Comments on: Clothesline Bans and Laundry Outlaws (part one of a short series) http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/ Cultivating an Urban-Earthen Household Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:02:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Stockings Were Hung…On Winter Clotheslines http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-647 The Stockings Were Hung…On Winter Clotheslines Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:17:39 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-647 [...] more, have a look at Laundry Outlaws, and my clothes-hanging [...] [...] more, have a look at Laundry Outlaws, and my clothes-hanging [...]

]]> By: Mary http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Mary Tue, 26 May 2009 23:57:08 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-126 It rains so much in Wales where I live, and I always find it strange and a little depressing when I see people pegging out their clothes in the rain... I have come to learn that it might not dry all the way through, but it definitely smells better than washing hung up inside. Whenever we get a sunny day here, we put several loads through the washer. I am always reminded of something I heard on the radio, of the mother of the British artist David Hockney who had moved to California. She would have spent decades hanging out clothes in the Yorkshire rain. One of her comments about California: All that sunshine... and not a single washing line! It rains so much in Wales where I live, and I always find it strange and a little depressing when I see people pegging out their clothes in the rain… I have come to learn that it might not dry all the way through, but it definitely smells better than washing hung up inside.
Whenever we get a sunny day here, we put several loads through the washer. I am always reminded of something I heard on the radio, of the mother of the British artist David Hockney who had moved to California. She would have spent decades hanging out clothes in the Yorkshire rain. One of her comments about California: All that sunshine… and not a single washing line!

]]> By: Ed http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Ed Sat, 23 May 2009 06:23:12 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-123 What a great post. So many of our political and economic decisions reduce to our sense of aesthetics, what we think is beautiful. Clotheslines are beautiful. Thanks, Ed What a great post. So many of our political and economic decisions reduce to our sense of aesthetics, what we think is beautiful.

Clotheslines are beautiful.

Thanks, Ed

]]> By: Simple (and Beautiful) Outdoor Clotheslines (part two of a short series) http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Simple (and Beautiful) Outdoor Clotheslines (part two of a short series) Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:19 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-122 [...] RSS ← Clothesline Bans and Laundry Outlaws (part one of a short series) [...] [...] RSS ← Clothesline Bans and Laundry Outlaws (part one of a short series) [...]

]]> By: Julie http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Julie Wed, 20 May 2009 23:17:19 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-121 Running through the sheets on the clothesline was a regular part of my summer ritual growing up, and nothing was so good as falling asleep in sheets fresh off the line after playing outside all day. I think the whole fiasco boils down to people being worried about their status. I have a neighbor who actually thinks it makes the development look poverty stricken. I love my air dried clothes for so many reasons, and saving on electricity is a bonus too. Running through the sheets on the clothesline was a regular part of my summer ritual growing up, and nothing was so good as falling asleep in sheets fresh off the line after playing outside all day. I think the whole fiasco boils down to people being worried about their status. I have a neighbor who actually thinks it makes the development look poverty stricken. I love my air dried clothes for so many reasons, and saving on electricity is a bonus too.

]]> By: Karen http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Karen Tue, 19 May 2009 08:49:05 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-119 ya, but not in Illinois. ya, but not in Illinois.

]]> By: lyanda http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-118 lyanda Tue, 19 May 2009 04:12:10 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-118 Oh my goodness, I remember that clothesline! I also remember making little forts and camps between the sheets while they were hanging to dry. Maybe you can start a clothesline movement there on the sunny side of the mountains! Oh my goodness, I remember that clothesline! I also remember making little forts and camps between the sheets while they were hanging to dry. Maybe you can start a clothesline movement there on the sunny side of the mountains!

]]> By: lyanda http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-117 lyanda Tue, 19 May 2009 04:09:35 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-117 Thanks Karen. Interesting. Of course, most of the people in the world who use clotheslines don't to it for ecological reasons, but because they live without power. Thanks Karen. Interesting. Of course, most of the people in the world who use clotheslines don’t to it for ecological reasons, but because they live without power.

]]> By: Susan http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Susan Tue, 19 May 2009 01:45:57 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-116 Since my parents had the largest clothes line in the neighborhood I was always somewhat embarrassed at our laundry out to dry. She did conceal our unders by hanging them on the middle rows and sheets or towels on the outside rows. I still love the smell of sheets that have been hung to dry. Surprisingly, here in Eastern Washington where we get 300 days of sunshine a year I don't know a single person with a clothesline. Since my parents had the largest clothes line in the neighborhood I was always somewhat embarrassed at our laundry out to dry. She did conceal our unders by hanging them on the middle rows and sheets or towels on the outside rows. I still love the smell of sheets that have been hung to dry. Surprisingly, here in Eastern Washington where we get 300 days of sunshine a year I don’t know a single person with a clothesline.

]]> By: Nancy Stillger http://thetanglednest.com/2009/05/clothesline-bans-and-laundry-outlaws-part-one-of-a-short-series-on-laundry/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Nancy Stillger Tue, 19 May 2009 00:11:38 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=636#comment-114 I crawled into my yummy, air-dried sheets last night. There is nothing like it! Yes, we must hang together! (My neighbors in Seattle roll their eyes at us and our chickens. They are afraid a goat is coming next. I am afraid I love my garden too much to go that road though.) I crawled into my yummy, air-dried sheets last night. There is nothing like it! Yes, we must hang together! (My neighbors in Seattle roll their eyes at us and our chickens. They are afraid a goat is coming next. I am afraid I love my garden too much to go that road though.)

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