How do you hang your washing on the line?

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Because today I saw every item of clothing hanging on a coat hanger. The coat hangers were hung on the line. The coat hangers were pegged onto the line.

Underwear was hung directly onto the line in the normal way.

I'm approaching 50. I have never seen a washing line full of coathangers before.

How do you hang your washing out?

I hang the washing on hangers outside when the weather looks iffy. Much easier to get it inside and hanging back up!

I hang my washing the correct way, of course.

Tops by the bottom, bottoms by the top. No hangers. That’s ridiculous.

Oooh line envy.

I’m tickled pink at the line envy.

4th load out there now!

Can I invite all you washing line appreciators to this lovely thread which is like a chat over the garden wall!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5014334-putting-washing-on-the-line-in-the-sun?page=16&reply=134592080

I hang shirts and tops on hangers too if it isn't too windy. They come straight back inside and into the wardrobe when dry - I never do a basket of ironing, strictly one thing at a time if absolutely necessary.

Me too, shirts and dresses mainly.

I pretty much only dry on hangers. In winter hangers on instahangers over a heater, in summer hangers on the arms of rotary airer.

No pointy shoulders here. The only exception is a couple of cardigans DD and i have which are dry flat and would be too heavy to dry on hangers. And things like towels and bedding.

So much easier to whip inside when it starts raining. And to put straight in wardrobe.

I also put a washing line in my polytunnel which dries stuff on cold but sunny winter days really nicely.

This is GENIUS!

Mumsnet got upset over the size of my photos so I've come back as I live my octopus dryers

And again

Hangers are better for shirts and certain tops, helps keep the shape without having those awful peg indents in them.

Am I the only 1 who has NEVER put my underwear on the line outside, always dry it all in the house on an airer, even socks. (My nan used to slag off anyone who's underwear she ever saw swinging in the breeze for all to see, I think it's a hangover from her, she could be so vicious!) 😅we've recently had a garden makeover and I was beyond happy to get my whirly gig back.

I do this but for drying indoors. It saves on ironing.

Me too. More heavyweight items towards the outside (rotary line), and smaller lightweight ones nearer the middle.

That's how I've seen it done in asian countries quite a bit.

Controversially i go against 'tops from the bottom, bottoms from the top' - I peg everything folded in half - bottoms half way (so the waistband is neither collecting water from being right at the bottom, nor folded over and therefore slow drying) and tops folded vertically (so the arms hang straight, rather than crumping at the shoulder/underarm)

This also happily means that when I take them from the line, they're already half-folded for me

I hang shirts on coat hangers. Lakeland sell a plastic hook that attaches coat hangers to the line so it's definitely a thing.

Too cold to dry outside here at the moment

You don't need heat, just a breeze! We dry outside all year round.

I use a tumble dryer because we used to have a huge oak tree in the garden that dropped stuff onto my rotary line.
I got so fed up with having to re-wash clothes that everything went in the dryer overnight on economy 7.
We now have solar panels and at this time of year I can dry it for free during the day.
The only exceptions are sports clothes that dry overnight on an airer indoors or outside during the day depending on the weather (with a soctopus for socks/shin pad liners) or other items that can't be tumbled.

Oh, and we bought the tumble dryer in the first place because we didn't have central heating or an airing cupboard when we first moved into our house!

Mines on the line! Keeping an eye on it mind its blowy but no rain forecast. Fingers crossed.

Never use coathangers, I'd be forever having to go upstairs to gather them from everyone's wardrobes, we don't have too many spares as wardrobe space is quite tight.

Trousers from the bottom so the pockets flap around in the breeze. T shirts pegged under the armpits. Shirts pegged at the bottom again so collars flap around more. Underwear on a socktopus. We never dry inside the house as there isn't room for an airer anywhere so if the weather's not good enough for line drying (our garden is sheltered and shady so not great in winter unless its a dry breezy day) we use a tumble dryer. Also no one at home on weekdays to get it in before it gets damp again in the dew. But we do have one of those sheila maids in my potting shed for damp summer days, stuff doesn't get dry there in the winter though as it's too cold and not enough sun.

As for the smug "who needs a tumble dryer" comment, well maybe people without access to outdoor space, no room for airers, damp issues etc, its not that hard to consider that not everyone's circumstances are the same.

I've only ever hung them on the hangers if I only have a few items and I think it might rain. That way I can get them in very quickly and hang them in the house on the hangers. Very easy!
However, I usually just hang things out with pegs.