My easy £1 mum hack will save you hours doing laundry - you'll never search for lost socks again | The Sun

A SAVVY mum who was fed up with losing socks in the house has shared her tip so you never have to worry about them again.

Gemma Bray, known as "The Organised Mum" on social media shared the £1 laundry trick which has made it a breeze and save you 'hours of laundry'.

Her method was simple: making sure every member of her family had a laundry bag.

Each of them has a net bag to put their socks and underwear in throughout the week.

Then, when it comes to laundry day, the bags can be thrown into the washing machine straight away.

She said: "Just make sure you don't overfill it.

"That's really important, because everything has to swish around and get clean."

By using Gemma's method it means no socks will go missing again in the home and you won't have to sort through hundreds to pair them up.

"When they're dry, you give them back, and they can pair their own socks," Gemma explained.

"You don't lose any socks, and you save hours with the laundry."

you can purchase laundry bags like th eone the mum uses for just 31 in Ikea.

She captioned the clip: "No more playing sock concentration."

The clip, posted to her TikTok account @the_organised_mum, went viral with over 128k views and 7,000 likes.

One person wrote: "Okay that is a brilliant tip!! The sock monster is rife in our house."

Another commented: "I’ve been doing this with my kids’ socks for a few years now because little kids’ socks get lost so easily! It’s a game changer!"

"Tip of the year!!" penned a third.

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Meanwhile a fourth said: "Wow brilliant."

"Thanks so much! Great idea!" claimed a fifth.

Someone else added: “It’s brilliant, and I do exactly the same thing.”"

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