I love my clothesline!

[cknmom]

I also love line dried clothes. Right now though it isn't feasable. Our neighbor is getting ready??? to build their house(they've been getting ready for three years! He LOVES to move dirt with his tractor. He will dig up and smooth one spot, move somewhere else and ini no time is back to the first spot again. Almost their whole 5 acres is loose dirt! So any slight breeze brings it over here, but we average 20mph winds with up to 50mph gusts through our valley. I am afraid that if I hange clothes out they will become muddy before they can dry.

Monica

 

[thewobsers]

Had my clothes on the line a few days ago. I was wearing a winter coat with the fur lined hood cinched tight and people were driving by slowly as i was hanging clothes, they probably thought i was insane. Thats ok there is peace with Insanity... HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEEHEHEHEHEH~
Anyone else still at it?????

 

[chickaddict]

I miss my clothesline badly. Ours had to come down when we added on to the house. Nothing compares to bed linens off the line.

 

[Tala]

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I like scratchy towels. They seem to absorb better --- probably because fabric softeners usually build up wax on the towels, even just plain dryer sheets eventually decrease the absorbency over time. Besides, I'm used to them so I like them

The only downsides (to me) to line drying are the neighbor's pecan tree dropping tree-crap all over the sheets/blankets that are spread across several lines, and of course occasionally a bird flies over

 

[Orchid]

I love my clothesline, and I miss it all winter long. So does my electric bill!

I find it amusing that many people who live in the city are all about "going green", yet scoff at the use of a clothesline. They really have no idea how much energy it saves.

 

[Rozzie]

I have an umbrella style clothesline & one of those cast iron holders for a big patio style umbrella. Instead of using it for an umbrella, it holds my clothesline. This way, it is portable. I can pull it out into the sun for whites or up into the shade of the patio for brightly colored clothes that I do not want to have faded in the sun.

It can also be set up inside the garage if I want to in the winter or even in the basement. Typically, though, during those times I would just set up a drying rack (I have two) because I don't want the car outside in the drive and hauling laundry to the basement is unpleasant (steep concrete steps...)

For the winter I mostly use the dryer. It is an ELECTRIC dryer, so I have the vent pipe disconnected and vent into the garage. I do monitor that we aren't kicking in too much humidity, of course. I sure don't want a mold problem! The extra warmth is nice & there is no sense kicking it out into the outdoors. (I put an old nylon stocking on the vent to catch any lint.)

 

[KBChicks]

When weather permits I line dry....

When we first got married I used an old wringer washer and ALWAYS had to hang out clothes.

I kept the wringer as a back up in case the Kenmore broke up until a year ago....and believe me, it came in handy a few times!

 

[fl_deb]

I like clotheslines and I like the dryer balls that tumble with my clothes in the dryer for softness. I have decided to add an indoor clothesline and drying rack because the a/c reaches low humidity, long before lower temp.

 

[Godsgrl]

I will pass on the clothesline. I have such bad allergies that I can't fathom hanging my clothes/sheets/towels out to pick up more pollen and other allergens. Bet it saves a lot on the power bill though.

 

[Mattemma]

Before I cut the tree next to the house I had a cloths line running to it from the garage.Loved it. Just did 5 minutes in the dryer to soften. I came across a metal clothes line for indoor,but I put plants/worm compost where it would fit.Debating what to do.

For outside I am thinking of puting in an 8 foot post to run the line from the garage. I have a neighbor who did 2 T's with 3 lines on them.Asked dh for it 2 years ago after he said how easy it would be to build.A cloths line on either side would be great to hang sheets and block neighbor views!

I bought an umbrella cloths line from Big Lots for $40 and some plastic clasp broke as I was setting it up.Ugh. I just want a rope to hang things from!