I fold my fitted sheets in half and then few more times, in my hands while standing. It doesn't look good, but the sheets are always stored out of sight, so I don't care.
But the article is great, especially the ghost joke.
Every time my wife and I fold our fitted sheets after a wash, after we've fumbled our way with folding it, I say "one day I'll lookup how to do this properly."
Imagine my elation upon seeing this on HN. The article captures the exact level of snark too.
My mom scolded me when I was young, telling me that I needed to know how to fold fitted sheets because women care about that sort of thing. This made me dread washing sheets.
Turns out that no woman I've dated has cared about whether fitted sheets are folded properly, nor have any of them known how to fold them. You know what they do care about? Cleanliness of sheets.
Bookmarked anyway. Maybe I'll ingrain the method before reaching my deathbed.
Bachelor hack: you don't need to know how to fold fitted sheets if you only have one set of sheets.
> Bachelor hack: you don't need to know how to fold fitted sheets if you only have one set of sheets.
I'm married and only have one set, lol. Honestly I can't understand why you would have more anyways. I only have one bed, why have more sheets than I have beds!?
I could not give less of a shit about folding fitted sheets. I ball 'em up individually, and toss 'em into the drawer where they live, next to the folded top sheets.
T-shirt folding is nice et al, but its final size is ok only for normal-sized shirts. With this method XL and larger t-shirts don't fold into neat small things.
One reason might be that one owns more than one set...for example, living in an area that has both hot summers and cold winters, we have summer sheets (sateen) and winter sheets (fleece).
while not at all complete advice, the short version is "put the 'fitted' corners into each other then fold as normal"
all four fitted corners need to be nested inside each other, you do this by folding in half one direction then the other popping them inside out as necessary
1) hire a fitted sheet folder
2) buy a supply of new fitted sheets (which come folded) and simply discard the used ones.
Alternatively don’t wash or remove the used fitted sheets, simply keep putting your new fitted sheets over the already-installed ones. When this becomes too bulky, discard your existing mattress and buy a new one and start fresh.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 59.2 ms ] threadBut the article is great, especially the ghost joke.
Every time my wife and I fold our fitted sheets after a wash, after we've fumbled our way with folding it, I say "one day I'll lookup how to do this properly."
Imagine my elation upon seeing this on HN. The article captures the exact level of snark too.
Turns out that no woman I've dated has cared about whether fitted sheets are folded properly, nor have any of them known how to fold them. You know what they do care about? Cleanliness of sheets.
Bookmarked anyway. Maybe I'll ingrain the method before reaching my deathbed.
Bachelor hack: you don't need to know how to fold fitted sheets if you only have one set of sheets.
I'm married and only have one set, lol. Honestly I can't understand why you would have more anyways. I only have one bed, why have more sheets than I have beds!?
https://youtu.be/ckTCocBCUN4
Also, how to fold a tee shirt:
https://youtube.com/shorts/L6HpOO7MlcI
all four fitted corners need to be nested inside each other, you do this by folding in half one direction then the other popping them inside out as necessary
* Stolen from the article, but totally apt.
1) hire a fitted sheet folder 2) buy a supply of new fitted sheets (which come folded) and simply discard the used ones.
Alternatively don’t wash or remove the used fitted sheets, simply keep putting your new fitted sheets over the already-installed ones. When this becomes too bulky, discard your existing mattress and buy a new one and start fresh.