Like we said the other day, IKEA is best used in moderation. But there are some good buys there and we have a few favorites that have done very well for us. Here's another IKEA pick: the all-cotton TEKLA towel! Now, these don't actually come in napkin form, but...
The IKEA Kitchen: TEKLA Towels (and Napkins)
...we bought an extra dozen to use as folded cloth napkins for more informal dinner parties! We love their delicate yet strong cotton fabric, and the French-inspired red stripe. We find that the thin fabric doesn't wrinkle as badly as our heavier-weight fabric napkins.
We have over two dozen of these very inexpensive towels. We do think that most kitchen towels should be inexpensive; we have to replace ours regularly. They get burnt, soiled, stained, and basically shredded. It's nice that we can cheaply replace them for less than $0.50 apiece.
• TEKLA dishtowel, $0.49 at IKEA. Not available online.
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I have the blue equivalents to these! *love* them. I probably have two dozen of them at this point, as I've tried to replace paper towels with cloth ones.
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these are on my list for my ikea trip next week :)
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I have these and love them, but mine are all stained now- I need more!
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Also - the ovenmit and oversized potholder set is great. I can't remember the name, but check them out.
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thank you for this recommendation! I have some pretty but useless dish towels from Crate & Barrel. They don't absorb anything! If they can't absorb liquid, what are they for?
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