Keeping washing on the line

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How can I keep tops on hangers secured to a washing line ?
Recently moved to a windy place from a sheltered garden, & fed up with blouses & shirts ending up on the ground & having to be re-washed.

Obviously I have, hence my statement.

If you haven't seen, say, an octopus, does that mean that it doesn't exist ?😀

I hang my shirts like this and learned it from my mother. I'm 62...

Me neither

That's it ! So simple, thank you.

Already done it today, can't wait for a very windy day to really test it.

The trick with pegs is to put them on the least visible seam - eg toe seams for socks, underarm seams for tops, hemline for shirts that are tucked into trousers, etc. Wash inside out and you get the benefit of the extra fabric on the inside of the seams.

When you hang you first snap the garment to get rid of wrinkles and you hang it so it’s smooth with a little bit of tension but not stretching or distorting it. You should have very little ironing to do.

Also, there are pegs and then there are Pegs. Look for “wooden stormpegs” and expect them to cost twice as much as an alternative on the same shelf. Anything else is a false saving. Take them inside off the line between washes or they’ll leave marks on clothes when they start to degrade.

If you dry on hangers, you should ideally use ones designed for the purpose. They are like a suit jacket hanger - wide and curved, but instead of being solid they allow air through and are adjustable. I’ve just tried googling to show you what I mean and can’t find one so I’ll link later if I do. Ordinary flat hangers can distort clothes a bit, suit hangers are too slippy and velvet hangers can shed. If you’re only hanging blended fabrics and things like shirts that have structure it won’t matter too much but be careful with delicates. Wool should always be dried flat and never hung.

Scrap that advice about those hangers. I don’t think they’ve been made since the 1980s and I’m not parting with mine!!!

Double peg the hangers if one peg comes off too easily (one over the top of the hook and one from underneath) and get good strong pegs. Shirts do dry much straighter on hangers rather than pegged directly.

I never have either. I've done it once or twice with dresses.

I'm older and have always done it, tops hang straighter and no peg marks on the clothes. I do trousers on the clippy hangers too. Put one or two (good strong) pegs on the hanger hook and they very rarely blow off even in really strong winds.

Sounds like a right faff to me having to gather coathangers from several rooms, take them downstairs and outsidr as well as the washing, put wet washing on, peg them to the line then carry them all upstairs like that and still have to do all the teeshirts and stuff that doesn't go on hangers the normal way. If you peg carefully (under arms etc) then there are no peg marks.