Hello, yes its me and I have a numpty question regarding hanging washing on a line

[Twiglett]

which at my grand old age of humpty-dumpty two I've barely done before .. always used tumble dryer or airer

but I have a new retractable washing line so have been gaily hanging up washing and feeling all 50's suburban housey-wifey too

but what's gone wrong? I have crispy clothes .. not sun-dried piles of freshness

I'm trying to teach dh to love crunchy line dried towels - but it's not going well.

I don't have luxuries like a tumble drier
All our stuff goes on airers in the spare room. and on radiators, or if a lovely sunny day on our whirly gig thingy.
I don't use conditioner on my towels/flannels.
On everything else yes.
I like seeing a line full of washing (am i odd??)

i shake mine before i put them on then before i fold them. a quick firm flick like shaking sand from a towel and mine are fine.

i love washing out too wurzel, especially whites and my line bending with cloth nappies too!

If there is no wind it tends to go stiff, give it shake before you fold it. Alternatively you can put it in the tumble dryer for a few minutes.

My line dried stuff isn't crunchy but I use minimal soap (gave up eco balls after all our clothes turned grey) and no softener, just white vinegar.

I'm coverting a tumble drier for winter emergencies though.

My washing is crispy if dried on a hot, sunny day. Best when you have a warm wind, dries fast and stays soft. Wind is the answer, defeat the object of saving power by not using the tumble dryer and invest in a big wind machine.

Me too, LOTF. Unless DH has hung out the clothes, when I spend my time resisting the urge to re-hang them. I know - I really really need to get a life.

Misread LadyofFlowers - thought she gave hers a quick firm lick.

i re-peg.....

agh! is wind the key?

probably why mine stay soft cause it is ALWAYS windy when my clothes are up high on the line. *they get up very high )

one actually quite windy day the line broke (it was only 2 months old at the time, not an old line) and half my clothes ended up up my gutter and filty , and the other half ended up in next doors garden

now i refuse to hang out my washing when the day is offically 'windy'!

Well thank God it isn't just me! I know I should be grateful that there's one less job for me to do - I really should. But sometimes he only uses one peg to hang up trousers

DH put some washing out the other day, i waited til he was sat in front of x-box and re-did it all
It has to be done my way.
Is that territorial like??

Am I the only person who likes crunchy towels? When they're soft they're not very absorbant!

I like them too.

Oh good grief, you just lob them in the dryer for about 5 minutes to get rid of the crisp bits!

It'll churn out a bit of CO2 but you're worth it.

Maybe we should form an underground club - is it something we should be admitting to in public?

I like crunchy towels as well - you get a jolly good exfoliate when you dry!
DT, I'm intrigued, how does line-dried washing help your immunity?

NB my comment was for clothes, not towels - I am another weirdo who likes them crunchy

i have googled everything i could think about for air dryed / washing line dried clothes and increased immunity and found excatly nothing on it!

I would be interested to know if there has been research done on it (that i have missed) to show that hanging washing outside increases your immunity though!

maybe a link could be an unvented dryer increases moisture levels and thus moisture in your house... but this would surely be counterbalanced by people with no dryers who dry their clothes on radiators in the house?

Bump for DT!

try the laundry outside today, not so hot, bet it won't get crunchy

though I have to come out as a member of the scratchy towel loving club