social

Organizing Socks

A picture of a pair of socks.
From the hamper, to the washer, to the sock drawer, there are several places that socks can lose their match. The mystery of missing socks will likely never be solved, but there are ways to increase the probability of being able to find two socks that go together, even in a large household. This is a page about organizing socks.
Advertisement

29 Solutions

Share on ThriftyFunThis page contains the following solutions. Have something to add? Please share your solution!

May 19, 2009

We're constantly losing one sock in a pair. I started keeping unmatched socks in a bag as I put laundry away. Every time I'm putting a load of laundry away, I check the unmatched sock bag in case I can find a sock to match the "new" unmatched socks. Sure enough, I'll be able to match up one or two pairs while two or three pairs of unmatched socks go into the bag. Don't ask me why the bag is growing but at least I'm matching some socks instead of throwing them out before I find their partner.

By Denise Gamelo from Whitby, ON

Comment Was this helpful? 7
Read More Comments

April 20, 2011

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. The advantages to this practice: no matching-up socks and when one wears out, gets a hole or gets lost you have automatic replacements.

You can still buy socks of different kinds. I have white socks for tennis shoes and dress socks, but the whites are all alike and the dress socks are all black and alike. I think this saves money in the long run.

Advertisement

By Vicki from Dallas, TX

Comment Was this helpful? 10
Read More Comments

July 12, 2011

I bought the net type washing bags for lingerie and delicate things. Each person in the family has a sock bag. The dirty socks are put in each person's bag, then I wash them and dry them in the bag.

Comment Was this helpful? 7
Read More...


Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 239 Posts
October 27, 2015

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.

Advertisement

Either way, this makes for a good opportunity to sort socks into pairs at an optimum time.

socks on folding drying rack

Comment Pin it! Was this helpful? 3
Read More...

January 18, 2006

Instead of using those plastic over-the-door shoe organizers for shoes, I use mine to organize our socks! After taking the socks out of the dryer, I just roll them up and place a pair in each pocket of the shoe organizer (I do this with pantyhose and knee-highs too).

Organizing socks with an over the door shoe organizer.

Comment Pin it! Was this helpful? 2
Read More...

July 13, 2016

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.

Advertisement

This is where I put all the single mismatched socks I find while doing laundry.

laundry basket full of socks

Comment Pin it! Was this helpful? 5
Read More...

July 11, 2011

To prevent losing socks in washer and dryer, pin the pair together with safety pins.

Comment Was this helpful? 4
Read More...

December 1, 2009

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!

Comment Was this helpful? 7
Read More...

September 16, 2010

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.

Comment Was this helpful? 5
Read More...

January 23, 2007

I bought one of those mini square plastic baskets that look like a small laundry basket and placed it on the closet shelves above our hanging clothes. I use it for socks instead of a drawer, it frees up drawer space.

Comment Was this helpful? 2
Read More...

April 27, 2005

I keep a cork board hung up in the laundry room. Each time I fold socks I take the strays and pin them up to the board. Next time I have strays, I check the board which usually has the match.

Comment Was this helpful? 2
Read More...

April 6, 2009

I keep sock pairs matched so they are worn the same number of times, by numbering them when I take them out of a package. Starting with #1 on a pair, after washing simply match up the numbers.

Comment Was this helpful? 1
Read More...

November 23, 2004

Tips for easy sock sorting...

Comment Was this helpful? Yes
Read More...

August 27, 2015

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.

A sock drawer organizer filled with socks.

Comment Pin it! Was this helpful? 2
Read More...

July 2, 2004

I use the dividers in glass bottle beer cases as sock dividers in my drawers. These dividers work just as well as the commercially sold ones in the organizational stores, but they are free.

Advertisement

By MaryME

Comment Was this helpful? 2
Read More...

July 20, 2006

Organizer for Kids Socks. I have recently discovered that there actually is a solution for mismatched baby and kid socks! No more lonely socks hanging out at the back of enormous dresser drawers.

Comment Was this helpful? Yes
Read More...

March 25, 2009

When my children were home we could never match socks for each person. So I decided for my husband and son that one person got the solid white crews/tube sock and the other person got socks with stripes.

Comment Was this helpful? Yes
Read More...
Load More
Categories
Organizing ClothingJuly 5, 2011
Pages
More
🎃
Halloween Ideas!
🌻
Gardening
🎂
Birthday Ideas!
Facebook
Pinterest
YouTube
Instagram
Contests!
Newsletters
Ask a Question
Share a Post
Categories
Better LivingBudget & FinanceBusiness and LegalComputersConsumer AdviceCoronavirusCraftsEducationEntertainmentFood and RecipesHealth & BeautyHolidays and PartiesHome and GardenMake Your OwnOrganizingParentingPetsPhotosTravel and RecreationWeddings
Published by ThriftyFun.
Desktop Page | View Mobile
Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Contact Us
Generated 2023-09-24 08:10:59 in 2 secs. ⛅️️
© 1997-2023 by Cumuli, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/tf/Organizing/Clothing/Organizing-Socks.html