Here is the correct way to fold socks: the method we have always used is not the right one. Grandmothers do it this way.
Socks are the most annoying and problematic garment to wash, fold and store in drawers. If we are not careful, we always end up losing one of the two in the couple. We often come to think that the washing machine “eats” our garment, but it often disappears because of the way we store our socks in drawers. If we don’t do it in the right way, it can, without a doubt, increase the possibility of losing some of them among the various cracks.
By following the method that we are illustrating today, or the grandmothers’ method, you will be able to put them back in the drawers in the most correct way. In addition to minimizing the risk of having to deal with mismatched socks, you will create a sensational order in the drawers, an order never seen before. After all, it is well known: grandmothers’ methods are always the most correct, the result of experience and wisdom. This is how we should fold socks.
Long socks, fold them like this
There is a perfect method for folding long socks that saves a lot of space in your drawers and allows you to store them in the best possible way. You have to place them in front of you creating the shape of a cross, keeping the front of the sock visible. Then you have to grab the tip of the sock horizontally and bend it inwards. This step must be repeated for each flap of the garment, until we can create a sort of small package.
At this point, we need to fold the vertical tip of our sock inside. It may happen that flaps come out that will give this “package” a strange shape, you can intervene by folding them inside and fitting them into the other folds. At this point, we’ve created the perfect package to store in drawers. It may sound complex, but it’s easier done than said. Now let’s see how to fold the short ones, i.e. the sports ones.
Here’s how to fold the short ones
Short socks are the ones we lose much more often due to the small size. If we fold them correctly, we can avoid this problem and keep more order. You have to place the two socks on top of each other, keeping the heels clearly visible. We bring the heel flap to the hem side of the sock, i.e. on the opposite side of the sock. At this point, we fold the front side on itself and bring the back side inside the hem of our sock.
That’s all: once this operation is done we will have perfectly ordered, united socks and losing them will be impossible. Through these little tricks we can improve our daily life in a small way. First of all, the order that surrounds us also spills over into our psychological well-being. Then, another no less important advantage, is the avoidance of wasting precious time when we have to go out and we are in a hurry. Being late and not finding your lost sock can be really annoying.
In addition, knowing how to fold and store socks well means stopping spending too much money on the periodic purchase of new pairs of socks.
