How to Fold a Bath Towel

[pokerfan]

Evidence that we are drawing near to the end of Lifehacks. (I think it's like finding the last page on the internets.)

Over at the organization blog Unclutterer, they offer a simple tutorial on folding a towel so that it's ready to be hung right out of the closet. The steps:

1. Either lay the bath towel front-side down on a clean surface or, if your arms are long enough, hold the towel in a similar manner:
2. Fold into thirds (lengthwise):
3. Fold the long strip in half (bring short edges together):
4. Fold the strip in half again.

http://lifehacker.com/5311415/fold-a-bath-towel-efficiently-for-easy-storage-and-hanging

And for lost souls unable to visualize those not-exactly-cryptic instructions there's even a link to a page with pictures and a video!

:rofl:

[suninvited]

1. that is the correct way

if I ever flubbed that one, I was in a load of shit. My mother the OCD that she was, really didn't like misfolded towels.

[pokerfan]

4. Yes, it is correct

but I honestly didn't know that there were other ways...

[Z_I_Peevey]

10. That would be the correct way

if one is planning to hang the towel from the towel rack. HOWEVER, if one is planning to stack the towels on a shelf, the correct way is thus:

Fold the towel in half once, lengthwise, then once more.

Then fold the towel by thirds, in the other direction, with the first fold tucked inside the second.

The towels should be stacked so that no loose edges are showing.

I drove my children crazy too.

[trof]

2. We just stuff them in the towel barrel.

They come out kinda like Kleenex.
:-)

[Inchworm]

3. hmmm...

I like this idea!!

:)

[rrneck]

5. How to fold a tee shirt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-df-Qq829fg

I watched the video and I still don't understand it. :dunce:

[pokerfan]

7. That's the eastern method

We Americans make a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqq8eAl5Xyk">T-shirt folding machine!

[rrneck]

9. Gahahahahahaha!!! Next it'll be powered by a Hemi! nt

[merh]

6. I don't fold my towels like that

But I do fold maps as is described at the site

[pokerfan]

8. Hey, that looks like a PocketMod!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAb31rIeGZo

[surrealAmerican]

11. I don't see how that will make it look like a swan.

I think I need diagrams.

[underpants]

12. I roll them up like my AAAARMY TRAINING taught me

saves space

[pokerfan]

13. What kind of training, son?

:rofl: