I learned this from my grandmother’s domestic helper in Hong Kong. Brilliant trick!
Roll-Invert-Unroll: An easier way to replace a duvet cover
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#22My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.
Yeah, I don't think there's a need for the roll. You just need to make sure you can hold it high enough in the air to shake the thing without letting the bottom rest on the floor.
I just think of it like a really big pillow case. I put the pillow case on inside out so I do the same for the duvet cover.
I don't remember where I picked this up either, but I do remember it caused an ex girlfriend to get irrationally angry and tell me I was doing it wrong... that's when I knew she wasn't a keeper!
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#23For a queen size duvet I just stuff the entire duvet inside the cover and then align the two corners farthest from the hole, pinch from the outside and shake, takes less than a minute if I'm in a rush and no inversion required. I do have very long arms though, and maybe this would be faster for a king size duvet cover.
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#24They make duvet covers that zip all the way down two sides. And they make little padded clips for the corners so there is no tying.
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#25My preferred technique is to also start with the cover inside out. Then put your hands inside the cyber into its corners. Then grasp two corners of the duvet through the fabric. A bit of shaking to turn the cover the right way out and you are done.
What other way is there? This is how I learned it from my mom and have done it ever since. Edit: I guess there's this rolling method, which seems a lot more convoluted based on the videos.
IME lots of people just try stuff the duvet in and then shake it to get it in the right place.
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#26Where I'm from we have holes in the top corners of the cover. Just put your arms in there, grab the duvet and pull it in, shake it a bit, done (additionally you might need to fix the bottom corners and shake again). I was surprised when I went to other countries where you have to fiddle with only a bottom opening.
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#27I couldn't understand past the part where it was rolled down to the bottom, Fig 6. However, this was never a problem for me. I simply grab the top corner of the inner part and match it inside with inside corner of the outer part. Then the other top corner. Then pull them both to the top of the bed, then fix the bottom—easy.
https://www.extrapetite.com/2021/03/how-to-put-duvet-cover-b... Might make a bit more sense, but I’m still trying to follow it myself. I’ll have to try it to get it, I think.
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#28Was it how topology was invented?
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#29I just hold the duvet by the two front corners, shove it inside the cover and find the edges. Hold the edges from the outside of the cover, shake. Takes 30 seconds.
We also change it weekly, sleeping in the same covers for a month sounds disgusting.
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#30I just hold the duvet by the two front corners, shove it inside the cover and find the edges. Hold the edges from the outside of the cover, shake. Takes 30 seconds. We also change it weekly, sleeping in the same covers for a month sounds disgusting.
This is the way. I also use this method and change weekly. It’s pretty efficient, especially for larger duvets.