What do you line dry?

littlemommy1

Do you dry everything to dry? I use the dryer for towels and cloth diapers. How do you keep everything else from getting crunchy on the line?

uncannycanuck

I would line dry everything. DH hates the "crunch", though. The compromise for us is 15 minutes in the dryer to soften it up, then everything on the line.

It works the other way, too - 5 or 10 minutes in the dryer with a damp towel will take the crunch out of line dried clothes.

littlemommy1

My husband hates the crunch too. It has never bothered me! We have an old washer and dryer so I hate using the dryer, it's an energy hog. 

BeingMe

I line dry everything.  My husband doesn't love the line dried towels, but I told him that when he starts doing the laundry, he can dry the towels however he wants.  Also - we have a big enough lot and the line is positioned right behind the house, that you really can't see any "unmentionables" that I've hung out to dry.

Pescalita

We don't "line" dry, but we have a couple drying racks set up in the guest bedroom we use often. We don't dry jeans, polo shirts, or sweaters. We throw the polo shirts in for 10-15 minutes with a damp washcloth to avoid ironing.

madladybride

I line dry clothes, but dry sheets and towels in the dryer. I line dry INSIDE. We have really bad pollen (it leaves a yellow dust all over everything outside) and really bad allergies to said pollen.

Knitty

Everything, when the weather allows it. Clean clothes aren't supposed to be fluffy.

Jen&Joe06

Almost everything. Only thing that goes in the dryer is towels and bed linens.

CutesBoots

I line dry most stuff year-round in the basement.  I tell myself it's the one benefit of basement laundry.

Towels, jeans, sweatshirts, blankets (basically, anything heavy) I put on the long lines.  I don't use clothespins or anything, just lay them across.

Undies, socks, etc. dry on hooks

Nicer shirts and pants dry on hangers on the garmet rack the seller's left us

Sweaters go on another rack (wire shelving) to dry flat

I do dry a small load with random cotton stuff like t-shirts and sheets.  If the towels are dry at that point, I toss them in to soften them.

Jen&Joe06

Oh and to get that crunchy out of it I put them into the dryer for 10 or 15 minutes.

DharmaChick

No line drying right now, as we are in an apt.  Though I do some rack drying when we have room.

However, we close on our house in a few weeks and there is already line set up in the backyard.  I hope to make good use of that.

ArcticFox

Everything.  I fluff DH's shirts in the dryer and then line dry.

But, if you are worried about 'crunchy' stuff, line dry the things and then put in the dryer for a few minutes with a wet washcloth or towel, and it softens them up.

Temp663997437501443

We have a dryer rack that we set up in the BR.  We hang dry almost all clothes.  We machine dry all sheets, towels, pj's, socks, undershirts, and cotton underwear.

treesapplaud

I line dry everything.
Inside.

We have a few drying racks and hang sheets over doors or over the railing for the stairs. The weather is rarely cooperative to line drying outside, but sometimes. 

I don't miss owning a dryer at all. (like I thought I would)
My clothes last much longer too.

CarrieB.

I line dry everything outside when the weather is warm enough, except for underwear, bras and socks bc I'm not giving my neighbors a show. If you do a good job of "snapping" the towels before and after they go on the line, they shouldn't be so crunchy. You can always just fluff items for like 5 minutes in the dryer if it really bothers you. 

Albireo

Everything when I can. I don't currently have a yard, I live in an apartment. But when I lived on ground level I dried everything on the line between March and October. Outside of those months... mmm, socksicles.

The crunchy doesn't bother me. I find that it goes away once the clothes hit your body and warm up, for some reason.