Anyone else here line dry their clothes? I was doing this and stopped, but decided to get back at it. I'm not sure how much I would be saving on my electric bill by doing this though.
I hung my clothes out to dry and they dried in about a hour. It probably was shorter than that, I was on a work call and forgot about them.
For those of you who line dry your clothes, is it worth it? And how do you get the outdoor smell out of your clothes ?
August 16th, 2023 at 09:40 pm 1692222044
We did not have a dryer for most of my growing up. We used two variations of a clothesline outdoors - the whirl around one, and one that used a pulley between the back deck and a tree.
In the winter, we had lines in the basement, a drying rack, and hanging things n the bathroom.
Occasionally we would take a few wet loads to the laundromat in rainy weather.
Hanging clothes is good exercise because of the bending and stretching. There also were some fast runs to the line when sounds of thunder rolled in!
We lived in a rural area, and the outside smell of the clothes was a feature. My mother (and eventually I) ironed sheets and pillowcases and she used ‘Magic Sizing’ to make that easier. My mother watched As the World Turns and ironed every weekday afternoon. The ironing board was only put away if we had company and the ironing basket was never empty.
Any electricity we saved with no dryer probably got eaten up with ironing!
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