Why You Should Start Using a Clothesline 👚

Nothing smells as good as clothes dried by an autumn breeze in the sun. And nothing is as easy, cost-effective, and clothes beneficial as a clothesline! Today we take a look at how to set up a clothesline, the pros and cons, and why a clothesline is right for you. Have you made the switch from dryer to clothesline?
Resources:
Original Article insteading.com/blog/clothesline/
What it's like to live off-grid insteading.com/blog/living-of...
The Art of the Clothesline blog.mcny.org/2012/08/07/a-fi...
DIY Clothesline Ideas insteading.com/blog/diy-cloth...
Right to Dry www.clotheslines.com/right-to...
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:43 How to Make a Clothesline
0:56 Clothespins
1:47 Where to Put Your Line
2:48 Benefits of a Clothesline
4:40 Disadvantages of a Clothesline
7:31 Right to Dry
8:06 Conclusion

[@jameslong1644]

My grandmother lined dried her laundry in a big yard surrounded by award winning roses I can still smell the sheets getting into bed at her house it was heaven.

[@josephmarkum1049]

I just ran a poly rope inbetween fencing posts in my backyard and works great 😂

[@greegorygrimlee5487]

It was a trip when I heard that the USA thought clotheslines were for poor people. Next thing they'll be realising you can cool your house down by opening the windows 😂

[@Dr_V]

For me this video is hilarious, for a bit I thought it's intentionally comedic. You see, line drying is more or less the norm here in Europe in most places except for hotels, business buildings and some smaller city apartments. I got lines installed on a balcony ever since I bought this apartment, only acquired an electrical dryer when the kids were young and we needed to wash clothes more often than usual (I got twins, so there were a lot of baby clothes to clean every day).

[@wandatucker3509]

a plastic coated wire is the best.....you can wipe them before you put clothes on them no rust or extra dirt that settles on the line before the next use........

[@briancrawford5497]

Have always line dried and made my own windy drier using a front hub off a scrap small car welded to a 8 ft upright cemented into the ground 4 spokes 4ft long and U shaped line guides at regular intervals along their length one end of each attached to the bolt on the hub string the line around continuously like a spider web when complete it spins in the lightest of breezes and washing loads dry very quickly

[@BlueGardenCottage]

I love hanging washing outdoors but the season here in the UK is so short to be able to do that. Even in the spring and autumn, a dry day will still not dry your clothes, not even touch dry to be aired indoors. I tend to hang clothes on clothes hangers on shower curtain rails, curtain poles and draped over doors and clothes ‘horse’ (airing rack) until touch dry then I air them in the drier for half hour only. You have to or clothes stay damp in the wardrobes. I agree that hanging laundry outside is therapeutic and it fills me with joy.

[@sarahdenkins3431]

My father re used a swing set to make my mother her clothes line. You can use anything if you're inventive enough! I like the old farm post idea😊

[@robertebob]

I'm all about not using a clothes dryer anymore. my setup is inside with a portable clothes rack with a flat mesh top. I flat and hang dry almost everything on that. Assisted by a floor fan. It also helps that my washer has a high-speed spin. My clothes smell wonderful.

[@wandatucker3509]

Spiders like them if you leave them over-nite......shake out well.....love those freeze dried clothes in the winter.......they seem to be softer....

[@jarine31379]

I just love your videos.

[@rasmusgarbonzo1411]

amazing and cool

[@augustasimone9323]

The only problem with drying clothes on a clothes line is that towels and blue jeans can sometime be come stiff as a board scratchy . We lived over seas back in teh 1970s and my mom discovered that when the towels or pants were almost dry she would then toss them into our small dryer for 5 minutes ! The towels and pants were all majaically soft and we never ran that dryer for more than 5 minutes becasue the cost of electricity was very expensive. I would never get rid of the dryer !

[@BackyardBertha]

Well done! Thank you for sharing all the pros and cons. We have been line drying for 30 years now, "joys of life", indeed!

[@ThePurpleElephantt]

How do you prevent pollen and ragweed from taking over

[@sarahdenkins3431]

What I do but my mother did not is fold as I pull them off the clothesline.

