Ironing - love it or hate it?!

WashingTime

Hey everyone. After spending months these wonderful forums, we've finally got our house sorted and we can get on with life!!!

I was arguing recently with a friend about how on earth some people really love ironing (like my mum)! (I'd love to give her all mine but she's a few hundred miles away)

Does anyone have any tips for how I might get through all those piles of the stuff?

WT

Tiddlywinks

Hate it... I send mine away to a service - best money I could spend!

Bitsy_Beans

Do what I do and get your spouse to do it My husband does ALL the ironing in this house <insert smug icon> :rotfl:

jetplane

Only iron what you have to. My friend loves ironing and irons everything that she can get under an iron including socks, towels etc, she will iron them twice for fun. Me? I hate starting the ironing but once I'm started I quite enjoy it but then i don't do a lot. If someone wants something ironed that I wouldn't bother with eg. I don't iron the bedding :eek: then as soon as they're old enough they do it themselves.

SailorSam

I'm trying to start a new trend ...... crinkle cut clothes.

Taadaa

I hate it so I don't do it. Occasionally I might have to, but generally I use the most appropriate wash on the machine; don't spin on the highest setting as it adds to the creases; and I give it a good shake and make sure it is put on the line pulled out rather than scrunched up. Works very well.

[Deleted User]

I don't mind it, but I dont actively seek it out either.

I try to fold and smooth out creases as soon as the washing is done, but i will iron the kids school shirts as i like them to look well presented. I probably do half hrs worth every 2-3 weeks.

Kids have small clothes still though and will make a shirt do 1-3 days.

Yorkie1

I loathe it and wear clothes that don't generally need to be ironed e.g. T shirts.

But if I do have to do some ironing, I set the board up in front of the telly so I've got something to help it pass more quickly.

building_with_lego

Iro- what?

Mine's used solely for wondaweb and interfacing; I can't remember the last clothing item I ironed.

mrcow

I don't iron.

Anything that really needs it gets done just before it's worn. We have a tumble drier and things get folded neatly once dry.

Desperado99

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Do what I do and get your spouse to do it My husband does ALL the ironing in this house <insert smug icon> :rotfl:

Same here :T he doesn't mind it. I can't stand it