How To Fold Napkins With Silverware

Whether preparing for a special occasion, in a restaurant or just making dinner at home great, folding napkins with your silverware can add an unbelievable flair to the dinner table.

Multiple techniques of folding napkins with silverware exists.

Here are the best ways to fold your napkins over your silverware…

Standard Silverware Pouch Napkin Fold

1. Let the napkin face-down.
2. Fold it into two and position the open end towards you
   
   
3. Fold it into quarters
   
   
4. Position the napkin in a way that the open corner face away and to the left
   
   
5. Diagonally fold the napkin’s top-most layer and press it down
   
   
6. Fold back the right side to roughly 1/3 of the way and press it down
   
   
7. Flip over the napkin, straighten it, and insert the silverware

Pocket Fold Design

1. Lay the napkin on a table in a square manner
   
   
2. Fold the towel’s bottom part up to a 1/3 of the way
   
   
3. Fold-down the napkin from the top position so it is roughly three inches from the bottom folded section. Ensure it overlaps the folded-up edge in the earlier step.
   
   
4. Flip over the napkin
   
   
5. Fold the napkin’s left edge over 1/3 of the way
   
   
6. Fold the napkin’s right edge over 1/3 of the way
   
   
7. Flip the towel back over and position it, so you get a pocket at the bottom part

Silverware Roll with an Ornament

1. Diagonally fold the napkin into half to form a triangle
   
   
2. Position the crumple in front of you and set knife and fork at the middle of the crumple
   
   
3. Fold the bottom right edge over the flatware
   
   
4. Move the bottom left corner over the flatware
   
   
5. Roll the napkin and flatware up to the top
   
   
6. Use a holiday ribbon snowflake ornament to decorate

Silverware Fold with a Holiday Bow

1. Diagonally crease the napkin in half to form a triangle
   
   
2. Let the crease rest in front of you
   
   
3. Set silverware in the crease’s middle
   
   
4. Roll the bottom right edge over the flatware
   
   
5. Move the bottom left corner over the flatware
   
   
6. Fold the napkin and flatware up to the top
   
   
7. Include a decorative bow

A Candlestick Napkin Fold

1. Diagonally crease the napkin to form a triangle
   
   
2. Fold up the folded section to create a cuff
   
   
3. Turn over the napkin
   
   
4. Tightly and firmly roll it from one side
   
   
5. Turn the free corner into the folded area
   
   
6. It is essential to place a straight pin into the cuff to let it have an upright posture.

The Elf Hat Design

1. Lay a green napkin on a surface
   
   
2. Fold it into two and let the open section face away from you
   
   
3. Pinch the napkin’s central bottom part and roll it over from the corner to form a cone
   
   
4. Flip the brim up the same way you roll a shirt sleeve
   
   
5. Place a mini red decoration on top

Snowflake Napkin Fold

1. Begin with a wrinkle-free square linen napkin
   
   
2. Roll the corners to the centre
   
   
3. Repeat the above step
   
   
4. Hold the centre part and roll over the napkin
   
   
5. Fold all corners to the centre again
   
   
6. Hold the centre, place your hand below and finally clasp the napkin’s open edge.
   
   
7. Pull out the corners and work your way around.
   
   
8. Put your hand below the side and grab the napkin’s open corner
9. Slightly pull the corner to make it exposed
10. Ensure the fold remains
11. Put a badge in the snowflake’s middle to give it a stylish design.

How Do I Fold A Napkin With Silverware?

Here are the common ways of folding napkins with silverware:

• Standard Silverware Pouch Napkin Fold
• Pocket Fold Design
• Silverware Roll with an Ornament
• Silverware Fold with a Holiday Bow
• A Candlestick Napkin Fold
• The Elf Hat Design
• Snowflake Napkin Fold