The last one is the one that my parents have always done, but I like space saving, so I go with the roll method and the square method. If you wear ankle socks like I do, I recommend the roll method.
1. square 0:30 slow but pretty and recognizable 2. single-fold 3. roll 4. millitary 3:11 fast but ugly and NOT recognizable 5. fold and tuck 4:04 great for stacking and recognizable 6. flip and tuck 4:53 fast but a bit ugly and recognizable(favorite)
Ooh I didn't know there were so many ways :0 I'm surprised the one I got taught wasn't even in there idk if that's a bad sign 😂 just one sock inside out, one normal; fold them in half on top of each other with the inside out one on the outside then invert it
Best for last. This works enough for me as I keep my sock drawer and dresser in my closet. I just need to be able to open the drawer and grab a matched pair of socks
The square and the roll we're really the ones I have been really adapting to lately. Thanks for the tutorial, really helps my cabinet filled with socks stay organized ❤️
In case anyone is looking at ways to fold socks for the same purpose that I am, the folds that survived retrieves from my service dog best were the square method and the military method. She was able to bring me both socks in one retrieve and they were easier for her to carry.
No need to over engineer simple things. Single fold is simple, quick and effective. And if the socks is too long just fold at 1/3 and 2/3. Not gonna waste a single second of life more than it needs to fold socks...
Your video is also very useful. It helped me a lot. I bought 20 smaconsum before. They bought a few more. They were still worried about not having a place to put them
In Belgium most people use a variation on the last method: lay the 2 socks on eachother, fold them together in half from the heel point. After, flip one whole sock with the other one inside it inside out. It's a pretty flat rectangle. And it's super fast.
When my 4 sons were young I bought a lot of diaper pins for them to pin the toes of socks together. When they and my husband take them off they keep the pin to put on when they put the socks in the dirty clothes. They didn't mind and I never had to match socks again. They are now grown and still pin the socks together to wash them.
I came up with the "fold & tuck method" (#5) on my own, except I fold the top sock in 3rds, then fold the bottom sock's cuff over the top sock & tuck the bottom sock's toes into the cuff (like in the video). It's a little easier to tuck one toe instead of both. I like a neat square (or square-ish) shape, so for longer socks like the ones in the video or longer, I just fold the top sock into a square, & place it closer to the cuff of the sock underneath (but leave enough room so the cuff can fold up on top, like in the video). Then for bottom sock's toe, just fold the toe end over itself before tucking into the cuff. For longer socks, I fold the bottom sock's toe all the way underneath the top sock, then tuck the toe end's now-folded side into the cuff. (And for super-long socks I fold it all the way underneath the top sock, then fold it in half before tucking into the cuff.) I like how they stack neatly in the drawer & I can group similar socks in the same stack, so it's easy to find the ones I want. They also don't fall apart when moved around, so it's great for packing a bag for a trip.
Thank you for the video. However my gf has this amazing method keeps them very tidy, like in a store, never causes a stretch in the cuffs and great space saver. I just filmed it but I don’t know how to post here though. Please inbox me if you want me to share it with you or something.
I've always done method #6, Flip & Tuck for my no-show athletic socks, which I wear in the summer. To my surprise, when I took the cotton ones out of the drawer this spring I discovered that the tops had stretched out of shape over the winter and now the socks crawl down into my sneakers when I walk. From now on, I'm going to use clothespins to keep the matching socks together in the drawer.
I do #5 the Fold and Tuck, it’s fast easy and aesthetically appealing and space saving. This method when compared to #1 square method, seems to be much faster with similar results. The 1# method had too many tucks and folds and took 1 minute for them to complete and #5 took 20 seconds. Of course, it’s slowed down for the presentation and at home it should take less time than that.
1st of all, after you wash it, the sock doesn't look like that. 2nd! Aint no one got time to pull the heels of each and every sock up🙄 3rd of all try using socks that ppl actually wear. Not ones just purchased for a video.
