Ironing

[FP]

Is the one thing in life I absolutely hate.  So I shove it all out of sight and then have to spend hours and hours doing it.  When it is done I make a resolution to do it the same day as the washing, but in 30+ years of doing laundry I have never kept this resolution and always I have a spare room full of unironed clothing. 

My son lives quite happily without an iron and an ironing board - should I throw mine away.  Any thoughts?

[FP]

You're on Philtaz!  I shall pile the basket as high as possible and put weights on top of the pile to squash it all down and crease it all up - I shall then get a great deal of ironing for my �20.00!

I have to admit that I love to see a really nicely ironed shirt and I do iron Mr FP's shirts very well.  I wonder if he will notice the 7 unironed ones from yesterday?

Have a nice day.

[smudge]

Contrary to popular belief - I can't stand ironing! It is such a repetitive chore & I'd rather be doing one of my hobbies!

Long live our tumble dryer, it really is an asset & cuts down on so much of it - apart from shirts!

[Otrere]

When the clothes are washed and dried I just hang them straight on the hanger and put them in the wardrobe. Then when I need to wear something I just iron what I want to wear before I wear it. Admittedly most of my stuff I buy is easy-iron or doesn't crease and I can get away without ironing it anyway.

As a child I often wondered why we couldn't just start a new fashion in wearing un-ironed clothes and hope it sticks.

[davver]

Gosh no I think tumble dryers are a curse when it comes to ironing! Mine puts such creases in my clothes. Mind you, I do leave them in there for a while after the cycle has finished, and probably overload it as well. Ironing is fine once you've started, but getting the motivation to get going is tough.

Re the Forces thing - not for me! I'd love someone else to iron my kit... as long as I could trust them not to put tramlines in which they ALWAYS do - and you can't complain because they have just done you a favour!

[smudge]

Well I suppose it could depend on the make of your tumble dryer & the fact that you're overloading it & leaving your clothes in for too long after it's finished!

Fortunately, ours has an option that when the tumble cycle is finished, it goes onto a de-creaser action. The tumble comes on every few minutes, just for a few seconds, to stop the clothes from creasing - that's why our cuts down on ironing! I love it.

[Emily Ball]

A tip for those people who actually do iron their laundry(and it looks like it might just be me and Mrs. Bloggs down the road judging by this thread!) - do it straight after breakfast, or before if you're not a breakfast-eater; it doesn't feel nearly as much of a chore if you tackle it before the rest of your daily chores, while you're still relatively fresh and rested.

[shaneystar]

I hate ,loathe and detest ironing Years ago I used to have to iron at home.Brothers shirts and dads boiler suits etc.If you ever!! I have had years of ironing school shirts and hubbies shirts for work but now I am retired I iron as little as possible.
Whoever invented ironing should be shot at dawn!