This method will create a skinny, elegant wrap with straight ends. The napkin needs to be about 3 times the height of your knife.
This will create a soft of pocket for your silverware to slip into. Make sure that the pocket is the same width from left to right. The side edges need to match up.
Stack your silverware starting with the knife. Add the forks next, starting with the larger one and finishing with the smaller.
Like with the pocket, make sure that the top edge is nice, neat, and straight.
If the top edge doesn’t touch the bottom edge, the bottom edge is too wide. Make it narrower, then fold the top edge back down. If the top edge extends past the bottom edge, the bottom edge is too narrow. Fold it up more, then pull the top edge back down.
Be sure to smooth out any ripples or wrinkles as you roll. Make sure that the top and bottom folded edges don’t shift or move.
If you don’t want to add napkin rings, ribbons, or paper, set the bundle seam-side-down on the table. This will weigh it down and keep it from unraveling.
This method is similar to the first in that it will create a tightly-wrapped bundle. Instead of having a seam running down the length of it, however, it will have diagonal seams. Pick a napkin that is about 2 to 3 times the height of your knife.
You are placing the silverware horizontally across the napkin, not vertically. Stack the silverware starting with the knife and finishing with the smallest fork.
Do not crease these folds.
Go slowly and use your fingers to keep the stacked silverware in place. Don’t let them slip around.
If you don’t want to secure the bundle with anything, set it seam-side-down on top of the table.
If you want to make a non-pointed pouch, orient the napkin like a square, with one of the straight edges facing you. Use a napkin that is about twice the height of your knife.
For a square pouch, have the silverware touch the top, straight edge instead. You should have an equal amount of fabric to the left and right sides of the aligned silverware.
If you are making a non-pointed pouch, fold the bottom straight edge up instead.
Depending on the width of the silverware, the left edge of the fabric will be a few inches/centimeters from the right edge.
The right edge of the fabric will extend past the left folded edge by a couple of inches/centimeters. This is fine.
If you are making a non-pointed pouch, you’ll end up with a skinny rectangle instead.
Tie the ribbon loosely enough so that it does not distort the shape of the pouch. You want the pouch to remain flat, and not bunch up like a bowtie.
