On the Art of Folding Clothes
If drying clothes after washing using clotheslines is a technique to
be learnt & practiced, so also is the art of folding the clothes after
drying. Even taking out clothes from the clothesline needs care and
patience. If you pull out (frisk) a cloth, say Dhoti rashly, you may
have it torn due to sharp edges of wire at the wire joints. The cloth
may fall on a nearby dirty wall surface and spoil dried clothes. You
must take them out gently and not allow creases that may crumple them.
You need a clean and flat surface (table top / settee) to spread,
remove creases and fold. Folding styles depend on your skills and time
available. You may try a professional launderer's style of folding
shirts / pants. Or adopt a style of your own. For instance, I prefer
to fold shirts starting at the armpit level from the back. Others may
prefer front side, lengthwise triple fold first. Folding sarees and
bedsheets may require you to stand. Very small pieces like briefs,
undies, BRAs may be lumped into a plastic bag without folding.
Folding them to the same size helps you stack them properly. Stacked
clothes need to fit into shelves using optimum space. They should also
be easy to retrieve. Picking out one should not let all other folded
pieces fall apart. Slippery clothes require extra care. So do large
lehengas. I have seen westerners rolling clothes into cylindrical
bundles and stacking them one over the other, towards the edges /
walls of the shelf. That is a puzzle to me.
Talking of the final size of the folded piece, I want to share an
observation. Once I bought some kerchiefs, a plastic pack containing
six pieces. I bought it, looking at the size and apparent quality of
the product. Coming home, after opening the pack, I found he had
tricked me – folding the kerchief to appear bigger than it really was!
If you are short of time and want to finish the task as a chore, there
are a couple of videos to help you fold clothes very fast. They are
not for me. I enjoy folding clothes, to kill time, entertain and
learn; ruminate silently over events passing by.
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Dr P Vyasamoorthy / 9490804278
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