To peg my washing out over night

[McNewPants2013]

I am new to this, but as I am saving any way I can to get out of debt ASAP I bought a washing line. ( saved £7 this week by not using the tumble dryer)

So do I peg out my washing tonight.

[HawaiianSunset12]

I don't leave washing out overnight as there has been no need to. Wash in the morning, peg out by 11am and it'll be dry by bedtime.

[carameldecaflatte]

Yanbu I often put the washing out the evening before (and cross my fingers for good weather) because we only get sun on the garden in the morning, and I'm busy with ds and drinking copious amounts of tea first thing.

[YoniBottsBumgina]

People match pegs to clothing colours? :o

My collection of pegs is so old and mismatched, half faded in different degrees, that I doubt I even have two in the same colour...

[MummyDuckAndDuckling]

I'm away from home tonight and I've just put a few loads out on the line that will be out overnight but dry for when i return tomorrow

[CharlotteBronteSaurus]

I've started doing it since I increased my hours at work.
We've got a north facing garden, so it wouldn't dry if I hung it when I got home at 5.30pm
I only do it properly warm weather though, as it does get a wee bit damp smelling otherwise

[Clicketyclack]

Of course its fine to peg the washing out at night-why on earth not?.

[cozietoesie]

In fact, Clicketyclack if you're minded to hang out copious numbers of undies, it's probably darned near obligatory! (So that the neighbours' sensibilities aren't challenged thanks to the cover of darkness.)

[OrangeLily]

I'm going to have to have to do this tonight as DH has sprung a bit of a trip on me so need to get things washed and dried before tomorrow

Does the washing stay exactly where you put it or does it have tend to get a bit battered about during the night? I just can imagine opening the curtains and my garden being covered in washing.

[shufflehopstep]

EBearhug That's so funny. When I still lived at home with my mum and dad, they had different coloured pegs and I always tried to match them with the clothes and never had two different colours of pegs hanging one item. I just have plain wooden ones now so it's a lot easier.

[cozietoesie]

Sorry, shuffle, it's not easier. Wooden ones absorb and transfer any colour leaching from anywhere. You shall require a chart to say what has been used and where.

[apostropheuse]

I'm a little bit washing-obsessed. It's genetically passed on through the female line in my family.

My washing is colour co-ordinated on the line. The pegs I hang the clothes out with must match. I would rather die than put two different coloured pegs on one item of clothing. Adults' underwear is NEVER put on the line, but children's underwear is. Socks are hung up in pairs. You get the picture

I'm the font of all knowledge with regards to laundry etiquette. A veritable guru. However, even I would say that there's nothing wrong with hanging the washing out overnight in dire emergencies! (Or even if you just want to.)

I have to point out that I was in my forties before I realised that the world wouldn't suddenly combust if I did this occasionally.

My mother may be turning in her grave though.

[Wbdn28]

Damp
Insects
Slatternly

So it's a no from me

[apostropheuse]

orangelily Are you going on a wee surprise trip perchance?

[cozietoesie]

OK - I'll fess up to hanging socks in pairs.

[apostropheuse]

cozietoes Well done on hanging your socks in pairs.

You now need to work on the appropriate drying method for your knickers and bras, i.e. NOT outside.

[cozietoesie]

I could do like the old mother did in (I think) The Assistant - put them outside but shroud them in something else?

I must say, this is all bringing out unforeseen sides to a lot of posters. Who would have guessed.

[OrangeLily]

I am going on a surprise trip :( unfortunately its got cold here and I can't be arsed taking stuff in tomorrow before we go so I have taken it in! I really want to try this outside at night thing!

I am a total slattern though and use different colours and sizes of pegs willy nilly All over the place.

[londone17]

Nothing wrong with it. Im all for making life easier.

[sagfold]

This thread is a real eye opener - who knew there was so much to laundry.

Now wondering what my neighbours must think of my mismatched 3-5 day hangouts in all weather. (ashamed :( )

[thismousebites]

Think there was a similar thread last summer.
Yes, go for it. so what if your neighbours sneer. Your washing will be dry by morning, theirs will still be in the laundry basket waiting to be pegged out in daytime.
What difference does it make?
Make the most of this fab weather and peg on.

[SirChenjin]

My washing is out now, and by the BBC Scotland's weather report, should be dry by the morning ready for my next load to go onto the line.

Some of you are weirdy weird when it comes to housework and laundry.

[BeyondTheLimitsOfAcceptability]

I've been away for a week, got back to notice DH left a pair of my knickerson the line when he got the washing in before we left. They must be dry by now!!

[DramaAlpaca]

I've just come back inside from pegging out a load on the washing line by torchlight.

It'll be nicely dry by lunchtime tomorrow.

[EBearhug]

Socks are hung in pairs - with the heels pointing the same way.

Sometimes, I wish I could get so obsessive with all the other chores. For a fortnight or so, till everything is sparkling clean, and then go back to normal.

[DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper]

News flash. Your neighbours don't care about your washing. They seriously could not care less about your washing if they tried. Your washing is deeply boring and mundane to your neighbours. It is even more boring than their own washing ... and that is saying something, because their own washing bores them rigid.

When was the last time you noticed your neighbours' washing? Never, right? Unless you're Hyacinth Bucket, of course. In which case, it probably fascinates you. But then you have way bigger problems than just the rights and wrongs over washing left out overnight.

Peg it out. Leave it out. Dance naked amongst it whilst howling at the moon. Your neighbours do not care.