- Paperback: 180 pages
- Publisher: Pottersfield Press (April 1 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1895900778
- ISBN-13: 978-1895900774
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#274,393 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #76 in Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Electrical
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Product Description
Product Description
Fine Lines is a fun-filled book about a much overlooked aspect of North American culture: clotheslines. If you have you ever driven through communities and noticed all the lovely laundry handing on the line and asked yourself, "Why is that one different than this one?" You are about to find the truth behind those fine lines. While other volumes pin their success to airing dirty laundry, this volume is a refreshing change: it’s the story of clean laundry hanging in a gentle summer breeze... as well as winter laundry frozen stiff as boards on the line in the back yard. Mrs. Clothesline examines in every detail the different kinds of lines, the various hanging methods and the personality profiles of those who participate in this age old daily ceremony. Once you’ve read this amazing book, you’ll never look at a drying line of wash the same way again. Cindy writes of the unsurpassed magic of the best drying days, dos and don'ts for beginners and veterans, clothesline props, clothesline disasters and other related subject matter, Fine Lines covers it all. The author includes true life accounts of clothesline tragedies and triumphs from people across the country. Fine Lines will be the book you need to revolutionize the way you look at laundry. It is intended for amateurs as well as professionals, men as well as women. This book will put to rest any questions you may have about the fine art of hanging our the wash.
About the Author
Probably nobody knows more about clotheslines than Cindy Etter-Turnbull. Cindy, and her basket of clothes, has spent many fun-filled evenings in homes and community halls throughout Nova Scotia collecting stories and anecdotes about clotheslines. She has been featured by Stuart McLean on CBC's Vinyl Café, and has appeared on Wayne Rostad's On the Road Again. Born in Windsor Nova Scotia, Cindy and her husband proudly possess two actively used clotheslines. Her sons, Nathan and Jon, attend local universities. Cindy spends her spare time 'training' the family dog, gardening and trying to out-fish her husband. Her love of tradition, beauty, orderliness, and humour has led to her fascination with "fine lines"and establishing the world’s preeminent clothesline website, mrsclothesline.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
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You can almost smell the sunshine......., Nov 25 2011
By Margaret Ferguson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fine Lines: A Celebration of Clothesline Culture (Paperback)
For those of us who remember the days of hanging wash on a line instead of deep-frying it in a dryer, this book is a pure joy. Lots of info I'd forgotten, lots of fun. A good read!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable, Sep 27 2011
By Laurie G "Laurieg" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fine Lines: A Celebration of Clothesline Culture (Paperback)
You would think a book about line drying laundry would be boring,but not so. I used to love hanging laundry out to dry.The author gives a complete history and lesson in hanging laundry including all the supplies and different kinds of pegs and lines and the proper way to hang different articles of clothes. Fun read. Nostalgic,since so may places do not allow laundry to be hung outside anymore.
Hanging laundry is really a lost art. Very nostalgic.
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