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Originally Posted by jewels
I hope you're talking Woolite stuff (sweaters and lingerie, one piece at a time)?
I'm picturing GG bringing a basket of her jeans and tees down to the river, scrubbing with a washing board ... 
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That's a great photo, though I wouldn't want to contaminate the streams around here with laundry soap. I'll wash jeans, t's, slacks, skirts, blouses, sheets, towels - EVERYTHING by hand if I have the opportunity. I realized how easy it was when I was doing field work in French Polynesia in 2007. Washing with a machine was an option, but it was super pricey and I didn't want to waste the money, so I washed my laundry by hand and hung it to dry outside each morning. I found the clotheslines got the best sunlight between 7 and 10am, so if I did the laundry early I'd have things dry within the hour, but if I waited until later in the day they would be damp on the line until the next morning. It's a bit more tricky in the US, living in an appartment with no outdoor space to line dry. I don't let the laundry pile up - that's the key - doing a little every day.