tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post4112087079182374061..comments2023-05-01T11:30:31.307-04:00Comments on The Haven of Home: Monday: Wash DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-60350081985711294852010-03-22T12:44:21.014-04:002010-03-22T12:44:21.014-04:00Be sure to hug and kiss your washer and dryer.
Le...Be sure to hug and kiss your washer and dryer.<br /><br />Let's add a few more steps to the way laundry was done, and I am probably missing a few steps.<br /><br />Butcher. Render fat. Gather ashes. Make soap. (If one was rich, it might have been purchased.) Shave bits off bar so that soap will dissolve.<br /><br />Haul water. If lucky there was an inside pump. Gotta pump by hand!<br /><br />Step 1: Soak overnight.<br /><br />Cut lots of wood and kindling get fire going good and hot.<br /> <br />Step 2: Scrub in hot lye suds - bending over and using a washboard without plastic or latex gloves to protect your hands.<br /> <br />Step 3: Boil white linens and cottons. Stirring with a big stick or rod or using a plunger.<br /><br />Haul more water and heat it.<br /><br />Step 4: Rinse.<br /><br />Ring by hand or (if lucky - don't know when these were invented) with a roller ringer that had to be hand cranked. (The rollers would break buttons and fasteners.)<br /><br />Haul and heat more water.<br /><br />Step 5: Rinse again with bluing powder.<br /><br />Ring by hand.<br /><br />Haul and heat more water.<br /><br />Step 6: Dip in starch and hang to dry.<br /><br />My grandmother did laundry using a washboard and boiler until ???. We still have them. Grandma then used a wringer washing machine until I was in the seventh or eighth grade.Packrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986387347283221427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-1341139752089623712010-03-11T21:13:17.164-05:002010-03-11T21:13:17.164-05:00MaryB--In the summer I use my covered screen porch...MaryB--In the summer I use my covered screen porch when the weather is bad.<br /><br />When I lived in FL, it took the laundry forever to dry in the summer because it was so humid. <br /><br />Ma Ingalls commented about how quickly the clothes dried somewhere in the prairie because it was so non-humid and windy.<br /><br />Oh, the variety!Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-75771588848364329922010-03-11T21:10:58.918-05:002010-03-11T21:10:58.918-05:00Kai--WHAT!! Washing machines have a delay start???...Kai--WHAT!! Washing machines have a delay start???? I wonder if mine does?<br /><br />Oh, that would be so cool!Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-25698596619496606112010-03-11T21:10:19.639-05:002010-03-11T21:10:19.639-05:00Lexi--Get those clothes done, woman!Lexi--Get those clothes done, woman!Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-9669084956221635302010-03-11T21:09:46.452-05:002010-03-11T21:09:46.452-05:00MommaShayBay--I've had to go without a w/d in ...MommaShayBay--I've had to go without a w/d in my home only one time in my life (so far!). It was an 8 month period and I didn't have any children yet.<br /><br />I enjoyed the actual laundromat time as everything got washed and dried at once, but I HATED the hauling back and forth and hated, even more, the cost.<br /><br />That was several years ago. I imagine it costs even more now. My heart goes out to you!Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-5634187822446252482010-03-11T15:00:01.990-05:002010-03-11T15:00:01.990-05:00I also let the wash loads dictate when I wash. At ...I also let the wash loads dictate when I wash. At the moment, DS's dark load is finishing in the washer. We have rain threatening so I'm afraid it will mean using the dryer for the heavier items. Light stuff like tees, socks, undies etc will go on my retractable line on the patio (it's covered and enclosed so things still dry on there.MaryB.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13991118612978204866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-28518845659740867752010-03-11T13:34:13.649-05:002010-03-11T13:34:13.649-05:00I love it! For some reason I have never assigned ...I love it! For some reason I have never assigned days to certain washes - I just do them as needed. Which means I do a load most days & hang to dry. I usually load mine at night (after I put the baby to bed) & put it on a delayed start so it's actually running early in the morning. Then I can hang them almost all day.kaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09238416749475781275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-9978581743270851182010-03-11T10:00:44.572-05:002010-03-11T10:00:44.572-05:00dang...thnks for reminding me...I have clothes in ...dang...thnks for reminding me...I have clothes in the washer!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074110497550083707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-81012732552443112952010-03-11T01:55:27.487-05:002010-03-11T01:55:27.487-05:00just reading this makes me miss my old washing mac...just reading this makes me miss my old washing machine and dryer...im a one day a week at the laundrymat girl now(we now live in an apartment)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-63306361760688159972010-03-10T20:18:51.276-05:002010-03-10T20:18:51.276-05:00Isn't it nice that we have the luxury to do la...Isn't it nice that we have the luxury to do laundry on different days without breaking a sweat?<br /><br />Excuse me while I go and kiss my washing machine.Roxannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633120497088511282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4230664367733655045.post-22792274951156876742010-03-10T20:17:21.855-05:002010-03-10T20:17:21.855-05:00Your 'wash day' sounds a lot more like min...Your 'wash day' sounds a lot more like mine. I usually do Monday, Wednesday, Friday, one or two loads each. I hang mine in the basement too : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757226979393134529noreply@blogger.com