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The Aqua Dishtowel Set

The Aqua Dishtowel Set

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The Aqua Dishtowel Set

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Canon Press South

2215 South Main Street
Moscow ID 83843
United States

8004882034
Details

I’ve had a long standing grudge about the way dishtowels seem to be divided into two categories. The cute dishtowels often don’t work - they just push the water around on the dish which means you hang them up to look at but you don’t use them. And the towels that are super absorbent are often not cute at all and look kind of dismal and utilitarian hanging by your sink.

Then of course there’s the other laundry list of issues many towels succumb to. They shrink drastically in the wash. The design instantly fades into dowdiness. The edges roll up like a party horn, never to be seen again and making them impossible to fold.

So a few years ago, I set out to design a towel that defied all these problems. I realized that the effectiveness of the towel comes down to the weave, and the ideal weave for creating a cloth that is both soft and absorbent is what they use for cloth diapers: birdseye! And why not make them in designs pretty enough to hang cheerfully in your kitchen?

These towels are the best possible combination. They are absolute workhorses in your kitchen and they look adorable as they hang to dry - which means that really earn their place!

About the Design

The "Geranium" pattern is based off of some absolutely CRAZY wallpaper that we uncovered in our kitchen renovations. Picture this design - but instead of the tasteful white flowers you see here they are an incredible orangey-red and the scale is much larger than seen here on the dishtowels. It also appeared that whoever covered the walls with it had also decided to shoot the moon and do the floor in an electric teal linoleum at the same time. You just have to admire the sort of personality they must have had and I wish I could shake their hand! I knew that wallpaper needed to be preserved somewhere in the house (but perhaps toned down a notch or three) and so I replicated the design and changed the colorway and used it on curtains in my living room. And now it's gone through yet another change and is showing up on dishtowels in the same kitchen that inspired the design in the first place . . . which I love!

The "Blenheim Stripe" pattern is very loosely copied from a wallpaper hanging on the walls of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England. Incidentally, I had one of my most embarrassing moments at a champagne and canapes event at Blenheim Palace . . . but that is a story for another time and I'm afraid it wasn't then that I saw the wallpaper so it's hardly relevant. I actually only glimpsed the (very brown) wallpaper in a film which was shot in the palace and I know nothing more about it . . . not even what part of the palace it's in. So really the only thing that connects this to the palace is the name . . .

Care

Machine wash, Line dry (ok full disclosure - that's what it says on the tag, probably for bureaucratic, legal reasons . . . I always chuck mine in the dryer and they do just fine!)

Materials & Size

20" x 28" (pre-wash)


100% cotton (birdseye weave)

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