Where do you put clothes worn once?

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Ones that aren't smelly or dirty and can go another outing. Do you just fold them and put them back in the wardrobe/hang them up? Or do you have a special place for them? I don't have enough wardrobe space so they just pile up on top of my laundry basket and it's driving me bananas! Trivial question, I know, but I'm hoping someone will have some magical solution .... Thx!

Mine are on a chair in the corner along with lots of handwash stuff I havent got round to (where does this go btw - it cant go in the wash in case dh shoves it in a normal wash), dh's are on the chaise longue/floor etc when I ask him to sort them out he stuffs them behind the chaise longue and hopes that I wont notice.

ds' go on his chair in his room and dd's clothes are always too dirty to recycle at all.

Ohhh yes. They munched their way through all the woollen items in my wardrobe

Forgot to say that's another reason I don't put them back anymore!

I pile mine up on a chair, but am thinking this "ladder" might be a better way
www.notonthehighstreet.com/theorchard/product/wooden-towel-ladder

Oh yes, there's been an epidemic of clothes eating moths (or rather, their larvae) in my bit of the world. There was even something in the local magazine about it!

My friend had three cashmere sweaters chomped through, and I brought them into my house unwittingly on a jumper she'd given to me, where they then ate a scarf and a cardigan of mine. Very annoying. (This incident did cause me to buy a very nice hand turned beech darning mushroom though )

I have moths. Farking BASTARDS. Actually I haven't seen many this season but usually we kill two or three a day.
I knit a lot and I wear a lot of wool. It's completely outrageous to have something you've made by had eaten by grubs. A pox on them all.

We've had clothes moths get established on some of toddler's PJs, especially from bits of cereal (just a touch here and there, but that's enough, I guess).

I find they will choose fleece over wool sometimes
They are thick as mince, really

I've had moths too - little buggers. Spent ages washing every bit of fabric I could (or putting it in the freezer) - DP has quite a few wall hangings and they'd chomped a few holes in those, in rugs, in DD's baby clothes that I'd put away. I'm much more careful about storing stuff now and make sure I put in moth killers and seal everything up.
Haven't seen a live one for several weeks now - fingers crossed!

No help but I too put them on top of the washing basket...then subsequently get annoyed with them and end up chucking them in with the washing.

Me - on side table in our bedroom, or back in wardrobe/ drawers

DH - on leaning tower of Pisa chair in our room

DS - hanging off the playpen

i hang things on the front of my wardrobe or on the chair. with knits you may want to wear them again and skirts don't need washing every time unless you spill something on them.

if they are dirty i have a laundry basket on the landing.

How do you know you have moths. Obviously if there are great holes in your clothes that is a clue, but are there any early warning signs, please?

This is great, I thought it was just me with the scurge of worn clothes. Dedicated baskets are a great idea.

Seeing the moths is a good sign (no sarcasm intended) - they vary slightly but are generally smallish and beige coloured - very innocuous.
Kill on sight.
Look in drawers/under rugs/wall hangings etc for cocoons. If you find a few there will be more lurking elsewhere - they love wool and animal skins. When I realised we had a problem I scoured the house, found an old blanket (wool) we used for the dog, crawling with them, one of DP's old jackets, baby clothes but one of the nastiest was a skin drum we'd brought back from holiday. It was a moth creche.
Lavender etc all very nice, but to really shift them I needed chemicals and still keep sticky pheremone traps in all the wardrobes and killer units in all storage areas and a can of killer spray to blitz to odd live individual that dares to emerge...

Worn once go over the ottoman.

Thank you Beamur I will keep an eye out for coccoons and the other signs you mention.

Mil (who is very very houseproud and clean/tidy) discovered to her that part of her carpet had been eaten away in the corner. She is the type that vacuums properly so it would have only been 1-2 weeks maximum that they would have had chance to take hold.

Made me realise that we are all probably "at risk" as moths (like nits on hair!) seem to have little respect for how clean something is or isn't.

Thanks to this thread I've just bought 3 wicker baskets for clothes to be folded into. Don't know why I hadn't thought of it before!