i remember wondering, when i was a kid, and helping hang stuff out--why did we so diligently dry all those sheets and shirts, pants and nighties only to have to bring them inside and them SPRINKLE them to wet 'em down again, so we could iron all fo them???
i still hang the wash out most of the warm months--too old and arthritic to do it in the winter--but i'm sure not hidebound by the rules, any more. i wash when i can (work too much), and if something is a little damp when it comes off the line, oh, well--it might need pressing anyways!