Now Closed: Winner Jeanna Morgan from North Carolina, Congrats!
Why do you NEED a drying rack?
Expense: The electric dryer costs money to run. An estimated $180 per year. It really doesn’t seem like that much, but if you are like us, every penny counts.
Wear and Tear: The evidence of lint in your electric dryer is evidence that your clothes are virtually wearing down on their fiber content. When you air dry clothing, they last longer. The longer the clothing lasts, the less you need to buy to replace. If you are like us, we like to get the most miles out of our clothing. I want the clothing to last through several hand-me-downs. The way the electric dryer sucks energy and wears down clothing, we are proud to offer an alternative to your drying needs.
Safety: It is estimated that over 15,000 house fires each year are started by electric or gas powered dryers. When the lint gets trapped it can catch fire and burn your home down. How many of you leave your home with a dryer running while you are gone. Here you can hang an entire load of laundry on one of our sturdy racks (Pioneer or Homesteader size), and while you are away, your clothes will be drying, you will be saving money, and you will not have to worry about your home burning down. Wow, that sounds great!
How do our drying racks compare to the less expensive racks?
100% Sturdier: Our racks are the sturdiest on the market, hands down! We had a cheap walmart spindle of a rack, and about 3 months later, it was used for kindling in our wood stove. When the kids helped make noodles on our volume three of Homesteading for Beginners DVD, you can see how we were actually having to duck tape it so it would hold through the filming. Junk! Our racks have 3/4 inch hard wood dowels with handcrafted side pieces to hold it together to last a lifetime. Each piece is carefully made by my husband who I lovingly refer to as Mr. Meticulous. The racks can withstand heavy, heavy quilts and heavy room area rugs. You can put a quilt on one side and it will not topple over like the accordion style wooden drying racks the Amish make.
You get what you pay for!
Unique V design: The unique V design allows for optimal air flow. You clothing will dry faster and more evenly. The accordion style racks stack the clothing right on top of the lower layer because the dowels are right on top of the other. This V design also makes our rack stout with a solid footing. It is not going anywhere!
What will I use my Peddler Drying Rack for if I win one?
- Cloth diapers
- Rugs
- Dish Towels
- Bath Towels
- Jeans or Shirts
- Skirts or Dresses
- Sweaters and Quilts
- Drying Herbs
- Drying Noodles
- Pretty display for an heirloom quilt
My husband gave me one of his “Peddler” drying racks. I use it for all my kitchen dish towels. I park it on one side of our kitchen and when the girls are done drying the dishes, they will place the towels to dry. Later, when they are dry, we fold them up and put them back into the dish towel drawer. Out of sight, out of mind!
Don’t be shy, enter to win this nice Peddler Drying Rack. If you do not win this week, keep coming back. We will be running giveaways for great products each week. Our special thank you!
Handcrafted With Hardwood Dowels
20 lin. ft. of drying space
Size: 38″ x30″
Size When Opened: 6″-24″
Assembled weight: 9lbs.
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118 thoughts on “A Great Drying Rack Giveaway-$75 Value!”
I’d use it for clothes in the winter and underclothes in the summer.
love to dry my yarn on this type of rack!!
Baby clothes, diapers and linens!
What wouldn’t I use it for? it would be wonderful for putting out ALL the cloth diapers at once – towels, and clothes – no clothesline available here. Also, love the idea of using it for pasta!
I would use it for drying diapers!
I saved $20 on last month’s electric bill by air drying most loads of laundry. I could do more than one load a day if I had another drying rack!
I would love to win this for drying delicate items. Thank you!
I would love one of these for drying socks and flowers. I have the big homesteader rack and use it all the time. This would be a great addition. Thank you!
I would love a small rack and then one of the Homestead racks (I am planning to order one soon.). Thanks for a chance to win.
Would love to win this, using it for dish towels would be great.
Would love to have one to save money on my bill.
Would love to stop ussing my dryer through the winter….
For cloth diapers and other hard to dry items!
I keep looking out my laundry room window into the backyard at my frost covered clothesline and looking forward to spring : ) A drying rack would be so great to set up by our wood stove especially for all our cloth diapers. After seeing these I am excited to ask my husband if we can save up for the big homesteader one, (we have six kiddos) it looks great!!
Oh, I need one of these! For laundry!
I just stumbled upon your blog, and saved it! One of my new go-to reads!!! In love with all of your information and the way you put your heart out there.
Hope I win a rack!
Everything! What a nifty design! My boys have curious fingers and are forever “opening” the top of the accordion rack. Then all the clothes end up on the floor!
this would be great for cloth diapers!
I would use it to dry a variety of clothes, might even set it outside to dry our cloth diapers on. The racks i have now i do not trust to go outside.
I would use the drying rack for jeans and sweaters as well as other delicate clothing items.
We would love to use this for our dish towels and clothes.
I would love this for an alternative to our clothes line in inclimate weather!
I would use it for my cloth diapers, sweaters, and towels in the winter.
