How Do You Fold A Dinner Napkin As A Fan?
• Unfold your dinner napkin. • Fold it in half lengthwise with the “right” side out. • Lay it out on the table before you with a short end lined up with the table edge. • Pleat it, starting at the short edge. The pleats should each be as wide as your index finger. Make sure they are even, not one too skinny and the next too wide. That would make your fan wobbly. Stop when you have reached the middle of the napkin. • Pick up the napkin, holding the pleats in place, and fold it lengthwise with the pleats on the outside. Hold the pleats firmly. Only concentrate on the unpleated part of the napkin from here. You will make a triangular sort of “stand”, comparable to the stand on the back of a picture frame: • Right behind the pleats, hold the open edge of the napkin and fold it straight across over the folded edge. You now have the pleats, then a triangular shape with the napkin end hanging over the folded edge. • Fold the end of the napkin over the folded side again. Hold it in place firml
