Ori-garment
The not-so-ancient Japanese art of t-shirt folding...
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- Lay the t-shirt on a flat surface with the collar to your right (or left), --|
- Find the center line
- Grasp and pinch the cloth, both layers, with the fingers of the hand furthest from the collar.
- Using the other hand, find the point on the shoulder in line with the first point.
- Grasp the shirt there with your other hand.
- Without moving the first hand, bring the shoulder down to meet the hem.
- Grasp the hem as well. You are now holding the center of the shirt in the first hand, the shoulder and hem (four layers) with the other hand.
- Now comes the tricky part. Without letting go of the shoulder and hem, twist and pull with the other hand. You are turning the shirt inside out around your first hand.
- You should now have a semi-rectangular "package" gripped in both hands.
- Fold that over the remaining sleeve.
- et voila!
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