To be extraordinarily angry at clothes that aren't dark/light/white?

[AgentZigzag]

I mean, where the fuck are they supposed to go in the wash?

I think you've drunk too much caffeine today ziggers

In the machine

Calm down dear, it's only some laundry

You have to do a trial wash. Decide which ten things you would like to ruin and just go for it.

I am terrible and don't bother sorting at all I just bung it all in

YANBU. White cotton pyjama tops with blue sleeves. Red dresses with white collars. Why?

Oh, I also do a 'brights' wash.

DH has a polo shirt that is white with a red collar. What am I meant to do with that?

One of those colour catch thingy me bobs?

Do they really work???

I do darks, whites, and then save all the striped and mixed pastels for a 30% wash of their own.

Its the handwash only stuff that annoys me. My machine has a handwash cycle on it, but it still ruined one of my best frocks.

Hand wash in the sink in cold water. But yes I agree, total ball ache

Dark rugby shirts with white collars are the worst. They always end up with dingy grey collars...

Those "layered" items consisting of a pretend white cotton shirt sewn onto a navy jumper throw me. I bought one once. Never again.

Arf at total ball ache

I had 5 long years of handwashing my clothes michelle, I refuse on principle to do even one item.

YELLOW clothes ARGH

White, light, bright, dark, towels, bedding are the only washing categories anyone needs. Wrt "mixed" items, go with the majority so the white collar-bright body top is bright, the White rugby shirt with red sleeves is white, and do on.
Alternatively only allow one colour per person and locate them each a day

Hand wash only is the work of the devil and items marked as such should be burned

Can just say-Colour Catchers. All you need, can bung anything in and all comes out as it should :)

I do a dark load, a white load and an 'everything inbetween' load. Works a treat

I do whites, lights, brights darks and nappies. With brights and mixed items I also bung in a colour catcher sheet.

I have a terrible confession about my washing ...

I used my tumble drier today
I just couldn't face hanging out 948549572490587 pairs of socks and knickers
Don't tell DH he'll moan about the electricity
Feel better for my confession

I used to do all my washing by hand too. Only two years long service here though. Oh the glee when I finally got a washing machine! Hand washing does give you dye terrors though

Two years though michelle, that's still a feat.

Doing bath towels and sheets in the bath and trying to wring them out so they'd only take 3 days to dry on the clothes airer was fear inducing.

I felt so modern when I moved house and got a machine, fuck, even a mangle would have helped at the time

Whites and lights go in together, unless I have SO much washing that there's enough for a full load. 'Brights' and patterns in together. Darks/things that don't matter much like pants and socks, whatever colour they are, all in together. Oh, and my towels go in with whatever colour they are, unless I have lots at a time.

HATE those tops with white sleeves and a fake T-shirt over the top - the sleeves are always grubby after the first wear. Gggrr.

I only have 2 loads. White and not white. Works for me!