Our water here is so hard it's off the scale. I use Seventh Generation liquid softener in the washer with Ecos laundry detergent, and Seventh Generation softener sheets in the dryer. Our towels were raspy coming out of the dryer with just the dryer sheets, so I started adding softener to the washer. If I hang them out to dry, they dry in minutes and are back to being crunchy, so I only put them in the dryer now. They are much softer now.
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