How to fold a sweater?

We all want our clean items after ironing to keep their shape and not crumple until the next use. How to do this? This is nothing complicated! There are several methods for compact folding clothes, avoiding creases and bumps after storage. Today from our article you will learn how to fold a sweater, dress, trousers and even socks. Using this technology, you can beautifully pack almost any type of clothing, including even the smallest details - tie, linen and other elements. In order to save space in your wardrobe, we will share the secrets of the correct and rational storage of knitwear on shelves in a closet or chest of drawers. If you are ready, then we begin!

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How to fold a sweater so as not to wrinkle?

So, we come to the most important issue. Let's start a little understanding. The sweater can be folded in several fairly simple ways, which we will talk about today.

Method One:

1. We pick up the sweater and lay it on a flat surface (on the table), fold the sleeves along the shoulder seam inward to the front of the product.
2. Now gently wrap the left side of the jumper to the center of the garment.
3. We carry out the same manipulations with the right side of the sweater. In the end - we should get two folded halves, in the middle of which are the sleeves.
4. At the end of the work, we bend the lower part of the product up, fold it in half, and then turn it over and smooth it with our hands until the final alignment.

The sweater is ready to wait for its “appearance”!

Important! If you stack your things this way, you get a very neat stack. Consider that in each column there should be no more than 3 knitted things. So things will be stored much better, they will not be remembered and it will be very convenient to get clothes from such a quantity.

Second way

In the wardrobe of every person there are things with a long sleeve - sweaters, shirts, jumpers and many other items of clothing. How to fold a jumper so that it retains its ironed shape? It is best to fold the just ironed thing. For this reason, we recommend starting work with ironing and cooling the knitwear. Now we will consider the second way, how to fold a sweater in a cabinet without folds:

1. We fasten all the buttons on the sweater, put it on the front side (where the buttons with the collar are located) on the table.
2. Carefully straighten all the edges of the product.
3. We straighten the sleeves perpendicular to the front, fold so that the cuffs coincide with the lower border of the sweater.
4. We take the lower part of the product and fold it in half together with the sleeves.
5. If the gate sticks out a little, then we add the corners inside the neck.
6. Turn over the folded clothes with the collar down and put them in the designated place.

Important! We described the method of folding sweaters, but in fact, it can be applied to other clothes with long sleeves. In this way, you can fold a T-shirt or jacket. The only difference is that the jacket needs to be folded, leaning shoulder to shoulder, throw one shoulder over the other, and then repeat the algorithm for folding the sweater.

Third way

There is another not quite standard option for folding a sweater.

Important! This option is suitable for both the cabinet and the suitcase, where it is very important to put a large number of things on a small area.

So, let's look at a way to beautifully fold a sweater as a gift, for a trip or just storage in a closet:

1. We put the jumper on a clean, flat surface with no corners and possible sharpnesses.
2. Now we proceed to folding the product. If there are buttons, then you must fasten them before starting work.
3. We fold the sleeves and lay them out not on the front, but on the back of the sweater.
4. With two hands we take by the lower edge of the product, slowly we begin to wrap it in a roll, moving to the collar itself.
5. At the end of the work, we transfer the roll to a shelf or put it in a suitcase or on a shelf so that the collar looks down.

Important! The essence of this method is not folding, but twisting the fabric into a compact roll. Make sure that the knitted bundle is not too elastic, otherwise - large folds and inevitable bruises may appear.

The fourth way

How to fold a sweater, like in a store? This method is similar to the rest of the above, but there are differences. Which ones - you will learn from the step-by-step algorithm of actions:

1. We lay out the sweater on the table, bend the sleeves in the center and wrap them on the back of the product.
2. After that, mentally draw a line down from the shoulder seam, at this point we bend the sweater and again wrap the side parts with sleeves to the back of the product.
3. We got one whole strip. Starting from the bottom, we turn it into three equal parts, moving to the top. The result should be an equilateral rectangle.

This method is often used by sellers in a clothing store. It allows you to quickly and efficiently fold your clothes, because the buyer does not like to wait. Therefore, it can be used at home for your household.

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Long Sleeve Folding Tips

If you do not know the secrets of properly folding a sweater, shirt, sweater or other thing with or without sleeves, then before each use you will need to iron the product. But applying our tips will help solve this problem:

• Do not fold things immediately after ironing, leave them for a while so that they are completely cool and get their shape. Hot material is more prone to large and small folds.
• To prevent the shirt, dress or blouse from wrinkling when transported in a suitcase, wrap them in newspaper or paper.
• Have you seen that many shirts are sold with a cardboard tab inside? Use this simple way to fold your clothes, and you will notice how she will keep her ironed shape. To do this, take a rectangular cardboard and put it in the middle of the folded thing.
• If you like to travel, then you need to get one irreplaceable thing - portpled. It is a special bag that allows you to maintain the shape of clothes, bypassing folds and other irregularities. This is especially convenient for transporting a jacket and other similar things.
• If you do not have enough space in your closet or suitcase, then if possible, stack strongly creasing things on the very top of the other stacks in the very least.
• If it so happened that you were in a hotel where there is no ironing service, and your weekend shirt is already crumpled, you should not be upset. After taking a shower in the bathroom, you need to hang your shirt on a hanger. It will take quite a while, as she herself will go wrong due to high humidity. After complete drying, it will get a smooth, smoothed look.
• Get a special case for transporting clothes such as shirts, dresses, suits. One side of it consists of dense polyethylene, the other of durable fabric. By the way, such covers can be rented at any dry cleaning service.

