Red Handed Jill
Well-known member
- Joined
- Mar 15, 2010
- Messages
- 263
- Reaction score
- 0
I'm not asking whether this is more/less work (although feel free to discuss amongst yourselves
). I've been doing line drying off and on for my family for the past 7-8 years. This is definitely one of those "ymmv" things and you need to figure out what works for you.
BUT...for those who do it, I am very curious. Gillumhouse particularly comes to mind, I believe she dries guest room sheets on the line.
I totally get the attraction there. I dry my children's sheets on the line, and I have heard them balk on occasion when going to bed because the sheets "don't smell right," and I had to explain that because it RAINED the sheets couldn't be dried outside and wouldn't smell the same. Recently, I line dried my & DH's sheets outside (which I rarely do - which is leading to my question below) so he could experience the difference (he had never slept on line dried sheets).
Here's the thing - I virtually NEVER dry our sheets outside, and absolutely never in spring...because pollen gets on the sheets and pillow cases, I breathe it in all night, and it KILLS me. In spring, even with machine dried linens, I must wash my hair nightly before bed, or I get pollen on my pillow and breathe it in, and there ain't enough Claritin in the world for that.
SO - I have never line dried linens here because I'm paranoid about guests & their (non-food) allergies. Has anyone who line dries linens run into this? I think line dried sheets would be a simple and cheap way to subtly enhance the experience here (they really are lovely to sleep on), but so far, I'm not willing to take the risk.
![wink_smile.gif](https://www.innspiring.com/sites/all/modules/fckeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/msn/wink_smile.gif)
BUT...for those who do it, I am very curious. Gillumhouse particularly comes to mind, I believe she dries guest room sheets on the line.
I totally get the attraction there. I dry my children's sheets on the line, and I have heard them balk on occasion when going to bed because the sheets "don't smell right," and I had to explain that because it RAINED the sheets couldn't be dried outside and wouldn't smell the same. Recently, I line dried my & DH's sheets outside (which I rarely do - which is leading to my question below) so he could experience the difference (he had never slept on line dried sheets).
Here's the thing - I virtually NEVER dry our sheets outside, and absolutely never in spring...because pollen gets on the sheets and pillow cases, I breathe it in all night, and it KILLS me. In spring, even with machine dried linens, I must wash my hair nightly before bed, or I get pollen on my pillow and breathe it in, and there ain't enough Claritin in the world for that.
SO - I have never line dried linens here because I'm paranoid about guests & their (non-food) allergies. Has anyone who line dries linens run into this? I think line dried sheets would be a simple and cheap way to subtly enhance the experience here (they really are lovely to sleep on), but so far, I'm not willing to take the risk.