Yay! Plus you'll have that "smell" that dryer clothes just don't get...I love that smell (especially on my sheets when I go to bed!)
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What kind did you get?
our clothes line broke last fall.
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We haven't had a chance to get a new one up as the ground is only just starting to tahw and we need to put a new pole in the gound. I can't wait until I can have fresh sheets again.
We got rid of the spider web clothesline (LOL at that description!) and bought and umbrella style one from www.eclothesdryers.com. It was inexpensive and I can fit about 4 loads on it (from my big front loader), depending what I've washed. Home depot has a similar model for a little more right now.
If you leave the clothes out all day and let the wind whip them around a bit, it softens up the fibers a bit like tumble drying. Some people put them in the dryer for a few mins before hanging, others will put them in the dryer for a fluff cycle with no heat. I don't bother with either. You get used to your clothes feeling crisp for the first hour or so, and day-old clothes dont' feel clean anymore!
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If you leave the clothes out all day and let the wind whip them around a bit, it softens up the fibers a bit like tumble drying. Some people put them in the dryer for a few mins before hanging, others will put them in the dryer for a fluff cycle with no heat. I don't bother with either. You get used to your clothes feeling crisp for the first hour or so, and day-old clothes dont' feel clean anymore!
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There's another thread on this.
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I personally like my towels crunchy.
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Originally Posted by Celtain How does everyone keep things from getting "crunchy" My towels could stand on end once they are dry. |
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We have the same kind of clothesline! I love it. We havent managed to get it permanently set up in our yard (driveway) yet, so last year we set it in a bucket of rocks.
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It worked pretty well!
It rains a lot here, so I havent set up the clothesline yet this spring, but am looking forward to it. We have a postage stamp yard and the best sun we get is actually in our driveway, so to get it set up really well we need to have someone come and put a little hole in our driveway for the pole.
I love the spiderweb description
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ps, i kinda like the crispy feeling everything gets. although i remember hating crispy jeans when i was a kid.
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It rains a lot here, so I havent set up the clothesline yet this spring, but am looking forward to it. We have a postage stamp yard and the best sun we get is actually in our driveway, so to get it set up really well we need to have someone come and put a little hole in our driveway for the pole.
I love the spiderweb description
ps, i kinda like the crispy feeling everything gets. although i remember hating crispy jeans when i was a kid.
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Nice contraption you got there. We have plenty of yard to put in an inground one like that but here in arizona i think its too hot to do that. I think the clothes would be done in about 3 minutes and burned. lol I found some rope in our shed and i tied it to patio cover poles. It works perfectly. Nothing fancy but its easy to take down if necessary. Does anyone else have a ghetto line?
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LOL... at our old apt we didn't get ANY sun in our tiny back yard, so when I started CDing I just dragged a couple kitchen chairs to the walk way in front of our front door and laid the dipes over the back and seat to dry (we lived in a 4-plex, so there was a long walkway with 2 on each side, and each apt had their own small sidewalk right in front)... so no, no ghetto lines, but I'm sure I upped the "ghetto-ness" of our little area
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Originally Posted by SAHMinHawaii Does anyone else have a ghetto line?
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