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Tree Lady

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23. I have to hold my navy and black socks

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 04:12 PM

Yesterday

Up to the light or I think they are same color.

I refuse to sew any holes and socks do not last anymore so I am ending up with all these 1 socks and save because I buy a lot of the same kind.

I sort them by color and type, knee high very few, ankle and just above that.

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My sock drawer is impossible! How do you manage yours? [View all] CTyankee Saturday OP

I don't manage a sock drawer. I wear sandals all year. SheltieLover Saturday #1

I know. I have too much time on my hands. Nobody looks funny at me. I gotta get a grip... CTyankee Saturday #2

I believe at least for a while, it was a trendy thing to have mismatched socks. Like they sold them in pairs that way. SheltieLover Saturday #4

A few years back, most of the school age girls I saw... 3catwoman3 Saturday #15

Sounds cute, but I guess the fad didn't last. SheltieLover Saturday #16

Throw some away, others can be dusting cloths. (I dust like 5 times a year.) Captain Zero Saturday #3

what a great idea! I'll try that! CTyankee Saturday #7

I used to have a sign hanging from my closet door knob that said - 3catwoman3 Saturday #17

Best thing I ever did was buy a huge bag of matching socks from Costco. Intractable Saturday #5

good idea. I'll start by throwing some out first. CTyankee Saturday #9

Wear hi-tops, mismatched socks won't show? NoMoreRepugs Saturday #6

I don't. All my socks are different so I have no trouble finding pairs. Ocelot II Saturday #8

Sometimes socks make a run for it somewhere during the laundry cycle. pandr32 Saturday #10

Keep 7 pairs and re-home the rest! MLAA Saturday #11

About every 6 months I go in my drawer and rematch the socks the strays ones kimbutgar Saturday #12

good idea about a zippered bag. CTyankee Saturday #13

Wait... What? They're s'pposta match?? WestMichRad Saturday #14

Yes. That's why you buy them in a pair, not singly. CTyankee Yesterday #18

This may be why I have so many Phentex Yesterday #20

I have the same issue Skittles Yesterday #19

Tie them all in a long rope tavernier Yesterday #21

All black some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #22

I have to hold my navy and black socks Tree Lady Yesterday #23

This makes sense. I got into confusion by saving all of my socks, rather than "weeding" them out now and then. CTyankee Yesterday #24

I hate to disagree but your sock draw is possible. NNadir 4 hrs ago #25

;-{)...SHOE ILLUSION SOCKS Goonch 3 hrs ago #26

Matching socks isn't complicated for me anymore, TexasTowelie 3 hrs ago #27

I have a honeycomb sock storage unit in the drawer about $10/kohls irisblue 3 hrs ago #28

i roll my soxks, unders and shirts toghether and stuff them in a hanging shoe rack. :) AllaN01Bear 3 hrs ago #29

Years ago I started buying the same brand of black sox fargone 1 hr ago #30