Do you hand washing?
Who hand washes their clothes?
Do you chuck everything into the machine and hope for the best?
I hand wash my good clothes — why:
1. It makes clothes last longer as its much more gentle than a machine.
2. It stops stretching particular with t-shirts and jumpers.
3. Removing stains is easier as you can target the spot directly.
4. Energy efficient as it saves using a washing machine for a small load which also in turn saves water.
3. Drip dying requires less ironing.
And its a bit of work out so its good for one's health — and its fun to play in water!!
Every afternoon when I get home from work I place my work clothes in this bowl and hand wash. I do love splashing about in water and hand washing gives me that excuse to have a play!!! I never get my clothes very dirty so they do not need an extensive wash, its more about removing the sweatiness and freshening them up. It might sound mad, but I find hand washing quite relaxing!
Whilst the clothes soak in the bowl I can do other things such as start dinner — then I return to my washing and complete the job. It really doesn't take very long and it isn't painful!
I have no plans to ditch the machine, but I do prefer to hand wash anything that is expensive or I just want to last. I also hand wash if I am away and want to make sure I return home with a bag full of clean clothes. Its a very useful skill to have and one that we all need to know how to do.
And doesn't my hand washing look like a work of art!!!
I agree...it does look quite like a work of art! I may start hand washing more things!
ReplyDeleteIt really does make clothes last longer and it is therapeutic!!!
DeleteI don't have a lot of "good" clothes. When I need to hand wash, I use the setting on my machine and lay it out to dry. But you have me thinking...
ReplyDeleteI often drip dry which saves on ironing and for things like T-shirts, they seem to last a bit longer with the hand washing. And it's fun to play in the water !!!!
DeleteI do hand wash quite a lot of hand knits and delicate clothing rather than risk them in a machine.
ReplyDeleteThe machine isn't very kind to delicates and even T-shirts can suffer from machine washing by pulling them out of shape :(
DeleteI hand wash some things as well. Some items just get destroyed in a washing machine, so hand washing is a good skill to learn!
ReplyDeleteT-shirts don't do so well in the machine and I'm finding them lasting longer with hand washing .
DeleteI enjoy this, too! I thought I was the only one! LOL! There are just certain clothes that I feel deserve and need the extra attention, and it is a blessing to be able to know how to do it, in case the machine ever goes on the blink or we are without electric. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI could survive without the machine for a short time, but removing the excess water is hard work with things like towels! It can be very hard on the hands:(
DeleteI like hand washing, too, but I don't do it often.
ReplyDeleteI washed some t-shirts today and even though one had been washed more than once, the dye continues to run, which is one of the reasons why I hand wash.
DeleteI don't hand wash. I can't stand having wet clothes drying all over my house. Instead I throw delicate items in a laundry bag and wash on a gentle setting or dry clean.
ReplyDeleteI hang all my washing outside for most of the year so I don't have it around the house except in winter and in winter i do less hand washing as anything drip drying takes too long to dry. Whilst I don't like washing in the house, we don't have a drier to its just a thing I have to put up with for a few months.
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