Tea towels

Valli

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Which is why I bagsied my granny's dinky little kitchen hand-towels when we were sorting my mother's things after she died. My sisters didn't have any use for them. I wonder what they use to dry their hands on?

I bagsied my great-Aunts dinky little kitchen hand towels!

Stephen_Leak

anguk wrote: »

I've got loads of those 19p Ikea towels, I use them as tea towels then when they're past their best they're cut up for floor cloths, dusters, cleaning rags etc.

They are phenomenal value for money. I always try to get one or two more every time I go there. However, I also try not to think about who made them.

I do prefer linen tea towels, as I find they're better for glassware.

BitterAndTwisted

I am possibly one of the few saddos who toted back a dozen of those lovely trad "glass-cloths" from my trip to Goa. Over ten years old, still going strong and they only cost me pennies each. I've certainly had my money's worth there.

Molly41

I know it is not tea towels but I love and use to death the Ikea Kiddies face clothes. They come in a pack of 10 and have different coloured hanging tags sewn on to each. The wash at 90 degrees and tumbledry a treat.

camelot1001

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

I'm the sort of person who refularly washes sponge scourers too, much to my friends amauzement, she thinks I am mad, as they are only £1 for about 20, but I don't use them till there is no life in them, I probably use one over 2 or 3 days then wash them and roate, sad I know, but I've always done it.

Thank goodness someone else does that! Tea towels are generally used for hand drying in this house, we have a dishwasher so don't dry up much. If I do need to dry anything I would take a clean one!

Stephen_Leak

Used sponge scourers can enjoy a second career in the car, kept in a plastic container with some water, for shifting dirt and squashed bugs from windscreens and headlights.

Scrapaholic

I like tea towels that are more like towelling material . Even my ancient ones are still white . I don't like to see DD's tea towels that were white but are now grey . They're clean and that doesn't bother her ! I change them very often and also don't like anyone to dry their hands on them . Change the sponges often too then re use in the bathroom.

Toxic_Lemon

And we still don't know WHY they're called TEA towels.

Slinky_Malinky

Please can someone post a link to the Ikea 19p tea towel? I searched their site but could not find it.

Justamum

Dontknowanymore wrote: »

I can't stand when you see someone wiping their hands and sometimes face on one that they use to dry dishes with _pale_

Each day I put out a clean towel, tea towel and dish cloth. I grew up with this as it's what my mum always does. My MIL used to have one dish cloth which was never washed, and one tea towel which was used to dry hands and dishes _pale_ It was occasionally washed in a normal wash load with undies etc. I dried my hands on it once and had to wash my hands again as they stank! :eek: (then dried them on my jeans:rotfl:) She was a nurse so you would have thought she'd have been a bit more hygienic. She used the dish cloth for general cleaning purposes too :eek:

I do use mine to dry dishes