Washing Line Or Rotary?

Olliebeak

DON79 wrote: »

.........whirlygigs have more spiders on them!:eek: .........

This brought back some memories for me .

As a teenager I lived on a housing estate at the edge of the town and close to our local cemetary. We needed to get the washing back in again before dark - or you found bats hanging on the line with it :eek::eek: - try unpegging one of those :rolleyes:!

maryb

I never thought I was particularly OCD about my laundry but now I'm beginning to wonder!!!

OK I have both a whirly and a line. Smalls go on the inside of the whirly and things like teatowels on the outside. This hides the smalls from view but doesn't stop air circulating. Keeping all small items on the whirly means it's quick to bring stuff in when it starts to rain.

Big stuff goes on the line as it dries much better that way.

Everything hung from the bottom with the peg over the seams so that if I get peg marks which are hard to iron out they are less likley to show. Sheets doubled and pegged along the edges so that the air can get inside and billow them out - dries much quicker that way

Maybe this is why the DDs roll their eyes when I ask them to hang out the wash!!

motherkitty

I have a line and I love to watch it all blowing in the breeze. I'm not particular about much but do like to make sure it is all pegged out properly. The towels definitely have to be hung together, and all t-shirts together etc. Socks must be hung up in their pairs but separately, by the tops.
My neighbours have a whirly and their washing never blows in the breeze, it always just hangs there. I would never consider having one unless I really didn't have the space for anything else.

choille

Washing line strung between the trees. I also have to pair socks & used to have to colour match the pegs, but got over that one now!

I string woolies through old tights - waist band through the neck & a leg down each sleeve - that way they keep their shape & no peg marks - looks a bit like a cruxifiction, but works.

cannibal6667

Rotary 100% :]

Teria

I've only got a rotary line, which is a shame. I much prefer the sight of a line of washing flapping about, and there's no rusty bit in the middle for the clothes to get caught up in.
My 5 yr old had a good idea for making extra space. By pegging clothes onto bottoms of items that don't get easily stretched, you can almost double the drying space! Clever girl!
By the way, does anyone know what is the best way to peg t shirts so that they don't get pulled out of shape at the bottom? Mine are all horribley stretched

choille

You could try the old tights trick I mentioned above.

Primrose

Drying T shirts can be a problem as some of them do stretch horribly out of shape. I hang them upside down but fold over the bottom three inches of the garment over the line right across the whole bottom length of the tee shirt and then peg it securely in about three places. This helps it keep its shape. If you just peg it onto the line at the two side seams the tee shirt will stretch unevenly at those points. I peg all T shirts and sweaters out in this way and find it helps to keep them in shape.

Valli

Teria wrote: »

I've only got a rotary line, which is a shame. I much prefer the sight of a line of washing flapping about, and there's no rusty bit in the middle for the clothes to get caught up in.
My 5 yr old had a good idea for making extra space. By pegging clothes onto bottoms of items that don't get easily stretched, you can almost double the drying space! Clever girl!
By the way, does anyone know what is the best way to peg t shirts so that they don't get pulled out of shape at the bottom? Mine are all horribley stretched

Genius...The times I have run out of line space! Sometimes when I am short of line I double peg but in the gaps IYSWIM like courses in a brick wall...

But what a clever DD you have there...the thanks is for her really! LOL

daska

Being both lazy and very slow moving, I have various techniques to maximise space and minimise effort... I peg things like teatowels/muslins etc onto wire hangers (e.g. 2 tea towels flat back to back) and hang tops on plastic hangers, these then hang on the line (I use lakeland hanger pegs which stay on the line) trousers etc also get pegged onto wire hangers or put on a sprung hanger. About the only things still hung directly onto the washing line are duvet covers (I need help with doing that!). When it rains it's much easier to grab handfuls of hangers and get them indoors...