How do you sort your washing?

[Krazylady]

Just wondering...I think I probably do more loads than necessary instead of lumping together.

I always separate the following:
Jeans
Towels
Bed linen
DH's shirts
Dark colours
Light colours
Woollens
Delicates

I've always done it this way, but my sister says she just does dark or light colour washes. Who is right? Do I need to get a life?

Darks whites and delicates
No time to think about it in more detail!

In rotation 2 loads a day

Lights
Darks
Colours
Hand -Lights
Hand - Darks
Hand- Colours
Towels - Bath
Towels - Hand, flannels, teatowels
Bedding
Denim
Household

Of we let it build up I sort it. Generally though we put the days clothes in at bedtime and between 2 adults and 2 kids plus any towels etc it's a load. Onto radiators in the morning

Loads -

Darks
Coloureds
Whites
Reds
Socks & boxers
Shirts
Delicates dark
Delicates light
Hand wash
Towels
Bedding

Whites
Lights
Colours- red/pink
Colours blue/green
Darks
Towels
Sports kits
Bedding-white
Bedding-lights
Bedding-colours

Darks
Lights
Swim stuff all bunged in together
Towely things
Beds
Delicates/wools

Oh and I have a toddler so everything goes on a pretty hot wash- between germs and stains there is no point washing at 30.

Lights / darks / nappies
Bedding separate (because it makes a whole load by itself. X

Darks
Whites / lights (including bedding)
Bright colours
Towels
Woollens / handwash (everything that needs to be on a cold wash without fabric conditioner)

Bedding @ 60
Towels @ 60 and no fabric conditioner
Whites
Darks
Mixed colours
Handkerchiefs, flannels and tea towels @ 90 and no fabric conditioner
Swim kit and gym kit plus non iron school shirts @ 40 and no fabric conditioner

Gym/running stuff gets its own wash no chance normal are sloshing round in sweaty water 😷
Towels 90degrees
Bedding 60degrees
Jeans
Lights
Darks
Brights
Delicates.
All at 40 degrees

DH takes the piss at how much I obsess over the washing.

Darks
Lights
Bedding
Towels

No handwashing/silk/wool etc here.

Towels
Bedding
Darks
Lights

Whites/school shirts/work shirts
Darks
Brights
School uniform/work trousers/PE KIt (No fabric conditioner)
Bedding
Towels

Towels
Bedding
Kitchen linens
Dark colours
Light colours
Jeans
Delicates

Dark synthetics
Dark cottons
Light/whites
Trousers

Dog mats/bedding

Towels
Bedding

Cotton needs much more water to wash than synthetics, so they wash better separated.

Everything at 30 with a colour catcher! Work shirts go to the shirt man for washing and ironing, occasionally just ironing if I've been organised enough to wash them separately and ds' white school shirts get washed and ironed on their own.
I do send a lot out now I think about it

Darks and lights (mostly white). Towels and bedding, I like to do towels/tea towels separate at 60 (white towels, dark towels/tea towels).

*If I had all white bedding I'd do it at 60 but because it's coloured I don't, I think the colours are going to fade too fast.

We are a family of 5, 2x adults, 1x primary school, 1x messy toddler and 1x baby.

Towel/bedding at 60*
Blues/greys at 30*
Plain whites at 60* (bit of bleach)
Whites with logos etc at 40 or 60
Pinks/red at 30* or 40

Never done a delicate wash.

I don't, can't arsed.

be arsed, even

Oh my goodness this is eye opening
I do darks, mixed colours, whites and Wools. If there's a need for a separate load or a lot that need doing I do towels

I'm amazed at people doing a separate load just for jeans. We would run out of clothes to wear if I saved them all up for one load. Why can't they just go in with the other dark stuff? I don't have any delicates which does make it a lot easier.

I think some people overly complicate their laundry.