I managed to finish up the cloth napkin from Sewing Green I was doing the other night and another one, so we are now the proud owners of two (2!) napkins, with six more to come. Hazel chose this binding fabric, oddly enough it's the same as she chose for the Chibi Rabbit and Kitty! She likes cherries as she often tells me. At first I thought it was going to be a great choice, but now I'm not so sure. I like the effect well enough, but it's not really me, if that makes sense. I'd love them in someone else's house, but am not so sure about mine! I'll probably do the rest in plain red. Mat was so relieved when I admitted I didn't care for them so much because he thought he was going to have to suffer in silence :)
He did, however, provide the napkin rings. He was given two at his christening - one has his initials engraved as a monogram, one was left blank for his future wife. How's that for forethought! I'm not sure eve where to take 'mine' to get it done to be honest.
23 June, 2009
A classy joint
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They look lovely!
ReplyDeleteI don't understand though why cloth napkins are greener, since I'd want to wash mine after every meal. Who wants to wipe their mouths right where they wiped them yesterday? Or am I being weird?
We always used cloth napkins at my Grandma's and you would keep the same one for every meal so it was always your own germs. Now if it got really messy it was thrown in the wash but really they take up no extra space with a load that was being run anyway. So I do think it is probably greener to use cloth.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to use cloth more ( as I wipe my hands on my pants before I type this)
We always used cloth napkins at home and yeah, you have a napkin ring with some identifying mark on it as yours, and you use the napkin for at least a few dinners or until it gets dirty. But really, unless you're a really sloppy eater, or a kid, or having something like tacos, they don't get more than a smudge of grease on them. I guess it really comes down to what you're used to - I absolutely can't use paper napkins, I think they're a symptom of the throw-away consumer society and unless a picnic is involved I won't touch them. But that's me and that's probably due to the fact we never ever had them in the house growing up. They were expensive and wasteful. Heck, I can only now just bring myself to use paper towels on rare occasions! But if you did grow up with them then using cloth might seem unsanitary I suppose. They're not though, and as Jess says, they're way WAY greener than using paper. No question about that. Even if you washed them after every meal they would be.
ReplyDeleteWell we do use paper way more than we should, they are so darn cheap to buy and the kids are so messy but I think I will make a concentrated effort to go cloth once I clean the house out of them. We do use paper towels Chuck grew up using them instead of dishcloths ( seriously) I think he really feels using the dish cloth is unsanitary and there is no way I will convert him but I should cut down on those too. I don't use them for cleaning the counter tops but I do grab them for other stuff.
ReplyDeleteNo really, as dishcloths? Wow, I wouldn't have thought they'd work all that well. He'd probably pass out if he saw us using a dishcloth for a couple days running :) I've tried to convince Mat that letting the dishes dry in the rack on the draining board is way more sanitary than drying them but he won't have a bar of it. Again, it's how you grew up! He used to be really resistant to cleaning the bathroom and finally after I bugged him enough about it he admitted it was because he hated putting his hand into the toilet bowl to clean it out. I was all "ummmm, what do you think toilet brushes are for?" and he admitted he had never used them to actually clean the toilet bowl, just to tidy it up when it was really mucky. LOL. No wonder he hated cleaning the bathroom so much poor boy! He uses the toilet brush now :))
ReplyDeletenothing worse than a grody dish cloth! sometimes mine smell after even just one use... and yes they say that they're worse for germs than most stuff you think is on your counter and worse. i know alot of people who use paper towel to do dishes. air drying is most sanitary too not towel drying.
ReplyDeletewe dont use napkins at all for dinner -or lunch. or paper towel. most men wipe their hands on their pants :) and if its mucky ie ribs, paper for sure.
Mat's parents put their dishcloths through the dishwasher on the top rack which is a great way to sterilise them. We pretty much use a clean cloth a day, so they don't get a chance to get smelly. Same with dishtowels. Well maybe they go a couple days depending on how much they've been used. My bad habit is drying my hands on them, it drives Mat nuts but I just can't help myself!
ReplyDeleteI am sure we are all alone more immune to stuff due to the disgusting state of clothes and towels at my house. The best dish cloth I discovered is from Norwex products! It never gets gross because it dries so quickly and I love it. It isn't really good for wiping down counters ( they have a different one for that) because it doesn't hold water but it is perfect for dishes. I might just have to send you all one for Christmas I love them so much.
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with these microfibre cloths for cleaning. They're amazing! Especially for polishing or cleaning mirrors, nothing gets things shinier or cleaner. I was going to send Mike some to clean his marble benchtops in the kitchen but then I thought perhaps it was an odd gift :))
ReplyDeleteOh man I feel so backwards, but I use paper napkins for dinner *every* night (ew, wiping your mouth on the same thing over and over?) AND I use paper towels, but just for odd things, not as a dish cloth. Get this: for a dish cloth I use a sponge, which I know is worst of all for germ-spreading. But I was mine in the clothes washer all the time! I guess the smartest small step I could take would be to buy some cloth napkins, at least.
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