# How to fold a shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080 "2006-09-25T16:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/1 "2006-09-25T16:23:45Z")
No kidding. I happened to go to You Tube and saw a video on how to fold a shirt. Here it was in the middle of the night, but after viewong the video 3-4 times I took off my T-shirt and gave it a try. It works! And if you fold a lot of underwear T-shirts, golf shirts, polo shirts and even dress shirts, this little trick will be your friend. The woman who demonstrates it talks in Chinese (I think), but the moves are so plain and easy you don’t need language. This morning I folded a golf shirt for my wife, then let her try it. Bingo! Check it out and let us know how you did. Without any doubt many of you already know how to do this - but many do not. Learn how at… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ByKmsHdhra8/hqdefault.jpg "How to Fold") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKmsHdhra8) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/2 "2006-09-25T16:48:50Z")
I tried that once before but couldn’t get the hang of it. This time I vow I’ll master it. I guess I’ll have to bring a big ol’ basket of t-shirts into the computer room and practice while watching the video. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/3 "2006-09-25T16:55:20Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] I tried that once before but couldn’t get the hang of it. This time I vow I’ll master it. I guess I’ll have to bring a big ol’ basket of t-shirts into the computer room and practice while watching the video. [/QUOTE] Once you get it, you’ll marvel at its simplicity. Honest. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/4 "2006-09-25T17:02:36Z")
I first ran across this a couple of years ago; it’s fun to try, but I always forget to actually do it when I’m folding laundry. Good timing today; there’s a load of t-shirts in the dryer right now. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/5 "2006-09-25T17:41:15Z")
I fold differently. I hold the shoulder seams together, shake, fold in sleeves, drop half and then quarter. I’m gonna sooo try this! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/6 "2006-09-25T17:54:42Z")
That is so cool! I want so badly to take off my shirt and try it right now, but my co-workers might be offended. Prudes. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/7 "2006-09-25T17:56:07Z")
_Whoa_! I just tried it out on one of my T-shirts. I held it in the way it showed on the video, lifted it up and pulled it with a flourish, then looked at it sitting on the floor, thinking, _damn, I messed it up_. Looking closely at it, I realised suddenly how and in what direction I was supposed to fold it in half, did so, and sat there in amazement at my now neatly-folded T-shirt. This is awesome, and I can use this! Just wait until I show the ladies at work! We deal with (consignment) clothes all day long, but we just hang them or put them on mannequins; maybe this will give us some new display ideas once they realise how simple it is. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/8 "2006-09-25T18:36:28Z")
This took me three times trying to learn before I caught on, and now it’s so easy that I feel stupid. It is fun, though ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/9 "2006-09-25T18:47:50Z")
[Here’s the same method in English!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=dIeGfSP19Ck&mode=related&search=) ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/10 "2006-09-25T18:55:31Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] [Here’s the same method in English!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=dIeGfSP19Ck&mode=related&search=) [/QUOTE] I saw that when I went back to the website. It’s more fun in Chinese, though, don’t you think? 😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/11 "2006-09-25T19:00:00Z")
Martha Stewart showed this method of folding on her show a while back. It’s how she was taught to fold shirts in prison. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/12 "2006-09-25T19:03:52Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] The woman who demonstrates it talks in Chinese (I think)… [/QUOTE] Japanese. Those are _hiragana_ and _kanji_ characters that you see on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/13 "2006-09-25T19:42:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cheesesteak] Martha Stewart showed this method of folding on her show a while back. It’s how she was taught to fold shirts in prison. [/QUOTE] I don’t know why that cracked me up, but it did. It is a great way to fold shirts though. But if I don’t do it all the time I forget. ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fold-a-shirt/374080/14 "2006-09-25T21:51:11Z")
I saw this video a month or so ago and I’ve been folding my shirts that way ever since. It cuts down my laundry-folding time pretty drastically. I recommend it to anybody who has a lot of shirts and is willing to spend 5-10 minutes learning it.