how much ironing do you do?

McFilly

I never iron, unless its a special occasion and something actually needs it. Apart from that we literally go months without the iron seeing daylight:D

paulwellerfan

i dont iron ... full stop... waste of time and effort.

scheming_gypsy

I iron everything I'll wear apart from socks... because i don't like looking like a tramp.

Churchmouse

I'm in the ironing camp Not because I like doing it, I don't, but I like the effect. All my bedlinen is either 100% cotton, or cotton/linen mix and looks and feels great for being ironed. I have very limited storage space and like jackieb find things stack much easier and neater for having been ironed. It takes seconds to iron a linen or cotton teatowel, but then they take much less space. I don't iron towels or terry teatowels, unless they've dried like boards outside, then they will be ironed to soften them and make them neater to fold. Most of my clothing and all DH's shirts and tshirts are made from natural fibres and benefit from an iron. I don't iron for the sake of it, stuff that can be hung to dry and looks good will not be ironed :cool: It doesn't bother me if people choose not to iron, I just wonder why it is considered crazy if you do.

Now if you want to discuss the craziness of spending 4 hours preparing and cooking a meal that will be eaten in 20 minutes ................................:rotfl:See we're all different and thank goodness for that

rising_from_the_ashes

Probably around 1/2 - 1 hour / week (on a Sunday afternoon/evening - hopefully with something decent on TV).

Work shirts & trousers - def as quite a smart office, pj's as I love putting on clean, pressed ones.

I've never been able to get my t-shirts to a state when they come out the wash where they don't need ironed ..... bedlinnen a def no but I do iron somethings which I probably don't need to (t-towels) and even DM said the other day she has no idea why I iron jogging bottoms, so they may well be next on the list of non-ironed things!

mummyroysof3

Churchmouse wrote: »

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Now if you want to discuss the craziness of spending 4 hours preparing and cooking a meal that will be eaten in 20 minutes ................................:rotfl:See we're all different and thank goodness for that

:rotfl: if something takes longer than 45 mins to make..we dont eat it..though i do have a chicken in the oven and have made a crumble,ckaes and jelly today..its the washing up i hate..or loading the dishwasher in my case it takes ages and is like a jigsaw puzzle:rotfl:

ive got no problem with people ironing whatever they want i just dont understand ironing stuff that doesnt need it. maybe being at home i get stuff hung up/folded straight away so its less creased anyway

dusting is my most hated job though:rotfl:

rising_from_the_ashes

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

maybe being at home i get stuff hung up/folded straight away so its less creased anyway

dusting is my most hated job though:rotfl:

That may be part of my problem - the wm is usually time delayed but even so, it can be a good couple of hours by the time I get stuff hung up.

I have found the past few weeks (housebound following surgery) that I've had to wash & iron a lot less than normal!


Will agree with you on the dusting front - I HATE it!;)

GreyQueen

I iron for about 10-15 minutes a week, typically work blouses which are cotton, linen, or cotton-linen blends. Can't say as I have strong emotions about; I just do it as part of my personal turn-out for t'office, same as polishing my shoes. It's no biggie.

Household textiles are a different matter. I have a quaint fondness for a well-ordered airing cupboard with things stacked in neat piles. And they do have to be stacked as the cupboard is only 24 inches wide.

If I am well-organised, I can strip the bed first thing and get the cotton sheet washed and dried over the airer and back on the bed that night, after the mattress-protector has been changed and the mattress flipped. In that case, I won't iron. I have two identical cotton duvet-covers which get used turn and turn about and I don't iron these at all.

Howsomever, if the sheet has to go in the airing cupboard and a different one comes out, that sheet will have to be ironed (folded into quarters) so that it'll take up less room and stack neatly. And it'll have to be rotated to the bottom of the stack of sheets.

I like to make sure that all my bedlinen, towels etc, has regular turns in use, to keep everything nice and fresh. I guess we all have our funny little ways............:o

Rowan9

mummyroy - do you tumble dry stuff? I've heard that you can then hang shirts etc up and they're fine. Never owned a TD and none of my cotton type shirts would pass with ironing. I've one nylon type blouse that is fine. I iron dish towels to get rid of germs and love an ironed set of bed linen (we have mostly 100% cotton so really crumpled). I always iron pillowcases and try to do duvet covers if I have time.
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redcard

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

I iron everything I'll wear apart from socks... because i don't like looking like a tramp.

Only thing I iron is work shirts, and that's only because I have to.

There's absolutely no reason to iron t-shirts, tops, jeans.

I'm guessing you don't know how to use a clothes horse properly