Bed sheets

You guys! i could sleep on anything! Even my toilet paper is rough!
I had satin sheets once though (one night only) and I kept slipping off the bed! hahaha!
 

Thread Count Matters (But Highest Isn't Always Best)

Thread count refers to the number of horizontal and vertical threads per square inch. Generally, the higher the thread count, the softer the sheet, and the more likely it will wear well — or even soften — over time. Good sheets range anywhere from 200 to 800, although you'll occasionally see numbers over 1,000. Astronomical thread counts don't necessarily mean the sheet is better — there are even tricks to inflating the thread count (such as using multiple yarns twisted together) that don't actually improve the hand of the fabric and may even detract from its quality.

Don't assume a low thread count means low-quality sheets. "There are 200-count cotton sheets out there that are finished very nicely and actually feel like they have a higher thread count," Symmes says. "Fewer chemicals and more mechanical finishings are used these days, giving a nice hand and performance." If you're watching pennies, try 200-count combed cotton sets from a well-known brand; name brands are likely to have high certification standards for their finishing processes.

Symmes says that his ideal sheet is a combed cotton sheet in the 300 to 400 thread count range.

https://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/bedrooms/guide-to-buying-sheets
 
Pinky said:
Thread Count Matters (But Highest Isn't Always Best)

Thread count refers to the number of horizontal and vertical threads per square inch. Generally, the higher the thread count, the softer the sheet, and the more likely it will wear well — or even soften — over time. Good sheets range anywhere from 200 to 800, although you'll occasionally see numbers over 1,000. Astronomical thread counts don't necessarily mean the sheet is better — there are even tricks to inflating the thread count (such as using multiple yarns twisted together) that don't actually improve the hand of the fabric and may even detract from its quality.

Don't assume a low thread count means low-quality sheets. "There are 200-count cotton sheets out there that are finished very nicely and actually feel like they have a higher thread count," Symmes says. "Fewer chemicals and more mechanical finishings are used these days, giving a nice hand and performance." If you're watching pennies, try 200-count combed cotton sets from a well-known brand; name brands are likely to have high certification standards for their finishing processes.

Symmes says that his ideal sheet is a combed cotton sheet in the 300 to 400 thread count range.

https://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/bedrooms/guide-to-buying-sheets
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Good info.......by my experience only..... i've found low thread count tends to pill, and found not comfy after a short period of time.
My opinion only.
 
I have been using fleece sheets recently and they are soft to the touch and warm. I just got some from Wayfair but haven't tried them yet till the pad comes.
 
We buy our sheets at Costco. They are super easy maintenance. They don’t get wrinkly. They aren’t silk but very silk like- static and snag resistant. No special washing needed. Can’t ask for better. I’m NOT one to iron bed sheets. I’ve got better things to do.
 
ms gamboolgal and I have tried l some high dollar Linen sheets - as we read that they slept cooler. To us we did not care for them and we gave them honest shot.

We like Cotton Sheets and as others have mentioned higher thread counts.

During the cold we have used Flannel Sheets.

And we have Satin Sheets - my favorite as I spend alot of time chasing ms gamboolgal around the ole 4 poster buck neckid and sometimes I catch her 🥰...... ha

But Cotton Sheets is on the bed most all the time.....

gamboolman.....
 
Keesha said:
We buy our sheets at Costco. They are super easy maintenance. They don’t get wrinkly. They aren’t silk but very silk like- static and snag resistant. No special washing needed. Can’t ask for better. I’m NOT one to iron bed sheets. I’ve got better things to do.
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Iron. What kind of talk is that. 😱 It’ll never happen in this house.

The sheets come off in the morning, into the washer & dryer, and back on the bed.
 
IDK.... I buy cheap sheets, they seem to last forever.... and I sleep fine...

I just would like to add.... if you get new sheets, blankets, towels, or other linens, donate your old stuff to the local vet. There are a lot of times they would just like to have pieces that can be discarded after use..... or to have extra comfy pieces of blanket to make extra beds. My vet appreciates all the used stuff..... several years ago, when a pet died, the vet took a pretty piece of sheet and wrapped my dog in it and carried it to my car for me. I appreciated that pretty "burial cloth" for my pet and have always donated to them since then.
 
Usually I look for at least a thread count of 400.

About the stripes, I love the sheets with stripes because they are so much easier to figure out which direction is what, when fitting them on the bed.

The color, design, etc. is irrelevant. The only important thing about sheets (aside from stripes) is the way they feel.
 
Jules said:
Both my British friends insist on cotton sheets & they must be ironed. Heck, everything must be ironed.
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Had an aunt who was that way, if it could be ironed, she ironed it, right down to her kids cotton diapers. Wasn't until her kids started soaking through their pants and dear aunt was on the telephone to mom asking what could be the problem, that the truth came out.

Ironing the diapers flattened the nap of the fabric, rendering it less absorbent, hence all of the wetting through accidents.

As for myself, I actually enjoy ironing, but if I had to iron bedding I'd end up in a rubber room.
 
MickaC said:
Is he busy on Friday.......If he left now, he could be here by Friday.
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ROFLMAO!

This is my laugh of the day, Micka!

In all seriousness I can't tell you how often I think about you and wonder if you managed to find someone to put up a drying-line for you. I remember my dad getting together with two other neighbourhood men (back in the day) and putting in a clothesline and pole for a homemaker that lived a few doors up from us.

It didn't take them long. They dug a deep hole, stood a large and tall pole up in the hole, filled the hole back in, installed the pulley's, ran the line, adjusted all, and the Mrs. was drying her washing outside the very same day.

As a homemaker who appreciates the finer things in life, like line-dried goodness, you deserve a good old-fashioned outdoor pulley clothesline. :)
 
Aunt Marg said:
ROFLMAO!

This is my laugh of the day, Micka!

In all seriousness I can't tell you how often I think about you and wonder if you managed to find someone to put up a drying-line for you. I remember my dad getting together with two other neighbourhood men (back in the day) and putting in a clothesline and pole for a homemaker that lived a few doors up from us.

It didn't take them long. They dug a deep hole, stood a large and tall pole up in the hole, filled the hole back in, installed the pulley's, ran the line, adjusted all, and the Mrs. was drying her washing outside the very same day.

As a homemaker who appreciates the finer things in life, like line-dried goodness, you deserve a good old-fashioned outdoor pulley clothesline. :)
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That's what i want. :);):D(y)
 

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