How do you hang clothes on your whirligig dryer?

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I much prefer my long line and will continue to use it but I've added a whirligig for extra line space and it's all I can manage... so

What's the best way of hanging clothes? Big on the outside, small in the middle? Other way?

Am I over thinking it?

Thanks

You’re overthinking it 😂 but yes, I tend to do smaller things on the inside and bigger things on the outside. I tend to leave gaps as the clothes don’t dry as quickly if they’re touching the ones on the next row.

Clothes you wear on your top, you hang up from the bottom; clothes you wear on your bottom, you hang from the top. But that's a univeral law, not affected by centrifugal forces

@PhilistineWazzock I just heard my late mother say,

"Tops from the bottom, Bottoms from the top!" ❤️

Smaller items on the inside as the line is tiny in the middle - you can hand large towels or sheets. Also, it makes sense that the outside picks up the window better and helps it dry faster. No point in hanging bone dry underwear on the outside and damp jeans 4 rows in.

I find even though I prefer the idea of a long line, I can get a lot more on the rotary and it's handy to stand in virtually the same spot and turn the thing around rather than keep dragging the laundry basket along a long row, but each to their own, and like I said I actually prefer the long line idea. Just for a small garden it's not as useful.

I also have two of Ikea's socktapus things for socks/underwear.

It's like mini whiligigs on my big whirligig :-)

Underwear and smaller items on inner layers
Heavier and larger items on the outside layers. I leave an empty line between each line of clothes so the air can circulate better.

I also have a sock hanger thingy hanging off one of the arms

That's how I used to use my rotary line. I have a long line now on a pulley, so I can still stand in one place and the line moves rather than me. Dries far quicker than it used to on the rotary line.

I hang by person. So one person or household category like towels, per section. Except now we have more than 4 people so I double up. i hang by person so I can fold and put away straight off the line without an intermediate ‘sorting’ step. Small items like undies on the inside, larger things like jeans on the outside (awaits collective Mumsnet horror that I wash underwear with normal clothes…)

I do trousers and long things on the inside with small things on the outside. I hang on every second row to let them all get air.

I also hang by person, with gaps in between yo aloow air to circulate. Small on the inside and long on the outside. We have a lakeland peggy thing for underwear which saves loads of space. Today I got three loads on my whirlygig

This is how I thought I'd do it.. so the big stuff on the outside isn't shading the little stuff in the middle, or keeping the wind off them.. but then I can see the logic of the other way too 🤦🏻‍♀️

Widest things in the widest sections. Also longest things in the widest sections.

Small on the outside, big in the middle. If you put big things on the outside they act like a curtain to stop the breeze flowing through.

Big and chunkier things on the outside, smaller things on the inside but rarely more than 2 rows per section unless it's really small stiff like baby socks

@EscapeRooms i have a pretty long garden and a long line washing line and I hate it!! Give me a whirligig anyway. Faffing with 2 / 3 props, the weight of it… nah it can fuck right off 😂🙈 but until it breaks I’m keeping it lol.

Small and synthetic on the inside, cottons in the middle, large and thick in the outer layer, to maximise airflow as they take longest to dry.

Leave a line free between each line pegged with washing.
I fill one side and then swap to the opposite side to maintain balance.

I try to peg any thick things without bending them over the line - so I have different pegs and the bigger ones are used for jeans and sweatpants so that they can be hung with their waist and flat against the line, sandwiched by the big strong pegs. Minimises wetness left in folds when you get it in.

I put way too much thought into it and get annoyed when someone else hangs it out 'wrong'

I just don't understand the logic of hanging bottoms from the waistband where the fabric is thickest! I always hang them from the legs. Then sometimes turn them round once the waistband's dry to speed up the bottom of the legs drying.

Peg marks on the legs put me off hanging from the bottom of trousers.

Hmm. I think I'll try both.

As for the hanging trousers from the waistband.. my theory is the thickest wettest bit needs to be at the top so gravity spreads the moisture downwards, evening it out so it all dried. If you hang the wet part at the bottom it'll just get wetter before it dries because gravity will make the wetness go downwards...

I have a hanging out laundry overthinking disorder don't I 🤪

Tops from the bottom, bottom from the tops, hardly any folding over the line to prevent creasing. I do the longer items on the inside to allow a greater flow of air to the items at the back, and also work from the inside out, so I don't have to battle damp jeans in my face when hanging out my pants. 2 IKEA soctopuses for socks, bras, dishrags. And one side for each family member for ease of folding away when removing from line.

IKEA octopuses for anything smaller than a t shirt (including towels, PE shorts etc) and everything else randomly placed with a spare line between rows otherwise it doesn't always air enough to fully dry

Another vote for hanging up by person!

We have a 4 sided whirly gig - a side each for me, DH and DS then 4th side for universal things like towels

Makes life easier when putting clothes away.

Also if you hang the larger things on the outside it means you fold them first when bringing them in, so the larger heavier items are on the bottom of the clothes pile thus less likely to crease the smaller lighter items (which are on the top) - less ironing required