Ironing

I prefer 100% cotton items such as pillows, teeshirts, blouses and do not mind ironing same especially when left with bit of dampness in them from line drying.

I don't love ironing, but I don't mind doing it in front of a decent TV programme or listening to something funny on the radio. I prefer things not to be tumble dried first, because it seems to put creases where there were none to start with, and I couldn't countenance not ironing duvet covers, pillowcases or sheets. My late father-in-law taught himself to iron after his wife died, and he even worked out how to put a crease down the front of his pyjamas trousers!

I live with my DD, SIL and DGD . They all wear uniform in their jobs and like to look smart . We all also wear a lot of cotton and denim clothing which looks much better ironed .
As I don’t pay a lot of money to live in their beautiful home I have taken on the job of ironing , which takes me about 90 minutes twice a week , so not too bad .

I iron all natural fabrics, I can’t imagine getting into a bed with unironed linen, they wouldn’t feel clean to me. I certainly don’t iron things for the sake of ironing!

Years ago before decent steam irons were around a friend of my DD asked me what I was doing spraying a shirt with a water spray. I asked her if her mummy doesn’t do this and she said no, she washes them properly.

Keeps you warm!

I meant to say I remember nylon sheets, purchased by my very busy mother, they used to spark when you turned over in the night. They were very soon biffed.

nanna8 I quite like ironing. I'm an ambidextrous ironer but one time, as I was ironing my karate suits (heavy canvas) and using full heat and steam, I went from left to right and stood my iron up facing right. I was watching Hetty Wainthrop on BBC iPlayer as I worked and, without looking I reached for the iron with my right hand. My fingers gripped the sole plate instead of the handle. Oh! It was hot 😱 My fingers were under the cold tap for ages and they hurt all day but fortunately there was no blistering.

Lovetopaint037

Indeed.

I've had the same lady do my ironing for 40-years (now a dear friend).

It was something I hated even pre-marriage and was delighted when my husband "get someone in to do it".
I don't mind housework at all, just hate ironing.

I don't drink, smoke or go out with boys so have always considered it my only vice!!
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I love ironing. It is relaxing and rewarding. The OH and I squabble over who gets to do it.

I find ironing quite therapeutic. TV on and the time goes quite quickly.

Oh nanna8, we're in this club together. What else can be such an enjoyable tactile, warm experience. I can float off on the warmth and smell. I have recently purchased a steam generator and ironing has taken on a whole new role. I now do my ironing in the shed at the bottom of the garden whilst listening to the Archers and looking out at the Mendips or across the lawn. Ah, bliss. The dry washing goes immediately into the shed......whereas before it could sit on chairs, beds for ages before I got around to it. Now it's almost a daily dash to the shed for a bit of "me" time and nothing does it more for me than a good iron.

I once went to a funeral where the deceased was remembered 'for her creaseless ironing'. I would haunt my husband if he said that at my funeral. However, he is unlikely to do so. When I was working with a family at home I paid someone to do it. Now retired, I never iron anything at all. I hate ironing.

I enjoy ironing, but disapprove of ironing-board covers with a pattern, as I find these tend to show throw the cloth of the thing you are ironing, making you think there is a stain there.

And I do so wish that the manufacturers of irons would take the trouble to measure the length of the average ironing-board provide their irons with a flex long enough for you to be able to reach the entire tip of the board, which Oh manufacturers or irons! Is where the really finical ironing has to take place.

Another one who doesn't like anything crumpled or wrinkled so I'm in the ironing club.

I try to do my best for the planet. I don't want to use unnecessary electricity, so I rarely iron anything these days.

Plus, as I have mentioned on previous threads on this topic, I think that smooth clothing will emphasise my wrinkly skin, whereas creased clothing will lessen the contrast.

Those are my excuses, anyway, and I am sticking with them. 😂

I used to have my ironing afternoon when I'd plough through a great mountain of ironing.
It doesn't happen anymore .
I rarely iron .
I love to write,read or do my art work .

I still do ironing. I like my clothes and bedding ironed - as does my husband - but don’t iron underwear or towels etc.

My friend’s mother in law was from Northern Ireland and had a very strong accent. On our first meeting I thought she asked me if I liked Ireland, to which I replied that it seemed very nice but I hadn’t had chance to see much yet. She looked at me as if I was mad and walked off. I later learned that she’d asked me if I liked ironing as she was horrified that my friend would not iron her husband’s clothes, and she was curious as to whether all English women were as negligent in their housekeeping.
For the record, I don’t mind ironing and can’t stand the creased bedding at my AC’s houses though I would never say anything to them.

Since DH retired I thought it only fair if he ironed his own shirts, but I do the rest. There is nothing like a freshly ironed duvet cover and pillowcases. I dont however iron undies or towels

I don't mind ironing although I do sit down to do it. I stopped having duvet covers, now use coverless duvets which don't need ironing. I have never ironed underwear however do like to run the iron over towels as I don't use a tumble dryer, any more. A long as the tv is on/music to distract me I am quite happy to iron as I much prefer ironed clothes.

I like the satisfaction of ironing, crumpled pile to smooth pile. I don't iron so many things these days. My daughters don't iron, but I can't let my granddaughter go to school with a wrinkly blouse, so I iron those.
Two days ago, my ancient ironing board fell apart. I don't find the new ones so stable and they are so expensive!

I am a slave to my ironing board, the thought of non ironed bedding gives me the heebie geebies

I wear a lot of linen, must be ironed, DH wears polo shirts, shirts, chinos etc all must be ironed.

I really don’t mind ironing, and iron most things. This thread has reminded me that my board badly needs a new cover!
I’ve been ironing since I was about thirteen. I did my own school blouses, and my dad’s dress shirts. We didn’t actually have an ironing board. We used a wood panel balanced on the backs of two dining chairs!

PS. My ironing board was a wedding present, and is now almost fifty eight years old. One of my DDs wants to inherit it, as it so much heavier than hers, and thus so much more stable.

GrannyGravy13 I am also a slave to my ironing board. Sadly, I really enjoy doing the laundry and ironing - love to see all our clothes and bed linen crease-free and smart. I volunteer in a charity shop and each week spend half my time there ironing (mainly shirts, dresses, jumpers). The shop had a 'normal' iron, which wasn't very good, but a couple of years ago they invested in a large 'industrial' steamer - an absolute game-changer. I have a steam-generator iron at home, wouldn't be without it, so much better than a regular steam iron.