Are BGE soft if line dried?

[maliroo]

Or is the cotton kinda stiff and crunchy? I would like to avoid using the dryer!

[lecialefty]

The old style get hard and crunchy, idk about the new ones.

[elle'smom]

They get crunchy. I don't think there's a way to avoid it, especially with natural fibers. I sometimes put them in the dryer on low/no heat for 15 minutes after line drying to soften them up.

[hilaryisinked]

You can run them on low or even no heat for a few minutes after just to soften them up. Natural fibers really do get crunchy when line dried. It's unavoidable.

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[c&w's mama]

mine were crunchy.

[CntryMama]

I think the new BGE if lined dried on a very windy day would be okay... But you would have to hang them so the wind will beat out the crunchiness

[nonipie]

Crunchy and not soft. I have always used the dryer on mine and no holes, elastic is fine.

[Talia01]

Crunchy! I dry on low in the winter, line dry until damp in the summer and toss in the dryer to finish them up.

[cobbermama]

Crunchy. We don't use a dryer for anything, so these two things are what I found helpful:

1. Add a half cup vinegar to the rinse cycle(acts as a natural fabric softener/gets rid of odors).
2. When I take them off the line I scrunch them up in a ball to get rid of the stiffness.

Neither of these tricks makes them as soft as a dryer, but they're soft enough for us!