Husband doesn’t understand the whole dishcloth/cleaning rag thing!

My gran and aunt used to knit dishcloths which became a much wanted gift as they lasted much longer than shop bought ones. In fact I still have some from 1985. Mind you it became rather difficult to find the hanks of cotton.

After 45. years my husband still can't grasp that only Yellow dish cloths are to be used to clean the toilet and he grabs tea towels for all sorts of cleaning jobs and spills in the garage. Go to dry the dishes and it's a hunt to find nice clean tea towels with no stains on

This thread sent me on a quest as I like to find British made if I can. I found some beautiful linen tea towels and glass cloths made by Thomas Ferguson in Northern Ireland.
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I run my home , no one else!! So when I need a cleaner in or some job doing, I make it perfectly clear but politely ,what I want doing and how. Of course no doubt a lot of the reasons that these husbands dont notice the difference or pretend they dont is that they rarely or never do much cleaning to find out the difference. When in doubt follow the expert/owners!!

Woe betide anyone who attempts to make coffee and does not follow my strict instructions, about warming the pot, the exact amount of coffee etc etc and of course must be poured into my china mug. Absolutely NEVER in a horrible paper or earthenware cup! Well at the age of 80, there are many things that I either can no longer do , or have to admit take a lot longer for me to do. But my standards will never fall regarding my coffee especially. The japanese tea ceremony has nothing on me!!

BlueberryPie

I mean, sometimes I dust with a washcloth. Other times, a paper towel or a sock or even the cat. No difference. shrug

Snap

I do agree about linen tea towels, but they are hard to find.
Apart from that, I'm not fussy.

I agree with your husband!🤣

One bit of useless information from a Lancastrian is that in Lancashire we say ‘pot towels’ for ‘tea towels’. When we first moved down south and I said pot towel people stared at me as if I’d gone mad.

I have to admit to having no commitment to dishcloths or rags. I’ve got a brilliant 20 year old microfibre window cloth, I reckon the harm it did to the environment has washed out after being washed weekly for the last 20 years, so I don’t feel guilty. I use old cut up white T-shirts as rags, I have lots, so I save them up and do them on a hot wash when I’ve got enough. My son uses them to clean his golf clubs, which is fine.
As an aside, you might be interested to know that apparently the last British manufacturer of tea towels is Bancroft Mill in Lancashire, I saw them on Buy British Made, and they look really nice.

Sago

Mt61

I’ve never heard of those Lancashire dishcloths either, only Lancashire dusters.
I bought mine from Lakeland shop. Must have had them donkeys yrs. They don’t shed like those yellow dusters.
My dishcloths must be large, 100% cotton so that I can bleach them, Same with tea towels, white.
The only thing I can’t seem to get a hold of is those herringbone oven cloths, mine are freyed now.

I have these too!
Amazon.

Just purchased more woven oven cloths from the link I posted earlier.
I’m on a roll now!

I may ask him for some of these for Christmas..

I would love to say I’m joking………

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Mt61

I’ve never heard of those Lancashire dishcloths either, only Lancashire dusters.
I bought mine from Lakeland shop. Must have had them donkeys yrs. They don’t shed like those yellow dusters.
My dishcloths must be large, 100% cotton so that I can bleach them, Same with tea towels, white.
The only thing I can’t seem to get a hold of is those herringbone oven cloths, mine are freyed now.

I have these too!
Amazon.

petra

Sago

I even iron my rags😱

Sago
You’re not my friend, Pam from many years ago at Tollesbury, are you? 😂

No sorry!

I cut up old tee shirts for cleaning cloths and buy dishcloths from the shops when my old ones look worn and discoloured.
Am not sentimental about it at all, perhaps because I hate cleaning.

In infants school, learning to knit, we were expected to make our mothers a dishcloth. We were given a ball of cotton and it stuck to the needles, tied itself in knots and put me off knitting for life!

My husband never did understand the difference between using an old cloth to clean his motorbike as opposed to the new ones I had just bought for the kitchen. He no longer has the bike so my cloths are safe. Still trying, after several decades, to teach him to close cupboard doors. My mother's house was broken into - not badly - but the one thing that really upset my sister who did her cleaning was that they had dared to touch her dusters.

Visgirl when I was growing up in the 40's and 50's knitting dish cloths was something many housewives did.
I knitted some as practice once I had learned to knit.

My aunts used to knit dishcloths from balls of cotton many years ago. Nowadays, I just buy mine from the supermarket or use old face flannels that are past their prime.

DH has a stash in the garage for his diy jobs. Occasionally they find their way indoors so I have to be vigilant!

Chocolatelovinggran

To add to the 1936 vibe here, I'm proud to say that I knit my dishcloths from cotton.
My children think that I am ...nuts..

I worked with someone once who also did this... We too thought she was nuts 😅

I’ve never heard of those Lancashire dishcloths either, only Lancashire dusters.
I bought mine from Lakeland shop. Must have had them donkeys yrs. They don’t shed like those yellow dusters.
My dishcloths must be large, 100% cotton so that I can bleach them, Same with tea towels, white.
The only thing I can’t seem to get a hold of is those herringbone oven cloths, mine are freyed now.

Try telling him that you have been using his best fine-detail wood-carving chisel as a screwdriver, paint-tin opener, and concrete breaker, as you thought chipping the edge didn't matter - it's just a tool.

Sago

I even iron my rags😱

Sago
You’re not my friend, Pam from many years ago at Tollesbury, are you? 😂

Desdemona

I don't know what Lancashire dishcloths are, but I feel I have missed out and now I want some.

They are those stockinette roll dishcloths - at least that is what came up when I googled them. I hadn't heard of them either, but I recognised them when I saw them.

I think when we moved a chucked a whole lot out that I had inherited unused from an aunt and I hadn't used them either, so out they went.

I don't know what Lancashire dishcloths are, but I feel I have missed out and now I want some.

Well I suppose it was kind of your husband to notice.