'This Folding Hack Is So Good!': Viral Underwear Fold Wows Cleaners

Cleaning: How to fold underwear - folding hack dubbed 'so good' by fans (Image: THE FOLDING LADY/INSTAGRAM)

Sophie Liard is The Folding Lady. She inspired folding fans and has over 600k followers on her Instagram account @thefoldinglady.

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The expert is soon to be an author. Her debut book, The Folding Lady, will be on sale at Waterstones from 28 April 2022.

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Sophie's underwear fold has had her fans in raptures.

The underwear fold involves tucking the pants into themselves, to create a neat rectangle of fabric.

Fans flocked to her page to praise the fold and were quick to try it out for themselves.

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Cleaning: Sophie Liard, The Folding Lady, has over 600k followers on her Instagram account (Image: GETTY)

How to fold underwear

1. Place the pants on a flat surface facing upwards.
2. Tuck the outer ends of the waistband into the middle.
3. Take the bottom of the pants and tuck them up, about a quarter of the way up.
4. Bend the waistband down, and then tuck the bottom of the pants into the waistband to create your fold.

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One follower wrote: "I love a knicker fold so satisfying."

Another said: "Just wanted to thank you for sharing this because I love to make time for folding my clothes, it soothes my soul."

"These are awesome! Thanks girl! Another thing I can neatly fold!" one excited fan said.

One added: "I do mine this way. My husband gets annoyed when I turn his boxer briefs into “panty packets.”

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"He is especially annoyed when I call them that."

The video inspired one follower, who said: "I went through and folded all my underwear this way, and it made such a difference!

"I freed up 5 pockets in my drawer organizer (which means I can buy more right?)"

"Folding this way is (fire emoji)", one fan said. "Can't stop, won't stop."

Another commented: "This folding hack is so good!!"

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Cleaning: Sophie's underwear fold has had her fans in raptures (Image: GETTY)

Sophie also detailed a method to fold towels like a spa. 

It involves rolling towels, turns them into pretty, cylindrical shapes.

Fans loved this fold too. One said: "Love this account! Gotta fold some towels like this! Not the kids' towels though - they wouldn’t appreciate it."

"Wow they look gorgeous," another said.

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