Comments on: The Stockings Were Hung…On Winter Clotheslines http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/ Cultivating an Urban-Earthen Household Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:39 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Sildah http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 Sildah Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:45:02 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-1449 I've embraced line drying this year and am looking toward our Seattle rainy season with dismay for the first time. Any thoughts for Anna? We're in the same situation. I’ve embraced line drying this year and am looking toward our Seattle rainy season with dismay for the first time. Any thoughts for Anna? We’re in the same situation.

]]> By: lyanda http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-765 lyanda Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:24:04 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-765 Thanks, Anna. Hmm. Have you tried just hanging them in the cold basement? If your basement is dry, it could work--clothes don't really need warmth to dry, though it helps. It's true we don't have a very humid house, and our basement is a dry one (chilly though!), which definitely contributes to the success of an indoor line. Let us know if you find anything that works, and I'll keep pondering. Thanks, Anna. Hmm. Have you tried just hanging them in the cold basement? If your basement is dry, it could work–clothes don’t really need warmth to dry, though it helps. It’s true we don’t have a very humid house, and our basement is a dry one (chilly though!), which definitely contributes to the success of an indoor line. Let us know if you find anything that works, and I’ll keep pondering.

]]> By: Anna http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-764 Anna Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:19:42 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-764 Great post! I love hanging our laundry outside in the dry season, and would like to do it year-round. I'm wondering what the humidity is like in your house-- I live in Seattle as well, in an old house with a cold basement. We heat only the kitchen and living rooms, and when we dry clothes inside (or boil pots uncovered) there during the winter, mold grows on the windowsills and the clothes smell sour after spending two or three days on the line. Running a dehumidifier might be a help, but I can't bring myself to buy another appliance. Any thoughts? Great post! I love hanging our laundry outside in the dry season, and would like to do it year-round. I’m wondering what the humidity is like in your house– I live in Seattle as well, in an old house with a cold basement. We heat only the kitchen and living rooms, and when we dry clothes inside (or boil pots uncovered) there during the winter, mold grows on the windowsills and the clothes smell sour after spending two or three days on the line. Running a dehumidifier might be a help, but I can’t bring myself to buy another appliance. Any thoughts?

]]> By: mary http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-742 mary Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:40:10 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-742 My dryer quit working about two years ago and we have never replaced it. We use a couple <a href="http://www.bestdryingrack.com" rel="nofollow">clothes drying racks</a>. What I like about them is that they are so portable. I can move them to which ever space is not being used and I can take them outside when ever the weather cooperates. My dryer quit working about two years ago and we have never replaced it. We use a couple clothes drying racks. What I like about them is that they are so portable. I can move them to which ever space is not being used and I can take them outside when ever the weather cooperates.

]]> By: michelle http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-663 michelle Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:53:09 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-663 I am enjoying your posts and heard you interviewed on the radio. Our clotheslines is made of Dacron and is from a boating store. This line is designed not too stretch very much. Plus we have it tied to a heavy duty spring on one end so it never sags. Coated line is from a form of vinyl, the most toxic plastic on earth to create, use and dispose of, (it off gases, too). We also spaced our poles so we can hang a hammock when there are no clothes hanging to dry and the weather is nice! I am enjoying your posts and heard you interviewed on the radio. Our clotheslines is made of Dacron and is from a boating store. This line is designed not too stretch very much. Plus we have it tied to a heavy duty spring on one end so it never sags. Coated line is from a form of vinyl, the most toxic plastic on earth to create, use and dispose of, (it off gases, too). We also spaced our poles so we can hang a hammock when there are no clothes hanging to dry and the weather is nice!

]]> By: June http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-656 June Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:19 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-656 The circle of life...I loved nothing more than playing between the sheets as they hung in the sunshine. Now we hang ours on wooden hoop-racks on the back porch during the summer or in the girls' playroom in the winter. The girls scurry right under the sheets and revel in the sweet-scented solitude. I keep hoping for lines in the house. Thanks for the tip about the coated line. Seems worth the investment. The circle of life…I loved nothing more than playing between the sheets as they hung in the sunshine. Now we hang ours on wooden hoop-racks on the back porch during the summer or in the girls’ playroom in the winter. The girls scurry right under the sheets and revel in the sweet-scented solitude.

I keep hoping for lines in the house. Thanks for the tip about the coated line. Seems worth the investment.

]]> By: Opa http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Opa Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:09:20 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-654 Your dear relative Lourice had her modesty as well as her four clotheslines in the back yard. She made a practice of hanging her sheets and towels on the outside 2 lines, and all undergarments then went up in between, out of sight. Your dear relative Lourice had her modesty as well as her four clotheslines in the back yard. She made a practice of hanging her sheets and towels on the outside 2 lines, and all undergarments then went up in between, out of sight.

]]> By: fanta http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-653 fanta Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:47:17 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-653 I heard you too on New Dimensions and your words struck deep cords within me and I will get your book. Thanks for the reminder of purchasing at indie bookstore. I have felt a special connection to crows for a long time...maybe because they are so numerous in the NW. I appreciated your saying that shaming ourselves into saving our mother earth and her sister creatures, trees etc. are not sustaining or self nurturing ways to go about it. PS I have been hanging my clothes a long time thinking I would get more wear out of them. Thank You for sharing your wisdom! In Love and Gratitude to you. I heard you too on New Dimensions and your words struck deep cords within me and I will get your book. Thanks for the reminder of purchasing at indie bookstore. I have felt a special connection to crows for a long time…maybe because they are so numerous in the NW. I appreciated your saying that shaming ourselves into saving our mother earth and her sister creatures, trees etc. are not sustaining or self nurturing ways to go about it. PS I have been hanging my clothes a long time thinking I would get more wear out of them. Thank You for sharing your wisdom!
In Love and Gratitude to you.

]]> By: Birdsong http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Birdsong Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:01:34 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-652 The incredible thing to me is that any community could get away with banning drying clothes on the line! I can relate to the frozen-board part of that description, having lived in the Sierras for the past 23 years... I suspend a rack from the pulley for the emergency Coleman lantern in winter, to take advantage of that heat that migrates up to the ceiling. The incredible thing to me is that any community could get away with banning drying clothes on the line! I can relate to the frozen-board part of that description, having lived in the Sierras for the past 23 years… I suspend a rack from the pulley for the emergency Coleman lantern in winter, to take advantage of that heat that migrates up to the ceiling.

]]> By: Erica http://thetanglednest.com/2009/12/the-stockings-were-hung-on-winter-clotheslines/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Erica Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:22:59 +0000 http://thetanglednest.com/?p=1599#comment-651 I've been following your blog for a few months now, and was so excited to hear you on New Dimensions! We've been hanging our laundry for a couple of years -- at first it was because we had funky wiring and was too scary to keep using the dryer. THEN we figured out that we were saving about $50 a month by hanging the laundry. THAT money funding the new breaker box - but we still hang the laundry. I use the savings to help fund a trip somewhere warm in the winter. I’ve been following your blog for a few months now, and was so excited to hear you on New Dimensions! We’ve been hanging our laundry for a couple of years — at first it was because we had funky wiring and was too scary to keep using the dryer. THEN we figured out that we were saving about $50 a month by hanging the laundry. THAT money funding the new breaker box – but we still hang the laundry. I use the savings to help fund a trip somewhere warm in the winter.

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