Playlists in folders not in same order on iPod as in iTunes

I use iTunes version 11.01 on Mac system 10.6.8. I have iPod classic 2.0.4
I have created playlist folders which contain playlists in certain order. When I synch iPod, the order within playlist folder changes as follows:
Playlists names containing numbers which I want in numberical order such as "song 1" "song 2"....."song 10 "song 11" are resorted on iPod as
"song 1" "song 11" "song 12" ......"song 19" "song 2" etc...
So if there is a number in the title it does not keep standard numberical order but first sorts by all numbers with first character as "1" and then does the same for "2". In other words it would count and sort sequence of playlist titles having name song x where x is 1 throught 25 as:
1/10/11/12/13/14/15/17/18/19/2/20/21/22/23/24/25
How do I get it to leave the order in the logical order? Do I need to call them 01/02/03 etc...

Once you've created a Playlist folder within the iTunes Source list, you should be able to drag folders, playlists, or smart playlists within them without issue. Make sure that when you're dragging playlists into the folder, you're actually dropping the playlist onto the folder, and not the Smart Playlist.
Also, regarding your question about tagging artwork. I would suggest selecting all the tracks in the album, go to File > Get Info. This will allow you to edit the song details for the entire album at once. You'll notice that there's a box for Artwork, just drag in the artwork into that box and you should be good to go.
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