Honeycomb Sock Organizer

I wanted a way to keep my sock drawer more organized. I store my socks rolled up, so I thought it would look cool to have a honeycomb pattern and give each pair of socks its own cell. You can see the finished product above!

Making the honeycomb doesn't require much. All you need is:

• Index cards. I used extra thick index cards because I thought it would make the structure sturdier, but the cards were hard to fold precisely
• Tape
• Paper and pen (optional). You can make a "map" to get a layout of the honeycomb structure before you start making it

First you should figure out how big you want your honeycomb cells to be. I went with hexagons that had sides of length 1.5" and it seemed to fit my socks pretty well. I later found out that I should've checked more pairs of socks: the orange socks here fit pretty well, but I had some bigger pairs that were very snug (read: too big) for this size.

Technique for folding and taping the first test cell shouldn't matter too much, but if you want more detail you can see steps 4 and 5.

Cut a piece of paper approximately to the size of your sock drawer, and trace a honeycomb pattern onto it using your test cell. This gives you a "map" of your organizer, which you can use to help lay out the different folded index cards later.

Once you know how long you want the sides of the honeycomb cells to be, you need to fold a bunch of index cards to have sides of that length. You should also leave small tabs on each end to make taping the index cards together easier later. I tried to fold each side the same length by having a guide that was 1.5" long, but my thick index cards were hard to fold precisely to 1.5" long. It probably would've been more uniform to use a folding jig rather than just a guide, but I didn't think to try to make a jig until after I was done. Having more uniform folds will lead to a more regular honeycomb pattern later.

If you have your layout traced onto paper, you can arrange the folded index cards on top of it. This will help you know how many index cards you need and by arranging the cards strategically you can minimize the number of honeycomb cells that have doubled up walls.

To assemble the honeycomb, you just need to tape the folded index cards together. Line up the folds, and use the tabs to tape the index cards together. I would tape on both sides of the connection (see the image above). Continue taping until the honeycomb structure is complete.

Once all the index cards are taped together, you're done! Place the organizer in your drawer (hopefully it fits, you can add/remove cells if you want it to be bigger or smaller once you see how it looks in the drawer). Now fill the organizer with socks, and you should have a well sorted sock drawer!