October 13, 2008 2:37 PM
How to fold a T shirt in 2 seconds
I had forgotten about this - carried it on my blog in 2005. Practiced it, then promptly forgot and went back to my highly unprofessional, admittedly sloppy habits:
I'm gonna give this another try as it's faster AND produces better results.
Nowadays you can also find the method on YouTube in English. But it takes five times as long to describe - which probably underscores the Japanese superiority in efficiency and why they came up with the method in the first place:
HT for the reminder to Jess at Making Home.
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When I saw the title of this post, I was imagining something more like, "How To For Moms: Fold A Towel in 20 Steps." For example:
1. Bring basket of laundry into the bedroom and set it on the floor.
2. Clear off the bed so you will have a place to fold clothes. Put dirty clothes into hamper, and put away miscellaneous toys, books, shoes, etc.
3. Make the bed.
4. Chase after toddler who just walked by with a toothbrush and a bottle of paint.
5. Shoo children off the bed and make it again.
6. Dump the clean laundry out onto the bed. Panic for a moment when a red crayon also falls out of the laundry basket, until you see that there's no melted wax anywhere. Sigh with relief.
7. Tell your 7 year old how to spell "grenade." Pause for a second, then decide not to ask.
8. Pull out one white towel from the pile of clean clothes.
9. Smile and tell your toddler how helpful she's being.
10. Surreptitiously toss the dirty sock she brought you back into the hamper.
11. Put the dirty sock back in the hamper again.
12. Put the dirty sock back in the hamper again.
13. In frustration, scold your toddler, put the dirty sock back in the hamper, close the lid, and set the hamper somewhere she can't reach.
14. Feel guilty, hug your toddler and thank her for trying to help. Get her a cookie.
15. Come back into the bedroom and -- hey, where'd the towel go?
16. Find the towel where the dog knocked it onto the floor and set it back on the bed.
17. Freeze as your 7 year old yells, "Hey mommy! We made MUD GRENADES!"
18. Give everyone a bath.
19. Use the towel to dry them off.
20. Throw the towel back into the dirty clothes hamper.
Voila!
Posted by: Michelle Potter | October 13, 2008 4:01 PM
