6 Folding Hacks That You Urgently Need To Know About

You literally need some folding hacks, if your clothes lie all around in your home. If you fold your clean clothing quickly before putting it all away, you’re not only wasting space and causing chaos in your closets and drawers, but you’re also wrinkling all of your garments.

The folding tricks below, by Emborno, will help you conserve storage space. It will also help you in keeping everything properly arranged. Here are 6 folding hacks that you urgently need to know about. Have a read.

Folding Hacks For T-Shirts

Scientists have discovered the most effective way to fold T-shirts. The method, disclosed by robotics experts at the University of California, Berkeley, was part of a research effort that taught robots how to fold garments for optimal space efficiency.

• Fold one arm in at the armpit seam while the t-shirt is flat on a surface.
• Fold the length of the garment toward the centre on the same side.
• Step one should be repeated on the opposite side.
• Step two should be repeated on the opposite side. Your shirt should now be shaped like a rectangle.
• Bring the bottom of the folded shirt up to the top, cutting the size by half.
• Smooth out your little t-shirt square and set it in a drawer or on a shelf.

Tip:

Begin folding t-shirts with logos or graphics (such as concert tees) with the printed side down. That way, once folded, the design will be facing up, making it easy to identify a certain t-shirt without having to unfold each one.

Folding Hacks For Formal Shirts

While you may be tempted to hang your dress shirts, folding them and storing them neatly in drawers not only saves closet space but also reduces wrinkling. If you’re afraid of using an ironing board, the latter is a huge bonus.

Before folding, be sure you button all of the buttons from top to bottom. This will result in a nice and tidy fold that is wrinkle-free. Then, identical to the t-shirt fold, perform the following folding steps:

• Place the shirt, button side down, on a flat surface.
• Fold along the armpit seam to bring the right sleeve nearer the middle.
• Fold the right sleeve down toward the hem at a 45-degree angle.
• Step 2 should be repeated on the left side.
• Step 3 should be repeated on the left side.
• Take hold of the bottom hem and fold up the bottom third of the garment.
• Fold once more so that the folded section reaches the top of the shoulders.
• Flip your folded dress shirt over.

Towels

Folding large and small towels in thirds is a no-brainer. Towels folded in this manner take considerably less surface area and stack much more easily. Towels at most five-star hotels are folded in this manner.

• Bring the hems of a towel together so that it is half the length while holding it lengthwise.
• Repeat the preceding step.
• Rotate the towel so that the hem (and any decorative components) are facing down in front of you.
• As though folding a sheet of paper in thirds, bring each side edge into the centre one at a time.
• Place the towel on the shelf with the folded edges facing out.

Short Socks

Any KonMari lover would warn you not to tuck one sock inside the other after rolling the pair into a ball—unless you enjoy your socks stretched out. Instead, fold lengthy socks into thirds by laying one flattened sock over the other, then folding in thirds like a letter.

Short socks, on the other hand, might not be long enough to fold in thirds. This graphic demonstrates how to fold socks like this without using the classic sock-tucking technique.

• Form a T by crossing one sock perpendicularly over the other.
• Fold the bottom sock’s right edge over the upper sock’s right edge.
• Repeat on the other side of the bottom sock.
• Fold the top sock up so that it overhangs on top.
• Fold the sock excess in between the folded layers of the bottom sock.

Sweaters 

Sweaters  To keep sweaters like these from becoming saggy and stretched out of shape, fold them neatly as shown.

• Fold the sleeve in toward the middle of the sweater, with the sweater facing down.
• Repeat on the other side.
• Fold the sweater in half by bringing the bottom hem up.
• Fold the sweater in half and place it on a closet shelf or in a dresser drawer.

Underwear

While you may be wondering, “Who on earth folds underwear?”, consider the following: Keeping your skivvies well organised will allow you to find the pair you want to wear without having to go through the entire underwear drawer. Even better, it conserves drawer space.

Begin with the underwear on a level surface. Fold in half women’s underwear by bringing either the right or left edge to the opposite edge. Fold in half from top to bottom, then repeat.

Fold men’s underwear in thirds by bringing one side to the centre, then the other side. From top to bottom, fold in half.

Conclusion

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