Hankie Hankers

[primsong]

I've been trying to do some gradual switching away from consumable paper goods this past year as one of our little economizing things - kind of like more hanging out the wash to dry when I can, changing to cloth napkins (love them!) and the switcheroo on ladies products to washable flannel ones (super love them!). This time it's hankie time. Bought a nice lot of vintage handkerchiefs on Etsy that were being sold as 'imperfect' because they had little pulls, spots, etc. that made them less than desirable for collectors.

As I told the lady, I didn't mind them being less than perfect because I wasn't looking to collect or frame them, I wanted them "for hankies." She wrote back that she loved the idea and had decided to set aside some of the ones she'd been selling in a little basket "as hankies" herself.

I have two little baskets of them so far, looking for some more. We really like them now that we're used to them, they don't disintegrate in your pocket when you wash your clothes for instance, last better and are softer and prettier than kleenex. We figure we'll still use tissues when we're sick as germ-containment but otherwise I'm now wondering why we didn't do this sooner, they're so... nice!

Comments

[meneleth.livejournal.com]

Was it you that recommended Party in Your Pants a while ago? I've been dithering about ordering their equivalent of pantyliners. So, you really do like them?

Good for you working on the whole economizing/good for ecology thing. We've switched almost entirely to cloth shopping bags (still get paper once in a while to bag our recycling) and I love them.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! - and I tried a couple other brands of similar liners as well but ended up just ordering more from the Party folks. They're slightly more spendy but they really wash up and dry well. I'd hate to go back to paper now, they're comfy.

I'm accumulating a collection of cloth and sturdy bags in the back of my car, I take a couple in with me every time I shop, though I use the paper ones as garbage/recycle liners so I still get some of those as well. The shops give a 5-cent credit for every bag I bring, as it saves them paper ones. I'm finding I enjoy the colors and variety it brings to something as mundane as shopping, plus they can hold more so it's fewer trips from the car when I get home.

[primsong.livejournal.com]

Oh, one other thought - because they snap around instead of using adhesives they can migrate slightly, so I've ended up not using the sample pantyliner one, it's too small and wanders off. I'd recommend going with a style that is slightly longer so that small migration makes no difference.