Tea towels

Justamum

Toxic_Lemon wrote: »

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

I've just googled and it says they were originally linen towels which the lady of the house would use to dry her expensive delicate china tea service with. Presumably not a job left to the maid!

anguk

Slinky_Malinky wrote: »

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

Here they are, they're actually guest towels but they're quite thin so I use them as tea towels:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50215084/

faerie~spangles

I keep my tea towels on an open shelf in the kitchen and TBH I use them like paper towels. Use once, for whatever reason, spill or animal related incident, toss in the washing machine.

I give them to my OH to use as snot rags too.

bravobeastie

Hand drying
Occasional dish drying
Draining chips after frying
Wiping up spills
Covering food
Kids keep running off with them into the garden so that one is anyones guess lol

Stephen_Leak

anguk wrote: »

Here they are, they're actually guest towels but they're quite thin so I use them as tea towels:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50215084/

I noticed that they're now calling them "guest towels" too.

I have infinitely better towels for my guests. ASDA, hand £3.00, bath sheet £6.00.

DianneB

anguk wrote: »

Here they are, they're actually guest towels but they're quite thin so I use them as tea towels:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50215084/

They look like the hand towels I buy from Tesco (no Ikea near me) they were about 35p each and make great tea towels. Way to thin and cheapo to use as guest towels!

monnagran

I have a basket of tea towels in the kitchen. The are regularly boiled and ironed - I love ironed tea towels - but they are old, threadbare, holey and generally look disgusting. Underneath these beauties is a stack of new, pristine, to-die-for towels. Occasionally, if expecting visitors one of the new ones is hung on the rail, just for show you know. We only actually USE the manky ones. Why? What am I keeping them for? Answer comes there none!

faerie~spangles

monnagran wrote: »

I have a basket of tea towels in the kitchen. The are regularly boiled and ironed - I love ironed tea towels - but they are old, threadbare, holey and generally look disgusting. Underneath these beauties is a stack of new, pristine, to-die-for towels. Occasionally, if expecting visitors one of the new ones is hung on the rail, just for show you know. We only actually USE the manky ones. Why? What am I keeping them for? Answer comes there none!

You iron teatowels?


Are you mad?????

sock-knitter

when i was a kid my mum let us practise ironing on the tea towels, my mum loved everthing ironed, even underwear

lollipopsarah

Haha I remember my dear dad ironing tea towels/socks/undies and bras bless him.
I let the dishes drain so only a little wipe needed with the tea towel, sor used more for drying hands (yep the old nappies were brill for this).
I go mad when hubby uses t.towels for the oven/grill - grrrrrr!
xx