How do you hang your washing out?

[DaanSaaf]

My ndn messaged me earlier to say she had seen me peg my washing out, and she'd never seen it done like that before! Now, ignoring the fact that she's weird for watching/messaging me, is my method not normal?

So I will go along the line with the peg basket, and peg them on a foot or so apart. I'll then grab a load of washing, and chuck an item in each gap between the pegs. Finally, I'll peg them all properly. I feel this is the quickest way, and more importantly, means you only have to bend once or twice, rather than every item!

Am I the weird one?

First things first - your neighbours are weird
Secondly - doing laundry is a massive chore, whatever works for you, works, sod everyone else.
Last twopenneth worth, my way - ikea bag with long strap on shoulder, short strap on forearm. On opposite side (right for me) brabantia peg bag on carabiner attached to waistband, grab an item, peg on line, repeat. No bending at all, which is perfect for my knackered back.

That’s me too. Dark on one shoulder, light on another if necessary.
I never watched how anyone pegged their washing, not even my own mum. So I would be completely freaked out by this txt. Is your neighbour stuck at home with broken leg or just a complete weirdo? ?

Well lord knows what my neighbours think of me doing mine, as i'm currently learning to do it with 1 hand, due to surgery, so use my teeth a lot! I'm wondering if your method would actually be easier for me. So thanks for sharing!

Oh wow, I love this! Sorting whilst hanging out! Sometimes for fun if I've done say a pink/red wash then I hang it out ombre from burgundy to pink. I enjoy pairing socks on the line and hang them on a single peg so I don't need to pair them later on. I think I have issues.

I leave the pegs on the line, lazy cow that I am. Bung a load over my shoulder, start at the far end and keep going. If I have more room, go back to the machine for more, everything leftover (plus all undies, cleaning cloths, tea towels) goes on the airer on the patio.

Nope, she works full time, is out a lot yet still seems to know the movements of every single neighbour. I often get middle of the night messages telling me to look out of the window at the police car/ambulance/argument etc.

I have quite severe back issues so I put my washing basket on a small garden table to save bending each time. I use a rotary dryer so I can also remain standing in one position.

This is exactly what I do too.

I know this sounds very weird but I quickly attach the pegs to whatever I'm wearing, sling the washing over my shoulder and off I go. I can get lots of items on the line in one go that way.

Inside in the living room.
In a flat.

Perfectly doable.

We leave pegs on the line and just start from one end and work our way to the other end, most of the time there’s enough pegs so not an issue. Start with towels, then trousers and hoodies then T-shirts and so on.

Does no one wipe their line with a wet /damp cloth before hanging washing out? My mum drilled it into me to wipe a line before anything got hung on it and it's just habit now. I wonder if that came from the likelihood of the line being much dirtier in the days of coal fires etc. However, the cloth does clean the line and I never have any kind of mark on my clothing. I also go through the basket once everything has come out of the washing machine. Socks, underwear and small things get put in the bottom of the basket, and the heavier, longer items are put back on the top. The reason is that I have more space for the big heavy things at one end of the line, so start there, and I finish with the underwear at the part of the line nearest the back door - also the bit of the line that really can't be seen by any neighbour. Yes, I have the same idea as others that these are the items I don't want visible.

I'm almost 67 and I have no trouble bending for each item. Sorry, but I don't really think I will change to your way, the old fashioned bend to grab both clothes and pegs suits me fine.

I hang my clothes on hangers and then peg the hangers on the line (pegs live on the line, no basket). 5 mins in the tumbler to remove creases, clothes on hangers, hangers on line, no ironing.

I presume your pegs aren't plastic as they degrade in the sun.

OP I'm liking the sounds of this, might be a game changer!
As for wiping the line...I wash and hang everything inside out so not too fussed about that.
I always bring my pegs in, I do judge those who don't 😂 I'm such a snob

This is how I do it
unless it’s windy then it’s one by one

We've got a rotary so you stand still to hang the washing out. There is a bench next to it which I put the Ikea bag of laundry on, I don't mind bending and do agree it's important to keep doing it as you age but this speeds up the process and stops the bag getting wet/dirty on the lawn.

Cross body peg bag is way better than the sort that hooks on the line. When we had a long line it was even better as you were moving along. Never leave the pegs out, it looks untidy and they are never spaced how you want them next time. Wooden pegs, no colour matching.

Long washing line. Peg bag loaded with indestructible metal pegs that will out live me. As much washing as I can get over my shoulder. Every item washed and hung up inside out. When I’m done I prop the whole lot up into the wind.

But do you put everything onto hangers, then take them off to tumble, then put them all back on?! Absolutely too lazy for this

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Mum always got antsy when I hang the wash out because I didnt have the basket and hated the pegs being left behind

I hurl each item over the line, then go back over with the pegs, which I think is pretty similar to you OP?! I have less than zero patience for it though, so it’s a dog’s dinner.

I leave the pegs on the line, pile up my shoulder and hoop pants /knickers on my wrist to avoid too much bending 🥴

I hang the pegs on the line in their basket, have all the washing in the basket on the table inside and walk backwards and forwards between the house and the line with each item. It drives DH and DC2 made for being inefficient. In my defence, I’m on medication that makes me a bit dizzy when I get up and down so the repeated bending isn’t great at the moment.
I wipe the line when I put it away each night, it’s retractable.

I have a knackered old garden table next to the whirligig. No bending required.