And there’s even better news, as both methods also stop T-shirts and so on from creasing too, meaning your wardrobe staples can be wrinkle free.
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The pro called Melissa Pateras specialises in how to clean and organise the clothes in your closet.
Therefore, she’s the ideal person to speak out on a “space-saving fold” hack, having perfected her technique over the years.
Melissa explained: “I’ve got one kid in university and another one going on Saturday, so I’ve been teaching him how to fold his clothes so that they all fit into this tiny dorm.
“And I thought I would show you the same,” she continued.
“This is called a ranger roll or a military roll – there’s two options, I’ll show you both.”
She then demonstrated the first method, as she took a T-shirt with the logo and pattern facing upwards in her direction.
She went on: “Then you’re going to fold the bottom of the shirt up about two or three inches.
“Then you take each of the sleeves and fold them towards the centre of the shirt so that you have this rectangle.”
Once the rectangle is established, you take one side of the shirt and “fold it to about the midway point,” before repeating the same on the other side.
Melissa went on to smooth the piece of material and spin it around so that the collar is now facing closest to you.
She continued: “Then you’re going to start at the collar and start rolling it.
“You can roll it as tight as you like, it’s up to you, but you’re going to roll it all the way to the bottom over the top of this fold here [the first one you made].
“And then you’re going to hang onto it and flip this fabric over [so that the flap goes around the T-shirt]. It doesn’t stretch the shirt because you’re not pulling on it.”
Melissa then moved onto option two, as she said it once again starts with the shirt facing up with the first fold.
However, that is where things changed slightly. She explained: “You’re going to skip the sleeve part and you’re going to fold it into thirds on both sides.
“Then you’re going to flip the shirt around, start at the neck and, again, you’re going to start rolling.
“You’re going to roll it all the way down to the bottom, pass this fold here again, hang on to it, and then flip this over.”
And her followers were soon singing the praises of both the first and second method, as they said that they had also witnessed further benefits.
One wrote on the TikTok video posted to @melissadilkespateras: “Also keeps it from getting so wrinkled.
As a second social media user said: “This fold also works great for travelling – my aunt taught me many moons ago.”
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