This simple tip alone saves me an average of 5 minutes a day, 35 minutes a week and at least 30 hours a year!  

For those with a big family, this TIP might save them even more time…so without much ado, what is this super time-saving tip?

Train your family members (when they are old enough) to pin their socks together with a safety-pin before they dump them in the laundry basket.

My husband and I run through many pairs of socks each week, especially during the cooler months, but since we started pinning our socks before washing them several years ago, we’ve saved ourselves LOTS OF FRUSTRATION. And it’s a breeze for my daughter to help me with the laundry as well. She merely rolls the already paired socks neatly and returns them to their respective drawers.

Another sock hint: we get identical pairs of socks for our toddler so even though we don’t pin his socks together, it doesn’t matter as we can always reach for a matching pair. We just put the occasional orphan in a basket and when another orphan appears, we roll them together and toss them in his sock drawer.

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Posted by ejoyce,ink

Socks...now why aren't they one of the species that mate for life. One of the many things I love about summer....WAY LESS SOCKS! Eleanor

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Posted by Anonymous

Love this hint! I think you just made my day!
Ali

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do you have any problems with the pins rusting and bleeding rust onto your socks??

Not at all. But I can see how that can happen if wet socks are not washed soon after they have been pinned and washed socks are not dried soon after they have been washed. Hope this helps!

Miiko Gibson

Edited by MiikoGibson on Jul. 16, 2005 at 2:38 PM

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Posted by takingthechallenge

I'll sure have to give that a try! We have a basket of orphans :)

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