Before I was in the Philippines, I do it manually by hand..its a tedious process.I would finish in a course of 2-4 hours from washing, rinsing, repeating and letting them dry..but now that Im in Canada, I let the washing machine do its work so time efficient. I also fold the clothing.
I machine wash and dry all my clothes - I never really fold some of them because they're athletic wear and it's easier not to, but I also fold most of my clothes myself (and I suck at folding so it's a tedious process).
OMG I HATE folding for some reason though. It's an easy job, just tedious. I have to do it or everything looks awful though.
I think I'm going to have to look into finding a dry cleaner. I have a few things that are dry clean only, and I've tried to get around it my washing in cold and hanging them to dry, but some of them still shrink in length.