[@xondominique2602]

a drying rack is the real deal. you can dry inside, outside. no pins, no bugs, just as fresh smelling

[@BluetheRaccoon]

How could you possibly say that clothes dried indoors are as fresh-smelling as those dried outside? That's absurd. And to remedy the bugs, you shake the clothes off and fold them as you put them in your basket.

[@xondominique2602]

@@BluetheRaccoon because they smell fresh. i haven't conducted a smell test comparison which ones smell fresher but drying rack is way more convenient and clothes come out way better than from a dryer

[@RaeInTime]

It's so interesting that the smell is a benefit where you live....I have tried line drying so many times and our clothes always smell really bad afterward.

[@BiLuOma]

I hang my clothes out most of the times but not in winter when it is below 40 or very cloudy all day, that just wouldn't get dry enough for me.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

During the dry months here in the PNW, I dry our clothes on a portable rack outside. Unfortunately autumn is the beginning of our wet season, so the dryer is a must. The people in the comments lamenting bugs on their clothes when drying outside...do you guys not shake your clothes? It's truly not hard. You want to shake your clothes anyway to relax the fibers so they're not as stiff.

[@sarahdenkins3431]

We had a dryer when I was growing up. But my mother always hung the clothes point I love the smell and I don't even mind the crunchy jeans! My daughter's always hated that, though. I do have a dryer now but I prefer to hang my clothes out if I can. It does save money but for me. It's a little bit of home that I left behind.

[@janne2744]

Here in the uk I line dry weather permitting. Sensible thing to do i would think. Mind you....the weather is v unpredictable 🙄

[@matt36755]

And my damn dryer keeps shrinking all my clothes!! Or maybe I’m just getting bigger... Definitely both

[@elfieblue3175]

I used to use an outdoor line for clothes and linens when my kids were small. Benefits were manifold, from reduced hydro bills to a bit of weight loss as I hefted wet baskets from basement to back yard. But we are in suburbia and downwind from an industrial park. Whatever they were pumping into the atmosphere, it gave the whole family rashes. I even started making my own detergent to eliminate dyes, scents, and whatever else they put in there. Now that the industrial park is better regulated for emissions, I still have to dry indoors because weed is legal, here, and my neighbours indulge on the daily. No to that fresh summer scent, thanks. Linens in the dryer, clothes on a folding rack, all indoors. That's how it has to be for me. Still make my own detergent, though.

[@mayamachine]

My grandmother told me, Father Sun gives us the gift of light and heat, use a clothesline, if you don't that's like saying I don't like your gifts, give me something else. very insulting! I solar dry clothes and solar cook at every opportunity, I have no dryer, no electricity, no running water.

[@superleetmegapunx]

Americans will never know the superior design of the Hills Hoist clothesline. Savages.

[@Mulberries69]

Cant see them on Amazon/maybe u have a link?

[@leannacarson-hansen7041]

@@Mulberries69 I found their web site googling the company name. They are based in Australia. I could not locate a USA based vendor.

[@mariejoy8598]

I had a clothesline but every time I used it, I brought in a bunch of ticks. Lyme Disease is much worse than you know.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

You have to shake each item off and fold it as you put it in your basket. If you keep your clothesline high off the ground, ticks aren't a problem.

[@user-me9co7ns4c]

We Indian are doing this very earlier

[@KittchenSink]

Wait a minute here. There are laws in places in america that restrict you hanging your washing out in your garden on a line!! i did hear that correctly didnt i?. Ya gotta be absolutely shittin me though right?? I mean your having a laugh yeah?

[@leannacarson-hansen7041]

Many Home Owner Association groups prohibit clothes lines.

[@KittchenSink]

@@leannacarson-hansen7041 lol I'm sorry, that is absolutely insane on a whole other level. I'm guessing ya probably get jail time for washing your car too. I can't stop laughing here. What do they expect you to do, sit there and blow on them for three weeks. I'm stopping here in Blighty, where sanity prevails.

[@cordyg4306]

I hang clothes off a pine tree.