My friend Leah sent out a plea to Facebook this morning: how do I fold a fitted sheet? It’s been one of mankind’s most pressing questions, up there with “What’s the meaning of life?” and “Where have all the cowboys gone?” I mean, it’s a lowly linen. Surely it can be folded!
But the fitted sheet is the asshole of all sheets. It curls up, turns in on itself, and ultimately refuses to be tamed. Most people just ball it up into some puffy mess, maybe even going so far as to fashion that blob into a sloppy square of sorts. Let me tell you something: I’ve been there. But I have been enlightened. I now know how to fold a fitted sheet.
Like many people, I turned to YouTube to show me the light. There are dozens of videos on the subject, but all of them are confusing. They start off easy — put your hands in two corners and then fold one corner on top of another. Great! But then every. single. video just BREEZES through the next part, which is the trickiest part of all. The experts tell you to just “feel along the way” and place the next corner on your hand. Or tuck another corner into another corner. But which “way” do we feel upon? And what happens when your sheet has already turned into a jumbled, inside-out mess?
No need to panic at the disco. I have come up with a method that is simple and easy to follow, and I feel reasonably confident that my video explains everything clearly. It’s basically a variation on the corner-grabbing technique, except I use a flat surface to help out. I’m sure if you get really good at this version, you can probably fold the fitted sheet without ever having the place it on the floor or your bed. But for the rest of us, this will have to do.
Watch the video above, and let me know if it works for you. And if it’s still tricky, I’ll go and make another one! I just want to help the world with one of its problems. Help me help you (and the world).
Fantastic Ben. You do God’s work. I’m a nanny & I’ve spent half of my life folding kids bedsheets into big balls of fury. You have just solved mankind’s most befuddling 1st world problem & for that, my friend, you will be be handsomely rewarded.
This makes total sense…I’m definitely going to do this.
Mystery Solved! I am ready for my next Benevalation.
Thanks Ben! Made perfect sense!
I am just gonna keep balling mine up bc I live alone and that works for me. Hmmph! :p
hmmm, i’m surprised anybody could be confused by Martha’s exemplary video on the same subject. and seriously, who fold’s a sheet on their floor. might as well just throw it right back in the washer.
Unless, of course, you know your floor is clean. You can also use any other surface.
Thanks Ben! I could always do the first part and then the other end was a mess. I would just end up folding it a bunch of times so you couldn’t see it.
Exceedingly awesome. Not only informative but entertaining as well!