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How to fold socks compactly?

But what about socks? This is an integral part of clothing that is used by absolutely everyone without exception.Women, men, children - all wear socks. Unfortunately, not everyone knows that they also need to be folded.

Of course, there are simple and quick methods that our grandmothers used: you need to take two socks and tie both of them with an elastic band of one to form a knot. Or one more thing: fold one sock into another to form a pair. Of course, you can find your socks so quickly, but there is a better option.

Now we will consider an improved workshop for folding socks, which will be nice to put on your leg not only at home:

1. Take a pair of socks.
2. Fold the part where the toes are located (without elastic) to the heel.
3. Then with a rubber band of one sock, carefully wrap the whole pair so that the previously folded parts are fixed.
4. We perform this procedure with the rest of the socks, and then we remove it to the intended place.

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How to fold the dress?

The fair sex is often interested in how to fold a dress so that it does not wrinkle? Of course, if the space in the closet allows, it can be hung on a hanger, but now we will consider more compact storage options. You can fold a dress or skirt in the same way as pants. If the dress is with long sleeves, then you need to carefully fold them on the table as we packed the shirt.

Method 1

It is much more successful and faster to fold the dress according to such a simple scheme:

1. We take the dress in our hands and lay it on the table, smoothing out all kinds of folds, including sleeves.
2. Take the bottom edge of the product and fold it in half with one movement.
3. Now, starting from the bottom, twist it into a roll.

This method is very convenient both for everyday storage and for traveling, when the dress needs to be put in a bag so that it does not wrinkle.

Method 2:

1. Put the ironed dress on a flat surface.
2. Fold the right and left side parts to the center of the front so that the sleeves (if any) are inside.
3. Now we take the bottom of the dress and fold it in half, first to the waist, and then to the neck.

Important! Usually they put dresses in clothing stores. This is a quick but effective way. According to this algorithm of actions, you can also fold the skirt, excluding the step with the sleeves.

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How to fold classic trousers or jeans?

Such clothes are in almost every wardrobe of a modern person. Therefore, we simply must know the simple ways of laying trousers or jeans. This is done quite simply. Now we will look at several examples of how to fold the trousers so that they do not wrinkle in the bag.

Option 1:

1. We straighten trousers or jeans, impose one leg on another. So we got one half of the trousers.
2. We pull the bottom to the belt of the product (fold in half).
3. The resulting package is folded again in half.

There is one, but significant drawback of this method - trousers may not fit in a suitcase. Therefore, further we offer a more compact version.

Important! In this case, you can do a little differently: fold the leg from two halves to the knees, and then again to the waist. The choice of styling trousers is yours.

Option 2

If your pants or jeans are made of thin material, then you can use the quick method - roll the product into a roll:

1. Fold the leg to the leg.
2. From the bottom of the product, we begin to fold the trousers into a tight bundle.
3. We lay the roll with the seam down so that the pants do not open.

Great way! So they can compactly fit even in your output purse, and you should not worry about a suitcase and a closet at all.

Important! Try not to fold the pants horizontally - this can lead to additional folds, which were not originally. But if this already happened, then on top of the product in the suitcase, put only straight, well-ironed things, after putting them in the bag.

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Folding and Storage Tips

We talked about how to fold clothes correctly, but they also need to be removed somewhere from prying eyes.This is a very important point, since the folded things must lie in the space allotted for this, so that no one accidentally touches them, does not crush them and does not stain them. As we promised, now we will share with you the basic secrets on how to fold things in a closet or suitcase.

So, let's begin:

• If space on the shelves of the cabinet allows, things can be placed there, or hung on a hanger or on a bar.
• So that your clothes do not wrinkle under the press in a suitcase, fold the rolls not on top of each other, but in parallel.
• You can also store folded things in special covers made of polyethylene, which are attached to the bar with a special Velcro.
• In order to quickly and accurately pack knitted items, use a special board. It can be replaced with a conventional cutting board, having previously checked it for a clean surface. All of the above can be replaced by plain hard cardboard or cardboard insert, which is often in the packaging with a shirt or in nylon tights to keep them in shape.
• As a separator of clothes on shelves, you can purchase special metal or plastic flat sheets, which are very convenient to use.
• To folded trousers do not crumple, you need to put them inside the jacket, which will provide them with additional fabric protection under many linings and foam.
• Try to put the clothes in place, taking into account the sizes: men's clothing of large size - on one shelf, women - on the other, and children - on the third.
• Sort clothes on the shelves by season: on the upper tier - summer clothes, on average - autumn knitwear, and on the lower tier - winter clothes. In this way, the arrangement of things, you can achieve the perfect order in your home.

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So we came to the end of today's story about how to fold frequently used things: sweaters, shirts, dresses, trousers and even socks. Putting our recommendations into practice, you can compactly fold absolutely any item in your wardrobe. Let your things always be in order, and the mood is great!