When making the decision to line dry laundry, one should consider the following:
1. That fitted tank top that always shrunk down to the perfect fit in the dryer can be donated as its days of cute fittedness have passed.
2. There is a circumstance in this world where jeans do, in fact, need to be ironed.
3. Purchase an iron and ironing board as the clothes line does not come with a wrinkle free setting.
4. Towels will certainly resemble a combination of cardboard and sandpaper and will now make the perfect exfoliator.
5. Items that could in any way resemble the color of a flower will certainly be investigated by a bumble bee or two. Blue, pink, red, yellow, orange, purple, and white items resemble flowers. Consider purchasing a black wardrobe, or steak out your getaway path before hanging items of these colors.
6. Collecting clothing from the line after dark may be hazardous. Tread carefully.
7. That sun-dried scent may not be all it's talked up to be. Although it may not smell awful, prepare yourself for confusion and disappointment after taking a whiff of freshly dried clothing.
8. Smile, cross your fingers, and pray that a lower electric bill comes to make all the insanity worthwhile!
7 comments:
I have never had the desire to line dry. And while I've never experienced it first-hand, these reasons are what I expected. So thanks for the affirmation! ;o)
Hmmm makes me 2nd think wanting a clothes line...
Oh but the smell of line dried clothes is so worth it. I remember when we line dried for years - I loved the smell of the clothes.
I think the smell is no good, too. I used it all last summer and fall and now have for the last two weeks, too. I use the dryer for about 10 minutes on fluff cycle with a scented dryer sheet! That way there is no need to iron.
So it hasn't gotten any better, huh?! Bummer.
I got used to this by the end of my 3 months in Italy, but it was only my clothes! Have fun! :P
I stopped using my dryer about two years ago. I dry all my clothes on clothes drying racks. This way I don't have to go into the yard. Some days the rack doesn't even leave the house. I save any where from 6-10% compared to when I did use a dryer on my electric bill. So I think it is worth while.
To help with the stiffness and wrinkles. Put a cup of vinegar in where the softener is suppose to go. This really helps keep them soft. The other trick that I have found is shake your clothes both before and after drying this too will keep ironing to a minimum.
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