Sorting Laundry -
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Sorting Laundry -
Why is there always one item that does not go with anything else and languishes unwashed for weeks (months, sometimes) because it is an "orphan"?
The intensely yellow shirt - does not go with the whites or lights - does not go with the darks -
The black and white striped shirt -
The wool socks -
The new intensely colored shirt - (magenta or teal)
I have sometimes gotten so annoyed at that one item that I will wash it by itself - but because I was raised to be frugal with water, that causes me "pain". If I get really "desperate", I will wash it by hand.
And where does that kleenex come from? I thought I checked all the pockets!
Anyone else?
The intensely yellow shirt - does not go with the whites or lights - does not go with the darks -
The black and white striped shirt -
The wool socks -
The new intensely colored shirt - (magenta or teal)
I have sometimes gotten so annoyed at that one item that I will wash it by itself - but because I was raised to be frugal with water, that causes me "pain". If I get really "desperate", I will wash it by hand.
And where does that kleenex come from? I thought I checked all the pockets!
Anyone else?
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
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Get some colour catchers (Shout is great) and was with whatever load the fabric goes with. That usually protects everything. My DD throws everything together which drives me nuts but most(!) of the time it works....
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I use the color catchers too. I do still separate the whites from the darks and since we have so many grays I have that pile too. And there is a pile for delicates - this is where the color catchers really go to work because there just isn't enough for separate loads and I will not wash them by hand. Same with the fabrics I bring home - they all go together with warm water and a color catcher (mainly because I want to know if one of the fabrics is going to bleed).
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I watched a you tube video where a young woman showed how she did laundry in a family of a lot of children. She said she sorted by like fabrics not caring about color except for the whites. If I have a loose item I add it to whatever is left. It might need to go in a lingerie bag. I don’t find anything lately runs color wise
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