How do you sort your washing?

[suzi2]

DH says he's confused by my system. He groups things by colour (pinks, blues etc) whereas I go for lights and brights (then whites and darks). DH can't understand why putting a bright pink thing in with a baby pink thing might not work...

How do you group yours?

White bedlinen, teatowels, towels and bathmats at 60
Coloured towels and bathmats at 60
Lights at 30
Darks at 30
Reds and pinks at 30
Woolwash at 30

All non-bio. I must admit I was sceptical about 30 wash but everything seems to come out clean.

Tallulah I think it may depend on where you live. It is more windy (I believe) in coastal areas and perhaps in the North. I only say this because my Scottish friend hated it as sheets etc would just hang damply on the line all day in Winter.

Where she was from the wind would give them a good blow and get them half dry.

I hang out all year (rain permitting of course)apart from Dec, Jan and Feb.

p.s. meant to say I am in the Midlands.

I'm not telling you.

but if anyone can recall my threads along the lines of organising my books by genre and size, separating my kids toys by type, arranging them by colour and size and my fanatical pursuit of total symetry around the house...you will probably be able to guess....

Lights
Darks
Red/bright pink (2 dds )
Towels
Bedding

Almost everything at 40, occasionally 60 for towels/dh's dubok (martial arts suit).
No fabric condotioner.Ever. Petro-chemicals on yer clothes - yuk. Not for me.

Bung everything in together on a 40 wash, unless I have a new pair of jeans that may lose dye, I'll do those separately with other darks! Sometimes I'll separate things that can be tumble dried from things that can't.

Oh thank god a thread which has nothng to do with christmas!

nappies 60ºc and occasionally at 90ºc
bedding 60ºc
muslins, teatowels and bibs 60ºc
whites 60ºc
darks and jeans 40ºc
pale colours 40ºc
red/pink/orange/purple 40ºc

i use wash balls or ecover or 'Ariel with soap'

everything goes in at 40
I meant it wa more environmentally friendly because I don't do a 60 wash
don't get why towels can't go in with everything else

Whites
Darks
Synthetics (school uniforms)
Pinks/reds (have 3 DDS)
Towels/flannels/bedding/cleaning cloths all go on a 60.

wow, I gave up sorting by colour ages ago!

mine go on either hot wash (60 degrees) or cold wash (30 degrees). Occasioanlly after sickenss I wash bedding etc on 90.