I would use this rack to dry clothes and dish towels. I have always wanted a clothes line and this would be the next best thing!
We are a large family of 8. I would use this drying rack for drying laundry every day! I hang our clothes all over the furniture every night to dry.
I would give this to my wife, she is so awesome and tries to hang all of the laundry all over the place trying to save money by not running the dryer (that is somehow staining our clothes anyway).
I would really like to use a drying rack for my towels and for smaller loads of laundry that I can hang out in my porch.
I would love to have one or 3 of these!!!
I would use it in the winter when we can’t hang clothes out!
I love how these won’t topple over as easily.
Cloth Diapers 🙂 We have three in Diapers!
I would use it to dry the clothing I don’t wish to run through the dryer. Maybe a delicate shirt or my daughters’ tights.
I would use it for cloth diapers!
I would love this for my little house. I don’t have a lot of space and this would be great for kitchen and bath towels, kids clothes etc.
Accidently commented on the FB post, but commenting here too! I would love to have one of these, I even attempted to make one a while back! It would be a great help throughout the year.
EEEEEEKS!!! I have been wanting one of these for YEARS!!! I like your idea for the dishcloths. We seem to have trouble with ours souring after use, so this would be perfect 🙂 I would use this for anything and everything!!
How refreshing to see these great useful wooden products back on the market. Natural bristles for brooms and brushes are needed also. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I would love to win! Just the perfect size.
Thanks for all you do!
I think it is the perfect size for all the hats and mittens this time of year. Tea towels is a good idea for the rest of the year.
I would use it for dish towels!
I would use it for all the dish clothes that accumulate when drying dishes
We recently returned from the mission field of Ukraine (political reasons), where we lived for 10 years. For those 10 years, I hung my clothes out of need and not by choice. Now that I am back in America, I would love to have one again to dry clothes for my family of 7!
I would love to use it for baby clothes!
Love it! I would use it for my dish towels and personals!
I would love to win this rack for drying our tea towels and small personal items we might not want on the clothes line. We are a large family living in a tiny house and this would be the perfect size
You are so right about the Wal-Mart drying rack. My husband and I bought one in the fall. My husband put one set of hunting pants on the rack and it broke apart.
If I would win this drying rack, I would use it for all my clothes drying.
Thank you Erin and good luck everyone.
This would be so handy with my diapers
We bought the homesteader drying rack for our daughter for Christmas, she absolutely loves it. I would love to win the pioneer for drying pasta and herbs. Thank you for your generous offer.
I sure would LOVE to have one of these to be able to dry ALL our clothes when weather’s bad & can’t hang outside.
I would love this for towels in the kitchen, small items of laundry in the laundry room, or hats & mittens for the kids:)
I would use it for slips and socks!
This would be a nice improvement from using my lawn chairs in the backyard! Although I’ll have to fight my mother away from taking it from me.
I would love to win one of your drying racks. I would use it for small loads to dry by the wood stove.
We recently moved to CO and can’t use a line to dry clothes here. I’d love to have this as a way to dry inside.
Thanks
Id love any of these drying racks to show off to my city friends on how efficient and practical they are
Would love it for all my dish towels.
I would love to use this for drying laundry as the price of propane went thru the roof this winter.
I’d use this for a variety of reasons! Most likely to dry clothing, but also to dry pasta, dry flowers, display home school artwork or even to hook pots and pans for the kitchen! The uses are endless, really!
We have not used a dryer since we moved into our old farmhouse over seven years ago. Our drying racks are flimsy and we often have to repair or replace them. We would use one of these racks for everything! They look amazing!
I would LOVE to win this for drying laundry, cloth diapers, mama cloth, etc. GREAT giveaway!!
I can’t imagine narrowing it down to one thing I would use it for….wet snow gear, pre-washed fabric, laundry, cleaning towels and the list could go on…Thanks for the chance!
I would use this drying rack for drying all sorts of things. One thing that comes to mind is children’s artwork!
Would love to use these racks for drying socks and underwear load….
I would love to use this for my weekly laundry. I have an Amish made one already, and I am always running out of room. It tips easily so I would like this one because it is more sturdy. Thanks so much!
I use the homesteader everyday and love it! I would use this one in my bedroom for personal delicates.
Would love this for travel & to dry underthings in the laundry room. Love your site. They are so encouraging.
I use it for dish towels or drying homemade pasta!!
I would love this rack for displaying my hand knit items at the farmers’ market.
I would use it for cloth diapers and towels. I think your husbands work is beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I do not use my dryer in the summer and if I had this dryer I wouldn’t have to use one in the winter. I also have rugs that take a long time to dry outside in the wi enter.
They look so sturdy. You are right about store brands being cheap. I think my husband repairs the cheapies every month. I smaller rack would be handy for the little items in a load of wash.
I would love one of these for drying delicates or even use it for kitchen towels like you mentioned.
