Hi Mel,

Havent read all the replies, but Yep i very often hang washing in the evening/night.
Especially if it is a warm night it means that i will have a load that is dry to pull in fisrt thing in the morning. i also do a load at nigh, put it on just before bed or on the timer (though that has the tendency to wake MJ on a bad night) so that it is ready to hang out first thing.

My clothes line is a retractable one on our back porch, so it doesnt matter so much if it rains, it means that i miss out on the direct sunlight, but i can get stuff dried earlier.

The other thing i do (especially in winter when things take longer to dry) is dry a load inside on the rack and then other stuff draped/hung around the house.

So NO i dont think that it is a bad idea!