Hankies for family cloth? pip

ashleyhuney · 03-14-2011, 11:19 AM

Would they work? I've never used FC so I really have no idea! I've decided that I want to give FC a go, although at first it'll most likely be just for pee

I have a huge batch of old hankies sitting around in my closet, do you think those would work? I thought about them because they are so pretty but they've never been used since I got them. I must have 50 or more, here's a pic to get an idea:

JenLovie · 03-14-2011, 11:29 AM

I don't know if they would be thick enough to keep your hands clean unless you double them.

bec28 · 03-14-2011, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JenLovie

I don't know if they would be thick enough to keep your hands clean unless you double them.

That's what I was thinking. Certainly can't hurt to try though

JustMandy · 03-14-2011, 12:54 PM

I think they would not be thick enough. We tore up an old tshirt to give it a go before committing and it would not be thick enough sometimes.

I really want your hankies.

Maybe we can swap your hankies for flannel wipes...I just made about 60 for us. (We liked the FC

)

newday · 03-14-2011, 01:07 PM

i think they will get worn out too quickly

ashleyhuney · 03-14-2011, 01:19 PM

Hmm about the thickness. Yeah, I'd most likely be folding them into squares, but I fold TP anyway

I love them too! I just have no idea what to do with them! And having them sitting around in my closet isn't helping anyone. I was thinking that just pee wouldn't be too rough, but I don't really want to wear them out too quickly...but then again, if I use something else to keep my hankies nice, those hankies are right back in my closet doing nutin...

JustMandy · 03-14-2011, 01:39 PM

Can you use your hankies for hankies?

They look like polyester, if so, they won't be absorbant.

ashleyhuney · 03-16-2011, 09:04 AM

Novel idea, using hankies for hankies

Ran out of tp and instead of running to the store I cut up some white flannel I had, sewed up the edges, washed all the hankies and new FC, threw them in a basket and ta da!

It was right before bed and I crashed before DH did, so he found it looking like this (that's one FC wrapped around the tp dispenser in case he didn't get it

Bless his heart, he didn't say a thing other than he almost flushed one. DS woke up with a stuffy nose and used a million hankies already, and took a couple with him to school, he loves them!

JustMandy · 03-16-2011, 09:47 AM

Your set up looks great! So dh was cool with it. They can be a little...hesitant.

ashleyhuney · 03-16-2011, 09:56 AM

He's used to my crazy ideas and always goes with the flow

I had just been talking about the cost of all of our paper products so I'm sure he saw it coming, lol. However, if we hadn't been doing CDs successfully for years I bet FC would have been a harder sell!

KLin · 03-16-2011, 10:08 AM

I was just trying to talk to my family about family cloth, and my DH and boys were

. SO... my DH said when we build the new house in the mountains, he will put in waterless urinals for him and the boys. That is his compromise.

I love your basket of hankies and white FC squares.

So I too need to find a pile of hankies, would love just cotton, but yours are beautiful in the first picture, like a bouquet.

03-14-2011, 11:19 AM	#1
ashleyhuney Rosebud Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 120	Hankies for family cloth? pip Would they work? I've never used FC so I really have no idea! I've decided that I want to give FC a go, although at first it'll most likely be just for pee I have a huge batch of old hankies sitting around in my closet, do you think those would work? I thought about them because they are so pretty but they've never been used since I got them. I must have 50 or more, here's a pic to get an idea: __________________ Wife to B since 6.04, parenting against the stream since 7.08 to Lil' J and hopin' and prayin' for a VBAC with #2 coming this summer

03-14-2011, 11:29 AM	#2
JenLovie Deactivated You win when you choose health. MWWR Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bless Your Heart Posts: 6,565	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip I don't know if they would be thick enough to keep your hands clean unless you double them.

03-14-2011, 12:54 PM	#4
JustMandy Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Among the tall straight pines of the coastal plain. Posts: 5,797	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip I think they would not be thick enough. We tore up an old tshirt to give it a go before committing and it would not be thick enough sometimes. I really want your hankies. Maybe we can swap your hankies for flannel wipes...I just made about 60 for us. (We liked the FC )

03-14-2011, 01:07 PM	#5
newday Deactivated Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 11,249	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip i think they will get worn out too quickly

03-14-2011, 01:19 PM	#6
ashleyhuney Rosebud Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 120	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip Hmm about the thickness. Yeah, I'd most likely be folding them into squares, but I fold TP anyway I love them too! I just have no idea what to do with them! And having them sitting around in my closet isn't helping anyone. I was thinking that just pee wouldn't be too rough, but I don't really want to wear them out too quickly...but then again, if I use something else to keep my hankies nice, those hankies are right back in my closet doing nutin... __________________ Wife to B since 6.04, parenting against the stream since 7.08 to Lil' J and hopin' and prayin' for a VBAC with #2 coming this summer

03-14-2011, 01:39 PM	#7
JustMandy Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Among the tall straight pines of the coastal plain. Posts: 5,797	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip Can you use your hankies for hankies? They look like polyester, if so, they won't be absorbant.

03-16-2011, 09:04 AM	#8
ashleyhuney Rosebud Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 120	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip Novel idea, using hankies for hankies Ran out of tp and instead of running to the store I cut up some white flannel I had, sewed up the edges, washed all the hankies and new FC, threw them in a basket and ta da! It was right before bed and I crashed before DH did, so he found it looking like this (that's one FC wrapped around the tp dispenser in case he didn't get it Bless his heart, he didn't say a thing other than he almost flushed one. DS woke up with a stuffy nose and used a million hankies already, and took a couple with him to school, he loves them! __________________ Wife to B since 6.04, parenting against the stream since 7.08 to Lil' J and hopin' and prayin' for a VBAC with #2 coming this summer

03-16-2011, 09:47 AM	#9
JustMandy Deactivated Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Among the tall straight pines of the coastal plain. Posts: 5,797	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip Your set up looks great! So dh was cool with it. They can be a little...hesitant.

03-16-2011, 09:56 AM	#10
ashleyhuney Rosebud Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 120	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip He's used to my crazy ideas and always goes with the flow I had just been talking about the cost of all of our paper products so I'm sure he saw it coming, lol. However, if we hadn't been doing CDs successfully for years I bet FC would have been a harder sell! __________________ Wife to B since 6.04, parenting against the stream since 7.08 to Lil' J and hopin' and prayin' for a VBAC with #2 coming this summer

03-16-2011, 10:08 AM	#11
KLin Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,575	Re: Hankies for family cloth? pip I was just trying to talk to my family about family cloth, and my DH and boys were . SO... my DH said when we build the new house in the mountains, he will put in waterless urinals for him and the boys. That is his compromise. I love your basket of hankies and white FC squares. So I too need to find a pile of hankies, would love just cotton, but yours are beautiful in the first picture, like a bouquet. __________________ Kendra wife to lifelong love. Mother of two active munchie boys Destroyer5/28/02 Conqueror 1/8/05

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