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Why Linen is The Best Dish Towel
By Annie B. Bond
Flax linen is one of the world’s oldest natural fibers, made from the stalk of the flax plant. It comes to life with use, with being washed and hung to dry in the fresh air and sun. It also sheds dirt very well and easily. And it is the strongest of the vegetable fibers; up to two to three times stronger than cotton. It is even stronger when wet, yet it softens on repeated washings. A lint-free fabric, it is also perfect for drying glass.
There are many attributes to linen, including that it can last for generations, but how many know that it is the best dish drying towel, and why? Find out here:
Linen makes an excellent dish drying towel because it absorbs 20 percent or more of its weight in water. Now that is a good dish cloth. You can use the same towel for many pots and pans. It is also naturally resistant to bacteria. Cotton dishcloths, while good enough, aren’t nearly this good. The one caveat about linen is that it is vulnerable to mildew, so make sure to dry linen dish towels well once the last dish is put in the cupboard.
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My favorite high end fabric store I searched flax linen they have some
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The only place I've consistently found 100% linen dish towels is on eBay at stores which carry items from overseas, like Ireland and Russia. They run $7-14 and tend to be oversized compared to the cotton dish towels that you'd normally find in US stores.
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I went on a search for linen a couple of years back and found that it is very seasonal in the fabric stores that do carry it. But I was able to get a great deal on some at Walmart, again they only have it in stock during spring I think.
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Linen toweling is superior to any other. Unfortunately, it was easy in the past to purchase toweling by the yard and simply hem it yourself that is not the case now. Do you have any contacts regarding purchasing toweling by the yard. I have some towels that have been used for over 15 years and are still alive.
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all very true regarding linen toweling, however my recent search for stores selling the linen toweling by the yard has been really difficult. do you have any leads
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