Toilet Paper Origami

There was a somewhat whimsical New York Times article on the growing phenomena of folded toilet paper in restaurants, hotel rooms, and random places in between. I have noticed this although I wouldn't have had the where-with-all to write up a whole article on the subject) and was modestly surprised to find that there is a whole genre of origami instructions made especially for the toilet paper role. I really need to spend more time in Asia--the attention to detail is impressive and fun. This was my favorite iteration of the art form.

1. With the toilet paper still attached to the roll, pull out about 2 or 3 squares worth of TP and stretch it towards you. Fold raw edge under about ½".
2. Continue to fold the TP in an up-and-down, accordion fashion. Make at least 7 to 10 folds, the more the better. Compress the pleats into a tight stack.
Fold the stack of pleats in half towards you.
3. Squeeze the stack together pressing the creases firmly.
4. Release the stack of pleats and allow the folds to relax. Find the two pleats that are closest to one another (shown with arrow).
5. Expanded view; only two layers shown: Hold the two layers closest to one another and fold the corner to form a small triangle. Fold this corner once more to lock the two halves together.
6. Gently layer the pleated TP onto the roll. Arrange and fluff the TP until you have an inverted fan-like structure.