You’ve been folding socks WRONG! Garment guru reveals expert method to make your footwear last longer

• A video on TikTok has shared how you could be folding socks the wrong way 

Folding your socks may be a simple, uncomplicated chore for many, in comparison to the struggle of changing sheets on a double bed by yourself. 

It should just be a simple case of pairing the socks together in a ball and putting away in a drawer. 

However, people have been shocked by an alternative ‘hack’ when it comes to folding their socks together.

A video on TikTok by @sockshopuk shows how you could be helping your socks to last longer by folding them differently. 

Organise your sock drawer using this one simple trick! This easy folding hack saves space AND keeps your socks in better condition for longer 😉 #socks #foldinghacks #organisingtips #foldingsocks #bemoreorganised #laundryhack

Folding your socks may be a simple, uncomplicated chore for many, in comparison to the struggle of changing sheets on a double bed by yourself. It should just be a simple case of pairing the socks together in a ball and putting away in a drawer. However, people have been shocked by an alternative ‘hack’ when it comes to folding their socks together 

The video sees a demonstration of the ‘hack’, with the user beginning by placing one sock over the other to form a cross

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The video sees a demonstration of the ‘hack’, with the user beginning by placing one sock over the other to form a cross, before they fold each half of the horizontal sock inwards and wrapping it around the sock placed vertically.

They then roll the sock that is vertical into the middle, tucking it into the other sock.

The ‘hack’ then finishes by rolling the sock into a compact square, which has left viewers with mixed reactions. 

Replying to the video, one TikTok user said: ‘I’ve not got time for that’. 

Another added: ‘good grief…I could have sorted 10 pairs in that amount of time’, to which the creator of the video replied ‘We’ll race ya’. 

Indeed, many users were sceptical of the amount of extra time it would take – compared to just balling socks together before putting them away – even if it meant their socks lasting longer. 

Although it does seem as though it would be better to fold socks into a square to save more space overall, people appeared to be put off by the method for seeming unnecessarily complicated.  

A third user joked: ‘Life’s too short to spend hours folding socks’. 

A fourth was adamant that this was quite ‘hack’ it claimed to be, commenting: ‘Rest assured I will not be doing it this way’. 

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