[leephillips]

After I stumbled upon this site years ago, the Ian knot is how I tie my shoes every time.

The hardest part about this knot is making sure that somebody is watching while you do it. Every time I tie my shoes alone, I feel an upwelling of regret, as if there has been an opportunity lost.

[nhumrich]

Is this the shoe equivalent of arch linux?

[scrollaway]

As both an arch user and a ian secure knotter, i can confirm your suspicions.

(btw I use Ian's knot)

[aequitas]

Agree, the other problem is that the knot hardly ever comes loose. So you have to put in extra effort to create those spontaneous moments where you have to tighten your laces after someones points out they went "loose".

[zikzak]

There is a special t-shirt folding method with this same property.

[pta2002]

I need this, I absolutely suck at folding t-shirts.

[leephillips]

I have seen this done but have never learned it.

[burlesona]

Link? I'd love to see / learn this.

[snypher]

Probably something like this method; https://youtu.be/uz6rjbw0ZA0

[leephillips]

Now what about folding fitted sheets? That’s guru-level.

[Groxx]

Given a clockwise counting of corners, with the "outside" facing away from you (so you are looking at / reaching "into" the sheets from the elastic side):

    grab the inside of 2, invert, shove into the inside of 1.
    do the same for 3 into 4.
    now you have a sheet folded in half, with two pairs of corners together.
    grab the inside of 1+2, invert, shove into the inside of 3+4.
    now it's folded to a quarter, and all the messy stuff is together.
    lay out flat, straighten messy stuff a bit, so you can do the next step more easily.
    grab the whole thing, chuck into the closet.

[leephillips]

I’ve already mastered the last step.

[gnicholas]

Step 1: Only buy one set of sheets

Step 2: There is no Step 2

[sjwright]

I never understood the need to fold bed sheets. Crinkled sheets simply aren’t a problem I’ve ever had; you barely notice the difference once they’re stretched over the bed and pillows. I have a blanket box at the end of the bed; I just shove the second set of sheets in straight out of the dryer.

(I do fold sheets for the guest bed but that’s because the alternative set might spend months on the shelf. Most of the time the same set is washed and put straight back on the bed.)

[inanutshellus]

You fold them so you can stack them on other folded things. If they're messily folded, the pile falls over as you carry the basket upstairs, or stack other things onto them on your shelves.