House-elves and laundry

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 33581

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "blenberry" <blenberry at a...> wrote:
>  Now, if 
> freeing an elf can happen as inadvertently (on Malfoy's part) as it 
> did to Dobby, how can elves do any of these jobs handling clothes?  I 
> thought one had to be careful not to pass them even a sock.

You just have to drop your socks on the floor first!  The key is in not directly 
GIVING an item of clothing to them.