Continuing the thread drift away from the subject of washing machines purely for the sake of cranking Bobert up a bit ...

The reference just above to "pegs over just two layers of cloth" suggests the use of the split-peg push on clothespins. These work well on most things, but on some "stretchy" materials, the pins "bunch" a little bit of cloth when you slide them down onto the stuff on the line. After your T-shirts are dry and you put one on, a serious case of "the bunchies" can make it look like you've got an extra set of two of misplaced nipples in the shirt - at least until the pinch marks "hang out" enough to be less obvious.

Surprisingly, this may be more of an embarrassment to some of the male gender (once it's pointed out to them - usually rudely) than to some of the females, but that may be only 'cause some of the girls sort of stretch the wrinkles out (nicely) when they put 'em on.

Hanging the delicates with the pins placed on or at a seam, where the material is thick enough to not bunch (much) is one solution, in the rare cases where it's a consideration.

An alternative is to use the "spring clothespins" (local custom called them "snapper pins") but that leads to cross-invasion of personal property among the family members, since those clothespins are absolutely essential for holding the splines in the instrument he (usually?) is gluing up, while she (usually?) feels absolutely no guilt about "borrowing" a few from his toolbox when "a few" are needed on the clothesline.

Strangely, the one who hangs the clothes needs only a few of the fancy clothespins, but never has any in the pin bag, while the one building "stuff" needs them by the hundred(s). (And it's understood that no instrument builder, or a few other kinds of woodworkers, can possibly ever have enough clamps and will miss every one that disappears.)

John