I am trying to organize my bedroom closet and socks are the bane of my existence. So today I thought of something that really helped.
When doing laundry I always have socks that don't come out with their match partner! Instead of just throwing the single sock into the sock drawer I propped a plastic utility basket up between the top part of the dryer and the wall.
The one item I never put into a dryer is socks, because they always seem to shrink in there. So instead they get hung on the washing line on good days, or indoors on a foldaway airer on rainy days. Either way, this makes for a good opportunity to sort socks into pairs at an optimum time.
One of the best ways I've found to organize my socks is using these sock drawer organizer boxes from HomePro Goods. You can use them in several ways depending on the thickness of your socks and season.
I was tired of losing socks in the wash so I came up with an easy idea to keep them together. I safety pin together my sock pairs!
In 44 years of being a wife and mother I can honestly say I have never lost socks in the wash. I taught husband and kids to fold socks together when they took them off. I only put pairs in the machine and always at the bottom of the machine.
I bought the net type washing bags for lingerie and delicate things. Each person in the family has a sock bag.
If you place the socks at the bottom of the wash load, they are less likely to be thrown over the top of the washer and pumped out with the water. I read this tip somewhere years ago, and I have raised three kids and a husband using it with very few lost socks!
To prevent losing socks in washer and dryer, pin the pair together with safety pins.
Buy socks that are all alike. I store them without folding them into each other also. They stretch out faster if you fold them into a ball.
Buy several pair of the same make, model, and color and not only do you save time sorting laundry, but if one goes bad or missing, you still have back-ups and an extra.
I often buy several pairs of the same color of socks so that if one sock of the pair wears out, there will still be several mates.
With three kids in elementary school at the same time, keeping up with socks was not working, I got three packs (6 pair each) of white socks on sale that fit everyone.
I have two small boys and while sorting socks, I find that although they wear different sizes when rolled they all look like the same size.
My three year old loves to play matching games. So when I am sorting and folding the laundry, I plop a large pile of socks in front of her to match up. She thinks it is a game and I get my laundry chore done faster!
Always buy mens and boys' socks in quantities of a dozen or more of matching pairs.
