I haven't picked up an iron in 5 years. My husband used to iron (before he met me).
I pick my materials carefully and make sure it all comes out of the machine asap before the creases set it. I put it on hangers to dry in our laundry room indoors.
I think I get away with it.
Who else does this?
2006-07-23 04:59:17 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
I'm with you. I don't like ironing either. I buy fabrics that don't need to be ironed. I will iron something if it's very wrinkled but I usually hang things up right away after they're dried. It really helps that the job I have let's me wear jeans and tshirts. My husband's job is the same way. Really saves on the ironing.
2006-07-23 05:12:10 · answer #1 · answered by Garfield 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I read your submission (question) with interest because I'm always open to new ideas. But after reading your procedures, I've decided to continue with my current ironing routine. I'm not saying that your routine is bad; I'm saying that although it's good for you, it's not for me. To each their own. If we were all alike in our thinking, the world would be a pretty boring place.
My thoughts are that I don't want to have to be alert to the washing machine cutting off. It doesn't have a warning buzzer like my clothes dryer has. Also, I don't wan't to pass up the luxury of a clothes drier. When I was a boy, people hung their clothing outside on clotheslines, somewhat like you choose to hang it today in your laundry room. They used clothes pins rather than hangers though. (Incidentally, are you curious about reincarnation? It's possible that in another life (if reincarnation exists) you had many children and were involved in hanging many diapers out on the clothes line, and that your laundry hanging habit from another life has carried over into this one.)
In my mind (at the moment anyway) your laundry handling routine seems more complex than mine, and I think that contributes to my not wanting to switch from my current routine. Also, when I worked for a living (retired now, but was an office worker) I noticed people who believed the 'no ironing needed' message on clothing and wore clothing that had not been ironed. In some instances, the image they projected was one of being too lazy to iron, or ignorant of inflated advertizing claims that their clothing didn't need ironing, or both. On reflection, I also think that some people are just more tolerant of an un-ironed look than I am. I started ironing my shirts after I saw no way to get the people in professional clothes washing establishments to stop breaking the buttons on my shirts with their clothes pressing equipment. I'm also fussy about having crisp ironed creases in my shirts and pants, something that people with more relaxed appearance preferences might not even find appealing. So I think that may contribute to my wanting to stay with my current routine, and your preferring your own routine.
I think it's curious that you converted your husband to your preferences though. Maybe he wasn't a hard core sharp crease person. You know, someone who was on the fence and capable of going in either direction. Either that, or he's so fond of you that he thinks that whatever you think is just great. If that's the case, you're a fortunate woman.
Well, I think I've said all I have to say. Need to move on. Have ironing to do.
2006-07-23 06:03:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I iron everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. I don't know why, but in the culture in which I live (Saudi Arabia), it is just expected for everyone's clothes to be perfectly ironed with creases in all the right places.
Most people here iron their undergarments and socks as well, even though they can't be seen and they don't wrinkle anyway. At one time clothes dryers were not available, and clothes dried outside might end up with eggs of bugs in them, and the iron would kill those eggs as well as any tiny bugs. Gross, huh? Now that everyone has clothes dryers there's no need for this, but I think everyone just got so used to ironing everything that they can't imagine NOT doing it. Too bad; that's one job I wouldn't mind never doing again!!!
2006-07-23 05:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Miss_M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I NEVER iron. If it has to be ironed, then I don't need to wear it.
I grew up having to iron everything, and I absolutely hated it. So I try to buy clothing now that won't wrinkle too bad and take things out of the dryer as soon as they finish.
Really the only time I use an iron is if I'm sewing and need to press down edges or a seam.
2006-07-23 05:13:08 · answer #4 · answered by jamie5987 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never Iron unless absolutely necessary....necessary means that it has been packed away for the season and has deep deep wrinkles set in ...I don't have time to wash and dry in the sryer because my appointment is in 1 hour and I really wanna wear this .....
2006-07-23 08:09:09 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen sister!..lol..I hate ironing and only do IF I have to..like my husband left his shirt crumbled into a ball after he did laundry n now omg needs that very shirt ..lol
2006-07-23 08:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by Rain32 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wash & wear the only way. The only thing I use my iron for is applying wood veneer edging in my shop.
2006-07-23 05:13:40 · answer #7 · answered by home improvement at its best 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do that, too. It's simpler than ironing. I am afraid that I might accidentally leave the iron on and leave it there and light my house on fire!
2006-07-23 05:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by czubl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just buy no-iron clothes for myself and my family.
2006-07-23 09:08:39 · answer #9 · answered by PeggyS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I toss um in the dryer to dewrinkle
2006-07-23 05:11:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