I do the folding. Sheets, towels, handkerchiefs, cloth napkins; that’s what I do. I don’t do it like mom did, with a mangle though. Many a day we came home from school to find mom in the service porch mangling sheets and handkerchiefs with something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJiVjzUTsA8
What could possibly go wrong with mangles, on/off levers, and fingers involved. Remarkably, mom kept all her fingers all her life!
Brought up with a mangle in the house, and with none at hand now, I do what I can with what I’ve got. I use a “hand mangle” technique to smooth things out. Sheets, towels, handkerchiefs, no problem for me; except for fitted sheets. Fitted sheets were a pain. I had figured out how to fold them square, but it was cumbersome. I watched YouTube videos on how to fold them; most I didn’t understand. But this guy; this guy knows what he’s doing. In fact, he knows what he’s doing so well that he can actually demonstrate it so I can understand it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHTyH2nuFAw
Ever since I adopted this technique, fitted sheets are the easier sheet to fold.
Since fitted sheets are easier now, I guess I’ll need to turn my attention to improving my flat sheet folding technique next.