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Cotton tea towels drying over a wooden bench in a garden
Woven cotton & linen · 16 items

tea towels, plainly made

Waffle, herringbone, linen-cotton and plain weave. Sizes and fibre on every label.

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six weaves, one material

Everything is cotton, or cotton with linen. What changes is how it's woven — and that changes what each towel is good at.

our story

We wanted a kitchen drawer of towels that each did one job well — not a stack of thin printed ones that smear glasses and fray in a year. So: a small range, woven not printed, with the size and fibre on a label you can read.

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Hands drying a white bowl with a teal waffle towel

questions

Will they shrink?
A little — around 3–5% in the first hot wash, mostly in length. Sizes on the site are before washing.
Are the colours fast?
Dark teal and ink can release some dye in the first washes. Wash them with darks a few times.
Lint?
Waffle and terry shed a little at first. For polishing glass, use the plain weave or flour sack towels.
Do you ship outside the US?
Not yet. We only ship to US addresses.

Ships
Within 2 business days, to US addresses only.

Costs
$6 standard. Free on orders over $75.

Returns
Unused and unwashed, within 30 days. Details

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