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[ SECRET POST #4266 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4266 ⌋

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[Star Trek: The Next Generation, seasons 1 - 3]

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[lovestruck]

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[John Goodman, Roseanne Barr]

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[Preacher]

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[Jane Austen, Mansfield Park]

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[The Great British Bake Off, series 6]

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Can't drive; can't knit; can't fold a fitted sheet.

Not working on it; huh, due to have my annual attempt soon which will probably end in tears and frustration, again; OMG WHYYYYYYY I keep trying every week after laundry day and IT NEVER IS THE SAME WTF.

I've found that youtube videos help with my knitting. I'm a visual learner so watching someone is easier to follow than written instructions or having someone try and explain it to me.

knitting is considered basic? not very many people do it.

It's considered basic where I live; every year, out come the needles and everyone's making their new scarves and gloves and hats and crocheting endless series of small little shapes to put on shelves so you can put trinkets on top of and hide again. It's a bit insane. With the family and friends 'round Christmas time, I give everyone books and get knitwear in return. The other day my 5-year-old nephew gave me a finger-knit little necklace thing, and I had a bit of a shock that it's no longer just my siblings or my classmates who are ahead of me in this, there's a whole new generation of knitters developing ...

where do you live?

In a town that's pretty much an Austrian postcard.

oh, I've never been to Austria

Omg, now I feel like Jeeves is judging my lack if knitting skills D:

oh, we can't all be good at everything like Jeeves is!

Only Jeeves can Jeeves. He'd pretty much solve all my problems though. He could fold the sheets, and knit the scarves, and drive me down to Aunt Agatha's on a Friday, and even faster back to the metrop when she found out I didn't do it myself :)

and of course any scarf, sweater, etc. made by Jeeves will be in the best taste. :)

That sounds adorable. I want to go there.

*pat pat pat*
My mom taught me to fold fitted sheets, and it's all about putting the corners on your hands and then on each other.

This vid shows you perfectly. Works best when you have a bed or table to lay it on at the end - doing it while holding it up in the air so as not to get cat hair all over it is very difficult.

https://youtu.be/_Z5k9nWcuFc

OMG that video. The first time I saw it, I was all "Oh, bah humbug, what kind of sheltered petty life do you live where folding a fitted sheet is the biggest challenge you face".
AND THEN I TRIED.
It's seriously frustrating because every once in a blue moon I do what seem to me just the same motions and it works, and every other time it's a mess where I do and do and do and it keeps coming up shambles until I give up and roll the darn things in a ball and stuff them in the back of the linen closet and hope to god my aunts don't visit any time soon.

Aw!
The only thing i don't like about that vid is the way she layers the corners.
I put a corner inside-out over my left hand, then put the other corner on that same side over my left hand, as well, right-side out. Do the same for the other end, and you have a sheet folded in half, with the corners tucked into each other.

Then you fold in half again (with a corner over your left hand), until you have a sheet folded into quarters with all four corners 'stacked' one on top of the other. It will naturally sort of fold the top down, and that's when you lay it on a bed or table and make it into a nice little square package.

The trick is just to get all for corners layered on/in each other, and the rest is easy.

Good luck! I hate when my sheets are a mess - my closet shelves are way tall and i can't reach or see up there, so folded is the only way to get all the sheets stacked and neat so i can climb my stepladder and get fresh ones down without a huge to-do.

Thanks for the support :) There are days I just consider ditching everything and using a hammock for the rest of my life. And then I imagine dealing with period cramps or a hangover in a hammock and think, nope, gotta have a bed nd sheets.

Omg.
When i was as kid, i think a hammock would have been magical.
But now...my back. Hell no.

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