How do you store your kilt hose?

[Grizzled Ian]

I start with my hose turned inside out, from when I take them off to wash them. Once they are dry, I turn the 'foot' of each sock the right way through, so the 'foot' is inside the 'shin'. I do this for two reasons, so that I can stick my foot straight into the 'foot' of the sock when I put it on, and secondly, each is shortened by roughly a third as I continue the folding process.

Next I lay the 'foot' of one sock longways over the other. Then I fold the top of one sock back over both the 'feet', and peel back the top of the other sock down over the complete pair of hose, as is described in the OP. I don't believe there is any great risk of stretching the sock top, because it is quite a bit narrower than either of my shins. In any case, for each pair it's only one sock top at a time that might stretch.

To store my hose, I stand them up in a 10"/25cm plastic tub which I know will take about 24 pairs.

The sock origami is a neat idea, I like it, but - I also like to have my short jeans socks turned in ready to go like my hose.