They Said It Couldn’t Be Done (and for a long time, they were right)
In all the time that I have sorted clothing, washed it, and dried it, I have never regarded the process as particularly difficult. Our washer is high efficiency with a large load capacity (no pesky center agitator), the dryer has a dryness sensor; it isn’t rocket science. Folding shirts used to throw me for a loop until I learned the proper use of the chin whilst folding (oh you suspected, but you did not know - a third appendage during folding does help!). Oh yes. Anyhow, ironing is not a problem either because I only burned the screen print off one t-shirt and it ended up looking rather cool: like it had been speckled with paint. I do not think I will get that lucky the next time I melt something, so I have pretty much avoided it since. Either way, I have never turned any load of whites pink and really do not think about laundry any more than the average person.
Except when I am trying to fold fitted sheets.
I mean, who likes to pull out sheets that have been hopelessly mangled by someone who has no idea how to get the damn things into nice rounded parcels? Not me. Nevertheless, I continually put up with it because I had no idea how to get those freakin’ elastic bands to cleave to my will. Years ago, I dreamt of a time when I would be endowed with the skills and maturity to successfully fold a fitted sheet into an acceptable non-lumpy object.
That day has almost come.
Yes, through the infinite power of Google, I have found a way to fold fitted sheets. I can not believe I did not think to search before - but a simple query for “fold a fitted sheet” yieled a nearly boundless well of sheet wrangling information. Therefore, I will use the instructions at Target’s Australia Website to accomplish the unthinkable. The world is my oyster!