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When you have a lot of socks to wash and dry....

(66 Posts)
j08 Wed 16-Oct-13 15:36:06

Do you hang them up on the line/indoor airer in pairs, or just higgledy-piggledy, and then sort them out on the bed or table before you put them away in the drawers?

I do the second method, but I wonder if is the most efficient timewise.

trishs Thu 17-Oct-13 01:03:31

I could never bring myself to put socks in a tumble dryer, it ruins them! I prefer bamboo socks anyway and they are not tumble-dryable.

thatbags Thu 17-Oct-13 06:53:56

Really? DD has some bamboo nappies and they are tumble-dryable.

petallus Thu 17-Oct-13 06:59:58

What are bamboo socks?

thatbags Thu 17-Oct-13 07:02:04

Socks made of thread which is made of bamboo.

thatbags Thu 17-Oct-13 07:02:18

Viscose is made of wood pulp.

FlicketyB Thu 17-Oct-13 07:02:42

Many years ago I once found a sock of DS's and of DH's deep in the hedge when I was cutting it. I assumed they were eloping.

thatbags Thu 17-Oct-13 07:50:58

smile

petallus Thu 17-Oct-13 07:58:03

I was baffled FlicketyB by your eloping remark until I realised you were referring to the socks! Did you insist on reuniting them with their respective partners?

thatbags Thu 17-Oct-13 08:04:32

smile

ffinnochio Thu 17-Oct-13 08:07:20

The sock, Flickety clearly didn't want to be flyped. Sounds uncomfortable. wink

FlicketyB Thu 17-Oct-13 08:13:14

Actually it was the knickers I found in the hedge that real surprised me. They did not belong to anyone in my family.

It was probably entirely coincidental that we lived on a busy route between the local university and the halls of residence. Although as our hedge was fronted by iron railings I would have thought the Halls of residence would have provided more comfort.

shysal Thu 17-Oct-13 08:42:01

My family, including OH (now ex), used to get back their clothes the same way they discarded them on the floor, whether inside out or half and half. However, it was never mentioned, so they either didn't notice or were scared I would refuse to wash their stuff if they complained. When they were old enough I gave each one a basket for doing their own ironing.

Agus Thu 17-Oct-13 09:56:51

When my DD's reached early teens I got fed up listening to, Mum, where is my, whatever item of clothing, which I had freshly ironed and hung up, only to find it, tried on,then discarded in a heap.

The nagging at them was getting me nowhere so I decided to show them how to operate the washing machine and let them loose with the iron. Just bit my tongue instead of saying, are you quite happy to go out with your jumper not ironed?smile

Now I can't help smirking when I hear DD1 say to her DD1, excuse me! would you hang that up please.

yogagran Thu 17-Oct-13 23:21:39

How do you pronounce flype Does it rhyme with Skype or is it pronounced flip ?

Agus Fri 18-Oct-13 01:33:21

yogagran it rhymes with Skype