Bed Sheets

[Nickelodeon]

I have a problem which Terbites may help me solve.

My darling wife picked up some new bed sheets during Boxing Day. She tells me that they're high quality, ie. 300 plus thread count, quality cotton bullshit. And they have been washed.

But they're killing me and I can't sleep. They're too heavy, they don't breathe, they feel like cardboard. I want my old broken-in sheets that let me easily slide into bed.

Help! What do I do? Fabric softener...multiple washes. I can't take another night of tossing and turning.

 

[Never Compromised]

Wash them in warm water, cold rinse a couple of times. Last time, use fabric softener.

Personally, I like crisp heavy sheets, densely woven. I have a set of 300 thread count sheets that look great, but you can see through them if you hold them up to a window. And they feel very very soft because they are so thin. I doubt that they are going to hold up well.

Back to Down Under for me.

 

[Rockslinger]

They're too heavy, they don't breathe, they feel like cardboard.

I feel for you. I have the same problem with 100% cotton shirts. Don't know the solution.

 

[stang]

I recommend these ones:

http://www.thetartcart.com/pictures/funny/twisterbedsheets.jpg

 

[Dewalt]

Its not the thread count or the type of cotton fiber that is used that makes bed sheets soft and luxurious. Marketing has just mislead mostly everyone. The big difference is where it is milled. Italy, portugal and spain are currently the best places that are milling bed sheets.

Do yourself a favor and don't bother with the big box stores like Down Under. Go see my friends at Feather Factory on Queen St. West - just east of Roncesvalles. They are a small family owned store and they handle only the best quality sheets. Simply top of the line. I have seen stuff in Rosedale that can't compare to what they carry. As a bonus you will be helping out a local business who's prices are very very competitive. Example: This winter I bought a Queen Hudderite down duvet that was hand filled for only $250.

Cheers,
Dewalt.

 

[oldjones]

When she travels, the Queen's sheets are new, unused and washed four times. Once is never enough.

 

[Doctor Zoidburg]

The higher the thread count the denser the cloth. The denser the cloth that more heat it retains. I suspect that it is just the difference in heat retention of the sheets that is changing the temperature that is causing you to toss and turn.