Pairs of socks in washing

[winkywinkola]

So would it be really scuzzy to wash socks in their pairs? I mean twinned as you'd put them away in the drawer?

I'm spending a bit of time pairing socks every Sunday evening (42 pairs minimum) and it's cheesing me off!

No - when we were kids we had coloured sock rings that joined socks in pairs at the ankle end in the wash. A brilliant idea.

We use this sort of thing

From 42 pairs minimum I take it you have children? Sock sorting is children's work in this house. Sunday evening in front of the TV, I think they sort of enjoy it.

I've tried using the dcs to do it. They just end up throwing all the socks at each other.

4 dcs and me and h. Lotsasocks.

So it is skank to wash them paired up - I mean in a ball?

I dry everything in the heated airing rack.

I wouldn't - they wouldn't get properly clean (or dry) if they were all balled up.

These:

DH takes his socks off and balls them up together, drives me insane. They do not wash properly IMO and definitely don't dry in the tumble dryer.

I considered this - (sorry don't know how to do a short link)
m.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-Colors-300-Sets-KAM-Snaps-T5-Snap-Starter-Plastic-Poppers-Fasteners-1-Pliers-/322095286749?hash=item4afe6009dd%3Ag%3ANboAAOSw3v5XIyKz&_trkparms=pageci%253Abcc2e66c-f7a6-11e6-afeb-74dbd18078e8%257Cparentrq%253A5d1938e215a0a357c0f2637cfff00666%257Ciid%253A2

no, they will not wash properly and take ages to dry and go fusty.
when I grew up each of us had a mesh bag for our socks, so no sorting

Our socks are colour coded... gray , blue, black, crazy colour... It's so much easier to pick out and match pairs!
Alternatively look for "oddsocks" on ebay or Amazon...

A mesh bag each. That's the answer. Brilliant.