how much ironing do you do?

jennyjelly

I iron stirctly on a need-to-wear basis - wedding and funerals generally! When I shop for clothes I pay great attention to the labels and only special occasion items need ironing. Everything else goes straight on a hanger when it comes out of the washing machine and we never look rumpled.

If the ironing board is out it's more likely to be because I'm sewing and need to iron interfacing or something.

Life is just too short!

Rebekah24

I'm the same, I only buy lycra/spandex and other stretchy items. Nothing cotton, linen..nothing that would need ironing!! My iron is still in its box!

propinquitas

How does everyone manage their ironing?

Do you: wait for it to build up; never iron; do it when it comes off the line; iron when you need it; do an hour or so everyday; pay someone else (I enquired and it's REALLY expensive) etc.

Also, how do you cope with the boredom of ironing or are you in the lucky (I would argue) minority that actually enjoys it?

Have you any tips that might reform my anti-ironing character - or does anyone know of some therapy I can get!!

I would be interested in how everyone else copes with this loathsome task that makes me feel as though I am wasting my life as soon as I reach for the iron (not so with other housework strangely).

Rebekah24

I just dont iron

Dont buy anything that needs ironing, no shirts, no cotton- stretchy clothes only, lycra, spandex

my iron is in its box where it belongs!!

IMO..No need to reform yourself!! lol ironing is a waste of time(and electric)!!

Tigsteroonie

My iron comes out for special occasions (shirts for weddings), but more often to hem curtains & stuff !

elsien

I am full of good intentions which quickly fall by the wayside leaving me with a hugely overflowing basket. I iron most of my clothes, not because I want to but because I feel scruffy if I don't!
I do mine in the evening - I put the board up where there's a tv which minimises the boredom factor and set myself time limits - as much as I can in half an hour, then the rest goes back in the box and the bottle of wine comes out! Do that a couple of nights in a row and the backlog starts to clear a bit. It really is a thankless task though, I agree.
And I iron some of the things I don't need first before the outfit I desperately need the next day, just to make myself do a bit more at a time. Otherwise I'd only ever iron things at the last minute, which makes it worse.

HurdyGurdy

I used to do it all in one go, once a week. I'd set myself up with a pile of DVDs or a decent amount of stuff saved on Sky+ and just go for it.

Then I threw a strop one day when I had been ill for about a month and none of the family would do any ironing to help. Since that day, I've not picked up an iron.

I take the washing out of the machine as soon as it stops and hang it on the line immediately, smoothing/shaking creases out as much as possible (I have an indoor rotary line for winter and the outdoor one for warmer weather). As soon as it's dry, it's all put onto hangers and put straight in the wardrobe.

It's not as perfect as it would be if it had been ironed, admittedly, but I've never yet looked at any of them as they go out and thought "omg, that needs a damned good ironing".

I wonder why I bothered spending about 5 hours a week ironing!

Mrs_Thrify

When the kids were little I had lots to iron, school clothes and dresses, ect... I would put the ironing board infront of the TV and do 2 hrs.
Summer - did it out on the patio wile the kids played in the garden.

Now they are all working I just do my own ironing and tell everyone to do their own. I only give in and iron sons going out shirt.


I do not iron bedding or tea towels.

Justamum

Buy those clothes which are supposed to be all crinkly :rotfl:

I iron very, very little so my ironing basket is very small. If I hang clothes up outside to dry I always give them a quick blast in the dryer just to make sure they are completely dry, and that also gets rid of any creases. My DH doesn't like me ironing his shirts because he says it makes them wear out quickly . I won't iron his trousers because he only ever wears those combat types with loads of pockets and I honestly can't be bothered. I will iron hankies, but that's generally all. I don't understand people ironing bedding

propinquitas

No stop! I don't need encouragement in my slovenly ways ( Rebekah24, Tigsteroonie!) - I NEED reform!!:rotfl: My husband wears double cuff shirts which are a pain - he would happily help me out but he works long hours so I don't like him to have to do it. I like the idea of the little and often elsien.

Trouble with me is I like neatly pressed clothes and pillowcases- tho I won't iron duvet covers cos if they're dried right they don't really need it.

Justamum your comment made me laugh (re: shirts weraring out) there's no logic to men sometimes is there?:rotfl: