[pablobaz]

My 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.

[Semaphor]

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.

[pablobaz]

IME lots of people just try stuff the duvet in and then shake it to get it in the right place.

[stephencanon]

The rolling method is really exactly the same thing, but some people find it easier to think about reaching in for the corners after rolling, and you don't need to be tall enough to let it fall down into place (wife is 5'4" and rolls, I'm 6'4" and just reach for the far corners).

[jalk]

If the cover is not already inside out, then grab two duvet corners in on hand and pass to one cover corner (inside the cover ofc.) use your free hand to pinch cover corner and one of the duvet corner from the outside. Now place the remaining corner inside the cover(keep pinching the other corner). Pull your arm out, pinch this corner, shake to align.

[sunshowers]

I use the rolling method for the joy it brings each time :)

[ErigmolCt]

This is a skill that is passed down to us through "inheritance"

[megadog3]

I call this the ghost method, because you look like a ghost with your arms through the inverted duvet cover.

[Tomte]

My girlfriend insists that the your head does not go inside. But why would you forgo all that fun?

[groestl]

I do that with my kid. For funsies. Also high in the list: snake bites foot (to put on his tights).

[lagrange77]

I think this is the official strategy, i've never seen someone using a different one.

[worddepress]

I used to do the shove it in and frantically thrash until it take shape. Then I learnt this system and it is much easier. For a king size: maybe just get someone to help.

[eternauta3k]

I googled this when I first moved to a duvet country and adopted this exact method.

[chatmasta]

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!

[globular-toast]

I think it could be useful for shorter people who can't hold it up high enough. I just hold it up and shake it, though.

[BrandoElFollito]

I discovered this method in the early 80s as a kid on French TV.

There was a program with Jacques Martin about "incredible" stuff. I remember a hairdresser who used a flame and J Martin almost agreed to try, another one about the world record in going back and forth through a door.

That one was the world record in how many duvets you can handle in a given time IIRC.

Note that this was 80, 81 or around that. This was the only source for such stuff in France so it was a big show (for children at least)

[rigid]

I kinda miss the curiosity show.

It was a bit more science leaning but got kids to awe just the same way.

[mynegation]

That works but it is hard to use that technique on king size duvet. I essentially use the technique described in the article by starting with the cover turned inside out on top of duvet, tying all corners and then reaching through the cover opening for the far side and pulling it in instead of rolling and unrolling.

[bjackman]

I always change the sheets in our house because my partner absolutely hates doing it. I recently realised this is because she has dramatically less upper-body strength than me, the "bit of shaking" is pretty exhausting for her with our heavy winter duvet. So this technique could be really useful for people with her build!

[Sprint9935]

I use the same method. Although when reaching into the cover to its corners, I sometimes put my head in too. I stand up like some sort of inverted-duvet covered ghost and give the dog a fright. Then I continue the process again.

[karmakaze]

Yeah when I read this, I thought the step of tying all the corners seemed more than necessary. You only have to hold two of the corners and pull/shake.

[clnhlzmn]

Yeah I find the rolling method is more work than it’s worth when the “grab the corners and shake vigorously” method works just fine.

[dzhiurgis]

Shaking is far more exhausting, dusty and not foolproof. Roll method is no brainer, esp on large sheets.

[apothegm]

The shaking part requires a lot of upper body strength that not everyone has. I can get a nice whip-snap out of a down comforter on a double bed but not a king. I ended up with a new synthetic comforter on the double and can barely make the far end rustle now because it weighs like 5 times as much.

[rSi]

WTF!? I heard before that putting a cover on a duvet was a thing, a problem, a mystery... are ppl making this up? is this a joke I don't get invert, tie corners together and what not...

my family and everyone i know do it the way @pablobaz describes it. it's simple and effective. change sheets whenever you feel like doing it, because its easy and fast... endof story

[devbent]

I've only ever known cramming it inside and then crawling inside with it to try and get the duvet into place.

I grew up in a family that had (home made!) blankets and quilts, duvets were not a thing until I moved out on my own.

[dgfitz]

Hard agree. Changing a duvet cover is not hard. Maybe we are just getting stupider as a species.

[Cthulhu_]

It's how I do it but we have a very large and heavy duvet; this technique (that my mom showed me once and I then promptly forgot) is a lot less impactful, since the shaking kinda requires you to lift and shake the whole thing.

[hispanic]

Here's a video that demonstrates it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fzNuhgY_9A

[n2j3]

this is not the same technique - video involves vigorous shaking of the duvet

[mlok]

I was never taught this, but I ended up "reinventing" it a few decades ago, certainly because this is the most efficient way ? I have always used this technique since.

[ErigmolCt]

I remember how my parents used to do this together the same way you describe, and I was always getting in their way. It was a lot of fun.

[Reason077]

Yeah, this is exactly how I do it except I don’t even bother to turn anything inside out. Just place the two “far” corners of the inner all the way into the corners of the cover, then grip the corners firmly and shake until everything finds its place. Easy.

The shaking also has the effect of fluffing up the down/feather filling nicely and distributing it evenly, which you should do once in a while if you have a non-synthetic duvet.

The rolling technique described in the article just seems ridiculous, way too much work!

[barbazoo]

That’s how I learned it from my mama and that’s what ill teach the children.

[VagabundoP]

Yup, this way and you're done in a minute or two.

[louthy]

This is the way

[nabeards]

Works well for pillowcases as well.

[hoyd]

My favorite too