Comments on: GladRags’ Green Goal: Handkerchiefs & Cloth Napkins http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/ a blog from the team at GladRags Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:36:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jennifer http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25763 Jennifer Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:55:16 +0000 http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25763 I've just recently started using both cloth napkins and handkerchiefs. It always felt wasteful to me to throw a napkin away after every meal (seriously, if you just eat a bowl of cereal, did you even touch the napkin?) so I found some of my mother's old cloth napkins and put them back in use. Handkerchiefs... well that was my daughter's idea. She's 15 months old and had a bad cold. Anyone who's ever wiped a baby's nose knows that you can't do it neatly, so you use a whole tissue every time, even though the nose is so small! I has some really old handkerchiefs that were my grandmother's- they were in my fabric scrap bag because I liked the striped edges, but never found another use for them. Well, when I remembered them, I dug them out and put them back to their original use! They wipe better than a tissue and therefore can be used multiple times before tossing in the laundry. I think they are gentler on baby's nose than paper tissues also. But I agree with Tracy's comment: make sure you don't have an alternative! I still grab paper tissues when a box is close by! I’ve just recently started using both cloth napkins and handkerchiefs. It always felt wasteful to me to throw a napkin away after every meal (seriously, if you just eat a bowl of cereal, did you even touch the napkin?) so I found some of my mother’s old cloth napkins and put them back in use.
Handkerchiefs… well that was my daughter’s idea. She’s 15 months old and had a bad cold. Anyone who’s ever wiped a baby’s nose knows that you can’t do it neatly, so you use a whole tissue every time, even though the nose is so small! I has some really old handkerchiefs that were my grandmother’s- they were in my fabric scrap bag because I liked the striped edges, but never found another use for them. Well, when I remembered them, I dug them out and put them back to their original use! They wipe better than a tissue and therefore can be used multiple times before tossing in the laundry. I think they are gentler on baby’s nose than paper tissues also.
But I agree with Tracy’s comment: make sure you don’t have an alternative! I still grab paper tissues when a box is close by!

]]> By: Tracy http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25394 Tracy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:35:26 +0000 http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25394 I have a stash of vintage hankies that are slowly (sadly) becoming quite thin and hole-y. Fortunately, my sister's husband brought me back a few nice handkerchiefs from India for Christmas, so I'll have pretty things to blow my nose into for a while longer anyway. I think I'm going to use my GladRags Hankies as a carry-along hand towel, partly cause they're easy to differentiate from my floral nose hankies, and partly because they're thicker and more absorbent. At home, I have some cloth napkins my sister made that I've been using. I have to admit, although I haven't bought paper towels in years, I do find myself occasionally using the ones my roommate buys. So that's the first step in switching from paper to cloth -- make sure you don't have any alternative! Even if you don't have what you think you need, you'll be forced to get creative. I have a stash of vintage hankies that are slowly (sadly) becoming quite thin and hole-y. Fortunately, my sister’s husband brought me back a few nice handkerchiefs from India for Christmas, so I’ll have pretty things to blow my nose into for a while longer anyway.

I think I’m going to use my GladRags Hankies as a carry-along hand towel, partly cause they’re easy to differentiate from my floral nose hankies, and partly because they’re thicker and more absorbent.

At home, I have some cloth napkins my sister made that I’ve been using. I have to admit, although I haven’t bought paper towels in years, I do find myself occasionally using the ones my roommate buys. So that’s the first step in switching from paper to cloth — make sure you don’t have any alternative! Even if you don’t have what you think you need, you’ll be forced to get creative.

]]> By: Brenda http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25391 Brenda Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:15:42 +0000 http://blog.gladrags.com/2010/03/03/gladrags-green-goal-handkerchiefs-cloth-napkins/#comment-25391 Carrying a hanky to wipe my hands when I'm out and about is a great idea! Especially because I hate that lots of towel dispensers are now electric which seem so silly and yet another way to waste energy. Ok, a new thing to do! Carrying a hanky to wipe my hands when I’m out and about is a great idea! Especially because I hate that lots of towel dispensers are now electric which seem so silly and yet another way to waste energy. Ok, a new thing to do!

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