How Do You Keep Your Socks Together???

I only buy 1 kind of sock. That way they never need to be kept together. Just reach in and grab 2 from the drawer. They all match.

My hubby insists on folding them in on themselves (hard to describe -- taking the ankle band part of one sock and folding it around the other sock to create almost a little balled up sock -- if that makes sense). I know that over time, it will destroy the elastic, but he insists on it nonetheless. He just doesn't have the patience to keep his socks lying together in a pair in the drawer like I do. :)

Hi C.: I used this when my kids were babies and it worked great...try putting your socks into a laungrie (sp?) bag when you take them off and just wash them in it. You can get one at the dollar store, or go to the sporting goods dept. in walmart and purchase a bigger nylon net bag. My hubby puts his socks together when he takes them off and I unfold them as I put them in the washer and that helps too. Best wishes.

I don't worry about it for me or hubby, but with my kids, we use clothes pins. They stay together in the wash and dryer, but I can unattach it pretty quickly (safety pins required more "fussing" with for me).

Safety pin the toes together... my grandmother had 12 children and swore by this! It has been a lifesave b/c I still can't figure out where those d@$* socks go!

For washing try using some linen net bags.

K. B
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Diaper pin them together in pairs before putting them in the washer. They can't get sucked out the washer drain if they're really small or thin and they always come out of the dryer together.

No more lost socks.

This may sound crazy... But i started doing this with my daughters socks to keep from having to search them out... Take a small safety pin and attach the two socks together before they go into the hamper... The pins themselves don't hurt anything in the wash and that way the socks are already paired after the wash

When we take our socks off we fold them together and throw them in the hamper.

I take the clothes in the hamper down to the laundry room and sort the clothes. When I sort the clothes, I undo all the socks. It keeps us from losing them.

I try to wash them together then mate after they're dried. If there is a single, it eventually finds it's mate in the sock drawer!

I try & get them into the same laundry load. I check the door gasket (I have a front loading washing machine, you may need to check elsewhere on a top load) after each load, a good habit I acquired when I was washing lots of little baby socks and items ;-)
Beyond that... I've never had the desire to pin or clip my socks together though I've heard people do.
Or you could try a mesh laundry bag. My sisters use them often.