A handkerchief is a great thing to keep on hand, plus it is eco-friendly. By using a handkerchief, you will create less waste and save money on tissues. Check out this handmade handkerchief tutorial on Craft Passion.
Would you ever consider using a handkerchief, or is this just too outdated of an idea?
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LOL i was JUST thinking about making one..instead of always buying kleenex!! good ol’ fashion hankies as the gparents call them!
I use them all the time. I started collecting them years ago. When my husband’s grandmother passed away she had so many and no one in the family wanted them. Lucky me. Now I have tons of super cool hankies.
would you could you use a hankie, please do so instead of your blankie, would you could you not use your sleeve? Would you could you leave it be? Would you could you not use your arm? A homemade hankie causes you no harm…..would you could you children of mine wipe your boogies on a hankie and not whine! ok sorry you had me thinking dr. Seuss and I had to go with it LOL
ROFL wow Im tired I need to get some sleep…..ask Beth (drama) she will tell you I come out with all kinds of silly when I am sleepy hahahahahaha
LOL Crystal! I was totally thinking Dr. Seuss when I wrote it
Lol thats awesome
When my kids have runny noses I use old burpcloths left over from when they were babies instead of tissues. That way we don’t have to go through so many tissues and it’s a little gentler on their noses.
I put one around my kid’s neck instead of a bib and have easy access to a booger wiper slobber grabber as needed. And it makes them look like little cowboys.
Haha Love it! My son needs that. He likes to call his sleeve his “wiper” because it serves as both a tissue and a napkin.
I use them all the time as well – and pick up vintage ones whenever I see them. Got some from my grandmother and great-grandmother, too. So much better than a kleenex!
We have a bin full of cut up tshirts that we use as hankies.
I just made some of these for my elderly father who has started having a drooling problem. The assisted living facility where he was living was getting tired of him always keeping their cloth napkins, so I made him some out of an old plaid flannel shirt. I didn’t crochet the edges though
He’s happy because they are soft and absorbant and everyone knows they are his (instead of their napkins!).
I think I will make some pretty ones for my mom now. thanks!