does anyone actually iron?

[internetstalker]

only shirts and trousers for work/kids uniform

 

[butterfly child]

My husband irons his shirts, and sometimes t-shirts.

I don't do ironing. He rarely asks me to iron something, because a refusal often offends

I tend to buy clothes that don't need ironing, and I hang the majority of them up, only my underwear goes in a drawer.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Your self-aggrandising folding techniques are just too weak I assure you.

NO, I was talking about hanging clothes up actually
Anyway...I don't fold shirts, I hang them in a wardrobe.

 

[bluestreak]

I do, almost every day. I iron everything, even t towels and boxer shorts, sometimes socks as well.

seek help.

i mean it.

 

[bluestreak]

baldrick, blossie33, butterfly child, cesare, firky, fogbat, gentlegreen, Iemanja, lil-Pixie, marty21, Rutita1, ShiftyBagLady, Signal 11, Stig, Treebeak, twisted

*respects the sane gang*

 

[moomoo]

I used to pay someone to do it as I never had time but now I find it quite relaxing. I put a dvd on or watch something on tv and it's not such a bad task.

Sorting out the knickers and socks is a different matter though.

 

[*Miss*Sparkle*]

people aren't flat, therefore why spend time making your clothes flat with an iron?

 

[chico enrico]

yes. shirts.

you can't wear a crumpled shirt - you look like you've escaped from a young offender's institution. disgraceful.

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Ironing is one of those occasional things innit?

I sometimes iron a shirt if it's really crumpled but usually just to dry something, 'cos I don't have a tumble dryer.

(hair straighteners make a good emergency travel iron!)

 

[Stig]

Last time I ironed something was when I was 10 and my mum was showing me how.

I thought, well this is bollocks, isn't it?

That was that, really.

 

[Rollem]

i iron as i need to

thankfully, i dont always think i need to

 

[quimcunx]

I iron maybe 20 times a year. don't buy shirts, or anything in linen. Lycra in everything, and don't be pernickety, that's the key.

 

[ice-is-forming]

i haven't ironed anything, or in fact owned an iron for about 25 years...

 

[bluestreak]

yes. shirts.

you can't wear a crumpled shirt - you look like you've escaped from a young offender's institution. disgraceful.

what if you have, in fact, aimed for that look, eh grandad?

 

[silver]

Definitely not! If you hang the things neatly on the drying rack there is no need

I clearly lack the ability to do this

I loathe ironing but all my clothes just seem a horrible crumpled mess if I don't, so I'm forced to iron

But bed sheets are nice ironed, they feel lovely I don't iron anything that doesn't need it - like undies, or tea towels tho, thats daft

 

[dylanredefined]

Uniforms shirts etc most clothes that need ironing look better with an iron over them .Spray starch is good as well .Though only occasionally do i get the
pritt stick out to make the creases razor sharp.

 

[Orang Utan]

No, I don't wear shirts, so no need. I don't fold or put away. I just throw on the floor. Dirty clothes go in the basket, so there's no confusion. If I have a 'guest', everything gets chucked in the wardrobe.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

people aren't flat, therefore why spend time making your clothes flat with an iron?

eminently sensible.
you people are odd with your pristine socks and tea towels isnt ironing your tea towels the first sign of madness?
tis in my house

 

[wtfftw]

I tried ironing when I was younger (50p a shirt I think the rate was) but fuck that.

Didn't have an iron until earlier this year when the manshape got one as he has to wear white shirts and stuff. He proceeded to take the surface off the table and there's weird build up on the iron. We rescued an ironing board (no cover) and tbh I'm not sure where the iron has got to. He now hangs his troushers to dry folded funny so they have the crease down the front. I'm considering using the iron for sewing*. Does something magic to stitches apparently and I can see it would help with hems... the concept of ironing has put my sewing on the back burner (again).

I'm a crumpled mess but that's fine. I swear I didn't wash my clothes for years but now the manshape is kind enough to put my stuff in with his.


edit:
*As part of the making things process. Not sewing with an iron like an idiot. Honest.

 

[chico enrico]

what if you have, in fact, aimed for that look, eh grandad?

a grandad?

what, you want to look like clive dunn?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=plwiAUUe6bc

 

[mysterygirl]

I only iron if it really can't be avoided. Job interviews are probably the first occassions to come to mind that require the attention of an iron.

I try quite hard to buy clothes that need little or no ironing. And wet clothes hung up on hangers to dry will dry without terrible creases, underclothes don't need ironing in anybody's world Im afraid!

Besides, even if you iron something, by the time you've gotten into the transport (bus/cab/train/whatever), travelled and gotten out again there is a sufficient degree of natural crumpling which completely hides the initial lack of ironing!

 

[ScallyWag II]

I iron my work shirts and trousers but that's it. I hate ironing.

 

[May Kasahara]

the manshape

What a brilliant turn of phrase

Irons are handy for when you have to hem something, actually - they give a nice sharp press to the new hem and make it look a bit more like it's supposed to be there. (I have to do this a lot, because I'm 5'4" and a size 12 which apparently makes me ineligible for commercially made clothes that fit )

 

[Melinda]

Limited ironing. Again, if washed clothes are hung nicely straight out of the machine, there is no real need for ironing. That said, I do get up ten mins before the boyfriend to make sure he has a nicely pressed shirt.

Rather like Moomoo, I'll be damned if he's going out crumpled making a holy show of me.

My mum used to say the same to me, "Im not having you going out loking like nobody loves you."

 

[wtfftw]

What a brilliant turn of phrase

Irons are handy for when you have to hem something, actually - they give a nice sharp press to the new hem and make it look a bit more like it's supposed to be there. (I have to do this a lot, because I'm 5'4" and a size 12 which apparently makes me ineligible for commercially made clothes that fit )

I got bored of 'bloke' and he's not technically Mr drag0n...


I'm going to trust you on the hemming thing. Not only does it mean I'm right but also completely justified in not doing anything productive. I'm quite glad I never got round to making a tablecloth as I didn't take into account the extended size but also we're getting a new (secondhand) table soon. delay delay...

 

[monsterbunny]

I used to iron everything including boxers, but I was a repressed anal retentive back in those days. My then girlfriend used to call me 'ironing boy'; she'd never ironed anything in her puff, and looked amazing in spite of it. In mitigation I did have to wear business shirts to work, but the jeans, teeshirts, boxers, teatowels was a bit much.

The legacy of that relationship is that I iron nothing now and I no longer have a suit and tie kind of job. I am now freed from the shackles of smooth clothes and the drudgery it entails. Huzzah to unironed teeshirts.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

my ex did get me into the habit of folding my clothes. he wouldnt let me near his dressing room because he had seen my wardrobe, exactly like OU described
now i hang and i fold hang but im damned if im going to iron

 

[Geri]

Yes I do, although I buy non iron clothes if I can to cut down on it. I'm not someone who is happy going around wearing crumpled or dirty clothes.

 

[Orang Utan]

but after 5 minutes of wearing a crumpled t-shirt or jeans, they're fine, so it's pointless

 

[mentalchik]

The only ironing i do is my son's school uniform on a sunday night (1 shirt and 1 pair of trousers)..............


my stuff get's ironed if it needs it when i wear it and the eldest does his own when he needs to............



fucking hate ironing !


Why on earth does anyone need to iron socks and pants ?????