When do you stop hanging washing out?

[liquidsquidli]

It's going to get to 10 degrees today. Is that going to dry anything? Or should it just put it on the airer?

@Thursdaygirl

i like them more on the crispy side than the soft side admittedly, but if you give them a damn good shake they do soften up a lot!!

Nah, I don't like them creased to buggery so I don't spin much except towels on a fast spin, depends what you call fast I suppose though. Most of mine at 800 towels at 1200 (max on mine)

If it’s sunny and I’m at home for most of the day I’ll put washing out, but it needs to be hung quite early if it’s going to dry before dark.
From about now, I won’t bother hanging towels out because they won’t dry, but sheets and shirts will be ok if there’s a breeze and sunshine.

My Mum pegs her washing to the clothes horse when she puts it out to avoid it blowing away (and always has the dryer in the lee of the house).

I think it will depend where people live how long they put washing out. When I lived down south there was so little wind that even in the summer the washing didn't dry but my Mum lives in the windy north of Scotland and puts washing out all year round. And towels never get crispy on the line because they get a good flap as they dry and so are nicer and softer than if they are tumbled.

I try all year round if not raining. No tumble dryer and there are five of us. Got a small load out and dry today. Love when a WFH day coincides with a dry windy day and I can get loads out!

Il remember this!!

Alone with "extra extra spin for the win "

I learned about the extra spin trick on MN.

I've already left my washing out overnight several times this year. Sometimes it's better/easier to leave it and bring it in when actually convenient and/or when properly dry (we don't have an airing cupboard).

I always peg my washing onto the clothes horse even if I'm not putting it outside... I find washing that's pegged (as opposed to folded/draped over) dries faster as more surface area is exposed to the air!

Edit: thought I was responding to a different thread, not a zombie thread, oops!