I'm afraid I don't iron so I can't answer!
This is what the book says;
THE DREADED PART: THE IRONING
I am not shy to admit it: I hate ironing. But what do you do when you have an ever-increasing ironing pile that is growing into a small hill and will soon become a mountain? As my mum always says, prevention is much better than cure. I do as much as I can to make sure that my ironing pile is pretty much non-existent, and here’s how I do it. Some of the things below might seem obvious, but they’re worth reiterating, as they can make a big difference to coping with large piles of ironing.
Using a low spin on the washing machine will help ensure your clothes stay as crease-free as possible. This is where you need to weigh up whether crease-free clothes or clothes that dry quicker are more important. Do you go for the extra spin or not? Reader, the choice is yours! If using a tumble dryer, don’t overload it. This will give your stuff more room and make it less likely to crease.
Take your clothes out of the tumble dryer as soon as they are dry. This is so important. If you leave your clothes in there all day, they will crease and make ironing them almost impossible. Be your future friend and don’t leave those clothes languishing.
Before you start ironing, organise your clothes into groups according to the heat setting that they will need. Start with items that need the cooler setting first. That way you can gradually increase the heat of the iron as you move through the sorted clothes and you won’t be wasting time heating up and cooling down the iron.
When buying clothes and bed linen look out for the ones that are easy-care or non-iron. This is seriously life changing and is a major factor in most of my bedding and clothing-purchasing decisions.
Folding is your friend. Take the time to fold your clothes as soon as they are dry. Iron clothes while they are still slightly damp, it reduces ironing time significantly.
If you have the space, try to have an ironing board set up all the time; it will make it so much easier to do small chunks every now and then, and you will save yourself the rigmarole of setting up an unwieldy board.