washable hankies

[KDK12]

it's hayfever season and i want some washable hankies. i am fed up of using tissues, i inevitably try and use them more than once anyway, so they end up stuffed up my cuff (!) or in my pocket.

the thing is, if i saw someone else using one i think it might gross me out a bit. so perhaps i should just use them at home, where nobody will see? i mean, it's hayfever snot so it's not contagious or owt.

I use big spotty hankies,

I buy a big box of assorted colours ones, once every few years from a gentlemans's outfitter,

They are brilliant, jolly cheerful, don't hurt my skin, great for wiping a sweaty brow when I'm working, I have a very active job,

They wash brilliantly.

It never used to be concidered unhygenic befor everybody decided to live in a throw away world,
my pet hate is having to clean up snotty tissues that allways end up down the side of beds or in bits in my washing machine so I stopped buying them I colour code hankys for each family and it's a total croc that you have to wash them seperatly inless ofcourse your a serial killer and then it won't be much different to washing knickers seperatly and ironing socks.
I'm not a hippy but I do want to be rich someday so it's reusable wipes nappies breast pads hankys and mooncup for me occasionally when I'm feeling low I like to work out how much I've saved in the last 18 years by doing this well untill I get destracted by cake

Home Bargains used to have some perfectly nice white hankies - ds wont use tissues (sensory issue) so we have a mountain of them.

I have to say I have never boil washed them though - just lob them in with the rest of the white wash - does that make me icky?

Oh well - we are still alive :) (am interested to know WHY I should boil wash them though? - something to do with germs I guess?)

DS puts his straight in the wash everyday so they dont lie around being crusty and disgusting

I love my soft cotton hankies.

Disclaimer: They are used as "dabbers" rather than "snorters". Snorters are for blowing.

Disclaimer Two: I carry both around.

Sorry, Snorters are paper tissues.

Actually, in the 'old' days hankies did used to get thrown away (although not in England it would seem ).

There is a story that an Irish pirate queen, Granuaile (Grace O'Malley), came to London to petition Queen Elizabeth the First. When given a lace-edged handkerchief she used it and threw it into the fire, much to the court's disgust. According to her in Ireland a used handkerchief was considered dirty and should be destroyed after use.

Absolutely use cotton hankies! I hated the way we used to get through boxes and boxes of tissues. It's way more environmentally friendly and it's only snot fgs.

Blast, there should have been a comma after "According to her..." in the final sentence of the paragraph.

Definitely use hankies. They're so much kinder to your nose than tissues. If you just get into the habbit of carrying a couple then if one's getting a bit snotty you can change onto the next one and chuck them both in the washing when you get home. If you just remember to change them at least as often as you change your knickers you'll be fine.

We're a hankie household. I have a clean one in my pocket every day, used for everything and the odd nose wipe. Good for cleaning mouths, wet swings, soak up blood on cut knees etc. When I get a full on cold I do swap to tissues though, can't do with a warm wet hankie up the sleeve/in the pocket. Much prefer a hankie than dissolving tissues.

And no I don't boil wash, just shove in with the normal wash. I don't boil pants and I regard them as more "dirty" than a hankie.

Forgot what my username is - guess that shows what I think of hankies!

Hankies, get a thumbs up here. We are all hankie users. Extracted daily and washed, never licked then wiped on another being, nor shared! These are the rules!

'Good for cleaning mouths...'

CleanHankie you are my worst nightmare!!

Moonlight
I love that story but I'm guessing probabal serial killer

The pirate not you

I use cotton hankies, but then I use cloth nappies, washable wipes, cotton pads instead of cotton wool, breast pads, pant liners.... I hate the disposable world we live in and that tissues disintegrate and its always over a dark wash.

Put a couple of drops of tea tree oil in with the wash, sorted!

I get a really sore nose from using tissues. Hankies are much softer.

My mother thought tissues were common and harsh and hurt the nose and as a child I always had "proper" hankies but as soon as I could chose I used tissues.

DH loves proper hankies and every sunday I iron them beautifully for him.

My Grandparents who found tissues late, used to use them and then put them on the radiators to dry to get their "wear" out of them. Who said cotton washable hankies were gross ?

Irons his hankies?

This thread is making me queasy!

I iron hankies too marriedinwhite. They're about the only thing I actually like ironing...there's something very pleasing about the square-ness of them, and then it feels so nice to have a clean, ironed hanky in your pocket.

I assume that all the hanky haters, through their darling children's clothes away when they wipe their noses on the sleeves.

Well said quoteunquote!

I just don't get why people find them gross/dirty. And PorkyandBess I have yet to do the spit and wipe on them, but yes handy to wipe after ice-cream/hot chocolate and no handy wet wipes