That’s it. I’ve converted. I’m going Turkish. Well, Turkish
towels, that is. At the D.C. Eastern Market, I came across a lady selling
Turkish towels. I had heard of them before and was very interested in trying them.
But I was tentative to buy any online without seeing if I really liked them.
She had a goodly selection in various colors, many of them soft pastels. All
the towels had tassels and narrow edge stripes. The regular towels were huge,
and the hand-towels were quite generous as well. I bought a white one with
lilac stripes and a lilac hand-towel with white stripes.
I LOVE them. I can’t believe they haven’t caught on more
here. There are so many advantages over the standard fluffy towels that are
popular. They can be really big without taking up storage space. They fold to
next to nothing, giving that they are just a light cotton weave. They dry
really quickly and are fairly gentle on your skin. You know how you have to dry
towels in the drier to make them soft? Doesn’t matter with the Turkish towel. This
translates to less energy use, especially in the summer if you use a
clothesline. You can easily use them at the beach as they don’t collect sand.
They also get softer with age. They remind me of old Victorian linen towels
that I still hunt for in antique stores and at auctions. There is nothing like
a nice fluffy towel taken straight from the drier at the end of a cold day, but
I may just exchange it for the practicality of a Turkish towel, at least for the
warm months. Maybe I’ll completely convert someday…
See the Antiochia towels online at soapsantiochia.com.
