrying because she'd hung them upside down!

😁👏🏻

monami

in the nude

Except in winter?

in the nude

I hang shirts and tops on hangers using these on my washing line, no peg marks or ironing required!

Casdon

I hang tops with the pegs under the armpits so they don’t stretch and the peg marks are not visible. Does that make me a washing line freak?

So do I. Makes sense.

Elless

How do you take it off the line though? Sometimes I go along and take one peg off each but how ever I do it I always fold it and place it flat in the basket to carry inside except maybe towels which I just drop into the basket and fold inside.

I have two bags, one for ironing and one for just put away- towels, underwear etc.
In cold weather I just tossed things into the requisite bags. In warm weather, I fold them as I take them off the line.

How do you take it off the line though? Sometimes I go along and take one peg off each but how ever I do it I always fold it and place it flat in the basket to carry inside except maybe towels which I just drop into the basket and fold inside.

Gosh I am impressed by the care you all take.
I just get it up as quickly as possible!

Casdon

I hang tops with the pegs under the armpits so they don’t stretch and the peg marks are not visible. Does that make me a washing line freak?

That’s what I do. My mum taught me that.

I’m definitely with the majority with trousers from waistband and tops from the bottom ( I don’t like the crease from the line across the chest area ) I also do t like my underwear out on the line so mostly it’s tumbled although if it’s a very good drying day I will use a gadget that you hang multiple small items from and hang that on the line so that it’s no obviously my knickers !

I did the same as you for many years. Then I discovered that if I hung tops from the shoulders (neatly) the sleeves and collars dried better and the tops came off the line as though they’d been ironed.
I hang trousers from the waist. Again, I hang them neatly, flattening out any creases and any other bumps with my hand, so they too come off the line crease-less and drier at the top (waistband) than when hung the other way. Consequently, I threw out my iron and ironing board years ago!

Margiknot

I always used to take the pegs in, but if dh gets the washing in ( he can run faster than me if the heavens open) he leaves the pegs behind. At first I would run back out in the rain and collect them. Now I leave them in place- and yes a few have fallen apart.
I peg most things to avoid ironing. Tee shirts hung from the bottom, blouses on hangers, trousers from the waist. Socks in pairs. Dh if he pegs out a top will often peg it from the shoulders, and jeans from the ankles. I keep quiet!
In our previous house we had a retractable washing line which was easy to wipe down before each use. I struggle to wipe the rotary lines down now- there seems so much of it and it’s a reach. Has anyone come up with an innovative method?

Fold it down and put a cover on it and you do not need to wipe it. I do this after every use. My pegs go in the garage.

Casdon

I hang tops with the pegs under the armpits so they don’t stretch and the peg marks are not visible. Does that make me a washing line freak?

i do too
Socks from the toes, briefs from the waist and camisoles from the bottom.

JenniferEccles

Talking of hanging out washing did anyone else love the sight of white towelling nappies blowing on the line in the sunshine?

For some reason it filled me with joy.

Ooh yes, that filled me with great joy too Happy days