What gets ironed?

Ilona

I don't buy clothes which need ironing. They come out of the washer as soon as it's finished, and straight onto the line outside. When dry they are hung in the wardrobe or folded and put into the cupboard. No way would I iron bedding and tea towels.

I do own an iron, I switched it on today, briefly. The ironing board is next to my bed, it doubles as a bedside table. I was making some cloth shopping bags and ironed the seams to make it easier to sew. The only time I use the iron is when I'm sewing something. I can't think of a more boring household chore than ironing, I gave it up years ago.

Ilona

Spendless

My mum irons everything, tea towels, bedding, underwear, bras, dusters and tights- yes seriously on a very cool setting.

When I left home, a few months after my sister did, I started trying to copy my Mum. Then I visisited my sister who was putting her unironed tea-towels away and I tutted and said 'our mum ..' and my sister repleid 'I know, doesn't she waste time'

and from then on, I ironed less. Then a few years later I dated a man who told me 'I like ironing, I find it theraupeutic' so I married him.

However, he irons and though he thinks he does the world, he doesn't do 'laundry' which means it sits around forever until it gets to the ironing stage.

Pollycat

I don't iron underwear, socks, towels or tea towels.

I pretty much iron everything else - including my Egyptian cotton bedding which looks awful if I don't and linen or cotton napkins which we use regularly.

But it doesn't matter what anyone else does - do what suits you.

[Deleted User]

I confess I am an ironer I enjoy it and find it relaxing I have the tv on and watch the catch up tv which I don't have time to do normally I do admit I sit down to iron and always have.But I like ironed clothes .

My eldest DD is like me and Irons whilst my youngets DD who has a large family say 'God didn't put me on this earth to iron stuff so I don't'She doesn't knt or sew either If a button comes off or a seam goes, its given to me to sort out :):)

Her husband Simon has done any necessary ironing over the past 20+ years ,he also does the washing as well bless him.
But he doens't mind, and Tessa does the cooking, shopping and cleaning ,although he likes to cook the Sunday lunch They are a real team and always have been.

I_Love_comps

I never iron tea towels , towels or bed linen. The only clothes I iron are the ones that really need it . By need it, I mean the ones that are very creased and been scrunched up.
Life is too short to spend it ironing.

Gers

Nothing! Don't own an iron or ironing board.

I gave up ironing years and years ago, along with sending Christmas cards and haven't noticed any difference in my life.

Whilst I really enjoy getting into a freshly ironed bed the sensation lasts no more than half an hour so it's not good value for my time! :rotfl:

Life really is too short for that sort of thing.

maddiemay

Virtually nothing when I worked FT and OH needed clean smart shirt each day I used to have my ironing done out. Now I have one of those steam generator irons which gets used only in the summer for linen clothes. When I hang washing out on the line or on the airer I smooth everything out very carefully, put lots of things on hangers and that is it. When I used to iron it always seemed that I was putting in more creases than I was taking out. I wear mostly natural fibres which are less easy care, but I do not look untidy.

Several people I know fold/hang clean clothes and iron what they are going to wear quickly each morning, good if you can keep the board up somewhere.

YorksLass

When I was first married I'd iron practically everything but now, as the years have gone by, it's as little as possible.

Towels, tea towels, cloths, sheets, duvets - no. Pillow slips - yes.
Jeans, knitwear, t-shirts, underwear, socks - no. Trousers, some skirts and the occasional top/blouse - yes.

Whilst I don't mind ironing, there's always something more interesting to do.

[Deleted User]

I do shirts jumpers and trousers, that's it. I don't have a steam iron, so I do them straight from the spin cycle.

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I've just done my clean bedsheets for the first time in my life.

I came pretty close when I saw what my new washer-dryer does to them, it leaves them looking like they've been screwed up in a ball and pressed under an elephant.

DigForVictory

Dear OP,
Where ironing is Essential I have people for that sort of thing.
My offspring, specifically. If they want ironed shirts for school - they iron them. (I did a couple, spotted shirt 2 already had a vile stain but had been washed anyway to no avail & I'd ironed 2/3rds of it - so I strategically left the iron to scorch the offending blotch & set a clear precedent that Mum Can't Iron.)
My husband smelled the burning & shot over, calling the lads to witness this shocking danger & showed them How It Should Be Done.
They now negotiate to do the ironing & watch an extra half hour's TV whilst I retire secure in the knowledge that the job is being done to standard by someone who gets a benefit from it.

A Uni pal finds ironing relaxing. Less so with 4 children, I gather. Still to each her (or his!) gout...