This would truly be an amazing addition to our laundry room! We have the homesteader rack & love it. We only use our dryer once a day. And with 8 people, the would help greatly! Love your blog – btw! Have a blessed day – Janet
I would really love the peddler drying rack because my oldest daughter is due in July of this year and I would love to give it to her!!
We have been homesteading or trying to for over 20 yrs.We have 12 children (and two sweet wee ones with Our Lord) and use your wash board and hand washing plunger, We have all the Homesteading for Beginners dvds!!! We love them!!! Our daughter was married last year and we are so excited to welcome our second grandchild ( our#2 son has a little girl)!!! She and her husband are trying their hands at beginning homesteading so the drying rack would come in very handy!! Thanks for all your inspiration!!!!! In His peace and simplicity, Betsy
I would use it to dry aprons and dishtowels.
I would love a well made drying rack as ours is falling apart since it isn’t well built and a growing family needs a way to dry clothes.
I love all of the drying racks!!!!!! The scripture: live a quiet life and work with your hands……….I so see this scripture in your racks. God bless you and your beautiful family.
April in KY
PS: We have all your DVD’s on Homesteading and we love them. Our 14 year old and 18 year old watch them over and over. EVERYONE that wants to learn homesteading skills should purchase………..what a blessing.
I am in need of a drying rack! I’d use them for my cloth diapers mainly and then rugs 🙂
I love, love, love my wooden drying racks. Unfortunately, one is held together with duct tape and not suitable for drying clothes anymore. Would love to win this gem!
This would be great for undergarments, socks, hand towels and wash cloths! Were always looking for ways to save some money, every bit counts!
I would use this to dry the little one’s clothes and towels!
Hanging clothes outside to dry is doable but when they get covered in pollen…achoo! Would love one in the house for that line dry feel. Anything that will fit I would rack dry it!
I would put this in front of my wood stove for fast drying! love it!
Love the idea to use for kitchen towels!
I use drying racks everyday for all my clothes this would be perfect for dish towels and wash cloths!!!!
I would use it for my skirts and dresses
Cloth diapers 🙂
I would love to have a drying rack. It is one of the top things on my wish list.
I would use the rack to dry dish towels, socks , rags, and anything else that would fit.
I would use it for laundry and noodles. 🙂
Enter Me Please! I would love to win this…I would love to have it!
Ooops! I see where to enter! Silly me…Not to tech saavy at time..LOL
I have one of the ‘other’ones and I have been wanting to try one of yours! I’ll use it for everything! I really like the idea of a special rack for dish towels and bath towels!
I would use this to hang our clothes to dry. I have an outside line and one in our laundry room and on our deck but sometimes I need the extra space especially if the weather is inclement.
These are on my list. I would love to win one!
I would mostly want the rack to dry noodles, but I also like the idea of drying dish towels on it.
Thank you, Mark and Erin! I would use the peddler for dish towels. I love to hang laundry in the summer. I will consider your bigger racks for winter! Come to think of it, we live on the eastern plains of Colorado and the winds are amazing. At times tearing the clothes and towels right off the laundry line all over the yard!
I never thought about using one of these racks for herbs.What a great idea.I could definitely use this.
drying stuff next to the wood stove and diapers!
I use a clothesline during the warmer months to dry clothes on, I love the fresh smell and the money we save by not using our dryer. I bought a drying rack at our local wal mart but it could not stand up to all of the use I needed it for. I have heard nothing but good things about the homestead drying racks and would love to try them out.
I realized I did not say what I would do with the rack if I won it. I would dry dish towels on it and things I do not want hanging outside for the neighbors to see.
I would dry shirts and some undergarments among other things.
I would use this for drying unmentionables for four of us.
I would use it to hang some of our clothes.We hang a lot of our clothes to dry,skirts,shirts,sweaters,etc.
The first time you all introduced this smaller size drying rack, I thought we could use one. We’d definitely use it for drying pasta and dish towels. Thanks for the chance to win one. God bless!
Cloth diapers. Clothes (I have 6 kids). EVERYTHING!!!!
i haven’t used one in years. got so tired of the cheap ones falling apart. nothing more frustrating than for a rack to collapse…with drying noodles on it!
I would use it for kitchen towels! Great idea!
I love my drying rack! It never gets put away. We use it for every thing, not just drying clothes.
Drying gloves and hats in front of the fire after playing in the snow!
This would be awesome to put close to the wood stove in the winter to dry all those gloves, hats, scarves, snow pants, coats…..
Thanks for a chance to win
I have always loved your drying racks! Thanks for having this give-away. 🙂
oops, sorry, forgot to post what I’d do with it. 🙂 I’d use it for laundry and noodle drying. 🙂
Right now we could really use it to hang hats, mittens and socks by the stove! And also for laundry. 🙂
I want a rack 🙂
Homemade pasta or underclothes–but not at the same time!
I would use it for jeans & skirts; also sweaters and shirts. I love to dry things “naturally”!
I’d LOVE to have this!! The dish towel use sounds perfect!