You don’t have to have a long clothes line to be able to hang dry a lot of clothes. Here’s a lesson from the Chinese: to conserve space, they hang shirts, blouses, and dresses on clothes hangers before putting them on the line. They also clip socks and washcloths to the lower edge of other things.
Mrs. J says:
I used to do that when I was still in the Philippines because my mom refused to buy dryer and washing machine. Most people do that there anyway so it wasn’t odd. Here in America, I only hang clothes that will shrink like my hubby’s work clothes and the rest goes to the dryer. I like the dryer coz it makes my work easier but of course, I know it would cost to do it. Oh well…
June 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Elizabeth says:
Genius! It seems like such an easy idea and yet I struggle with fitting everything on the line. Not anymore! Thanks
June 26th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Lauren says:
Now why on earth didn’t I think of that? Especially for button-down shirts! Great idea!
June 26th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
ChelB says:
After my husband (who is Filipino descent) and I were married he introduced me to this way of drying items on a clothesline. It’s worked out great for me because now I no longer need to iron his shirts!
June 28th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
amy says:
I do the shirts and such on hangers, but I never thought about hanging things UNDER other stuff. You should see my clothesline today with about a million cloth diapers, washcloths, and socks, all hanging one from another! The neighbors are probably getting a good laugh from it, but who cares? If it works, it means I can hang another load or two out before running out of clothesline.
July 5th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Kendra says:
Amy-
Good for you! I love it, sounds like my clothes line!
July 5th, 2008 at 6:05 pm