Gamom3 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 i am talking about the ones that you know the mate will come up soon. I normally keep them in a small basket, but I want to get rid of the basket. I would like to know what others do...other than tossing them in the trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeccaS Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I just tuck them under the other pairs of socks in the drawer and match it up when the mate turns up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 "Clean Socks Only" I love that basket. I keep the spares because my kids are always wearing holes in socks. When I throw a holey one into the trash, I usually have a spare to replace it. That way pairs of socks last longer (if you follow my odd logic, ha!). Anyway, the basket isn't really in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Welll, they usually stay on the pool table with the rest of the laundry until we find the other one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missplacedalaskan Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I leave them in the bottom of the laundry basket. There are some socks that the mate has NEVER turned up. I think my washer has a sock monster living in it. OK...we are getting ready to move. I am thinking about sending all my mismates to my cousin in AZ. It is a family joke on my mom...when we were little we stopped at Grandma's on our way to the airport to go to Germany. My mom packed all the mismates for us to match up while we were at Grandma's. BOXES of mismates! My cousins had to help us mate socks. T has never forgiven my mom and to this day HATES socks! They live in AZ so they don't have to wear socks often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_Edgerton Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I turn them into dusters. However, if I can find another sock of a similar thickness and length then I just make those two socks a "new" pair...at least for around the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 If I think the mate might turn up, it goes back in the drawer as an orphan. If a few weeks go by and there's no matching sock, it goes into the rag bin. We then use them for things like cleaning/polishing shoes, cleaning anything outdoors, catching drips under the bulk laundry detergent container, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 We make Happy Socks out of them. Cat toys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Mine live in the bottom of the laundry basket until their mate shows up. If they don't, my kids beg me to add button eyes and voila - sock puppets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Wear them. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I have a mesh drawstring bag that I keep in my sock drawer. All unmatched socks go into it. Any time a stray comes out of a load of laundry, I dump the bag and attempt to match. At some point, all the old ones get tossed. I tend to buy socks for my sons in batches of 6, so even if a sock goes missing, there are a bunch of others that it can match with. Same with socks that get holey...there's typically a spare in my bag! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I post a wanted ad . . . . . only kidding. But seriously, that IS the border of my laundry room! I collect them in the laundry basket, and hope their mate turns up. Maybe when we move. . . . . sigh. . . .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I have a zippered mesh bag. The orphaned socks go there, and every two weeks I sort and match. Invariably the mates turn up. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 We have a bag of socks hanging in our closet. As we do laundry, all of the socks get stuffed into the bag and then every couple of days, the first person to ask to watch a movie gets handed the bag of socks and matches while they watch then everyone claims their piles and puts them away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texascamps Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I throw my lonely mates (usually white) back in the whites basket to be washed again. They only get 3 or so washes before they get thrown out...yes in the garbage. Firstly, my kids are pretty good and mating their socks befoe putting in laundry. Second. I saw on "Clean Sweep" the tv show, the guy explaining the craziness behind keeping unmatched socks past a few weeks. Third. Once, sometimes twice, depending on the filth factor, a year, we throw out all the kids white socks and get them a pack of new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithseed Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Someone gave my DH one of those fish nets that is on a handle. I'm sure there is an appropriate name for it, but I have no idea what it is.... After years of not using it, I grabbed it and hung it on the back side of the door in the laundry room. After the day's laundry is done, I toss all left over socks in the net. Every month or so, I delegate the job of sorting socks to one of my helpers. After a year or so, if I happen to notice one sock is not going to ever find a mate, it becomes a rag for whenever DH asks for a towel that he can use and then throw away, or for using for waxing the furniture....you know....whenever that happens. :D Naturally, not long after I started using the net, he asked if I'd seen it because he wanted to use it! I don't him no, go buy your own!! :D I'm pretty sure I've seen them at W-Mart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba2nite Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 I have avoided the issue by buying the same white socks each year. Each kids gets the same socks and since they are all about the same show size. This way they all match. Not exciting...but it works... samba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Dd10 purposefully mismatches her socks so anything that is her size...goes in her sock drawer. For dh, I don't like to match socks so I buy a dozen pair of identical socks in khaki, black and white sport style. His socks go into 3 stacks instead of matches. He just picks up two out of the stack. Once he is down 1/2 way (I throw socks away if they get a hole) to 6 pair or so, I throw the rest away or they get used for a puppet day, and replace them all with new socks that all match again :0). Ds is treated the same as dh, he gets two styles a year, long and short, and once they dwindle, they all get tossed and replaced. For baby, she has a little mismatch pile in her sock drawer, if they don't return soon, dd 10 grabs them for crafts. For me, I just let the strays hide at the back of the drawer in a stack. The stack makes it easy to check for a mate. I also only have one style of common socks like sport socks and black work socks. I do have fun wintry socks that are colored and those are the only mismatches I really have to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Mine live in the bottom of the laundry basket until their mate shows up. If they don't, my kids beg me to add button eyes and voila - sock puppets! Yep, same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiCO Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 i am talking about the ones that you know the mate will come up soon.I normally keep them in a small basket, but I want to get rid of the basket. I would like to know what others do...other than tossing them in the trash. I buy a bunch of socks that match, so if I lose one there are usually a few in the sock drawer that match. I buy 10+ matching pairs at a time for me, and about 6 pairs of two different kinds of socks for each of my dds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I just put them in the drawer, where they belong. Then, when the other one shows up, I pair them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Well. I thought everyone kept them in a plastic bag in their back room. :) Rosie- who never had odd socks when living in a girls only house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawn of ns Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I hang on to them for a bit but when al hope dies they get turned into Barbie clothes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I toss them a whole lot quicker than I used to. No more saving extra socks for years while I await the return of their mates. Last time I did that, the kids outgrew the socks and their mates were never located. I think my washer eats them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Our couch eats them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy loves Bud Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 They just go back to the drawer where they belong, and get mated when the partner turns up. When we go through the drawers seasonally we throw out the singles. Also, for everyday socks, I try to get everyone a bunch of pairs of the same socks, so they all go together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Every Saturday (supposedly) I go through all the socks in the box. I match what I can and then put a new safety pin in the toe of the rest. Once a sock has 3 pins in the toe, out it goes. I figure in a good month, a sock should show up within a month. Since I don't go through the box every Saturday, by the time a sock has 3 pins in it, it's probably been 2 or 3 months. If a mate hasn't shown up by then, it won't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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