Yesterday we showed you Allyson's strategy for keeping cloth handkerchiefs handy around the house so now our mission is to procure handkerchiefs. We saw a pack at our local discount store the other day - they were cheap, but also flimsy. We're considering sewing our own with some soft cotton from our stash or we might splurge on these beauties from Hank&Cheef.
What we like about these, besides the selection of pretty designs, is that they're made from 100% organic cotton, are a useful size (8.5" x 8.5" - small enough to tuck in a pocket, big enough or a round of sneezes), and we like the idea that everyone in the family could choose their own easily-identifiable design because, as close as our family is, we'd like our very own hankies thank you very much.
Hank&Cheef is a Vancouver-based company and sells their hankies individually ($5.25 CDN) or in sets (7 for $35 CDN). They have some interesting stats about the environmental benefits of cloth handkerchiefs on their website including the factoid that it takes 90 years to "grow" a box of tissues
However, ff we do decide to sew our own handkerchiefs, we like this simple tutorial from The Purl Bee.
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i would probably frame these! they're really cute!
even though its not environmentally friendly i think i'd still prefer tissue... when i have a cold my nose tends to really run and i would be washing these like crazy... i dont think i'd want to keep one in my pocket that i have already used to blow my nose!
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I'm the exact opposite, erinpearce, I can't stand tissues! One sneeze and it blows right through to your hand. Ew!
I love these, they are so cute. They beat the pants off of the red and blue paisley ones we have.
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