Ok this is a strange subject but twice while watching walking dead I have shouted at the tv.“the laundry is hanging wrong!” then my husband thinks I am crazy for a bit.
How do you hang t-shirts on a line? from the shoulders or from the bottom hem?
Hanging to dry I would hang from the hem. Hanging in a closet to store, I would hang from the shoulders.
Finally, a nuts-and-bolts question. According to this site, hang from the bottom hem at the side seams.
I hang my tees in the house with a plastic coat hanger on an X-frame rack under a ceiling fan. Many HOAs forbid clotheslines because it looks too “low rent.” :rolleyes: And if you live near the airport, expect jet engine soot occasionally.
Shoulders. Hanging from the hem results in too much stress on the hem which stretches them out in the wind. The shoulders are more reinforced plus they’re only short stretches of cloth. The neck hole creates a good slack region.
All shirts, sweaters, hoodies, and such garments are hung from the hem at the side seams. Shorts and jeans are hung from the waistband. Socks from the toe. OK, I no longer hang socks out because it takes too long and occupies too much of my limited clothesline space, so unders and socks go in the dryer. But everything else goes out on the line if weather permits.
I lurves my clotheslines and I lurves my HOA-free neighborhood. 
And the sleeves hang too low if your shirts are upside down as well.
Knit shirts like polos or tees are hung at the hem, from side seams. If you hang them from the shoulders you will get weird little mountains where the clothespins were. You can hang non-knit shirts from the shoulder seams.
I’ve been hanging out my laundry for forty years, I’ve worked it out.
I usually hang t-shirts on hangers to dry. If I need to hang them on a line, I’d probably drape them over the line.
But the OP never told us what he or she thinks is the correct way to do so.
We drape ours over a drying rack; presumably we would do the same if we used a line.
Does that leave a ridge in the shirt? Or do you iron it then?
No, I’m not about to iron t-shirts.
From the shoulders, otherwise the blood would rush to their heads.
You pin them by their sleeves, BDSM-style.
In Singapore we hang from bamboo poles - so the pole goes through the arms.
In New Zealand at times I will hang from a clothes hanger, then peg the hanger to the line - but very rarely.
Otherwise from the bottom hem at the side seam - but this can stretch some shirts, so the other way is hang over the line and then peg at the armpits to minimise the peg mark.
Generally try to avoid hanging from the shoulders as it does weird things to the shirt
thank you to all the hem hangers… it just freaks me out to see a t shirt hung by the shoulders…go to high school once with those marks on a shirt or sweater and it will haunt you for life.
Wow. Never thought about this. The whys I mean. Growing up, I’m pretty sure we used to hang by the shoulders, but we folded over a fair amount. Never noticed a peak, but I was a kid.
Now I use I hanger if I don’t use the dryer. I have to think about the lower seam idea. My husband is particular about his shirts. By think about, I mean I’ll have to try it and see how they look.
Inside out, on a fat plastic hanger, hung from a rod mounted to the patio cover. I’ve found hanging them inside out prevents those shoulder nipples.
Oooh. Good tip.
My mother always hung them by the shoulders. Never noticed any peg marks or anything on them.
Mine dry on a padded hanger. No clothesline; I live in a condo. Things dry in the bathroom or in the small drying rack space in the laundry closet.