A few days ago, I turned a $1 opshopped flannelette pillowcase (all cotton) into four kitchen cloths. I was inspired by our electrician Daniel, who mentioned that he’d been making them out of his daughters’ old pyjamas. It was a fun project using 100% rescued materials, including vintage sewing machine thread and embroidery floss from an old craft kit.
I subsequently learnt that this style of cleaning cloth is common in Japan, where it’s known as “zokin”. Google turned up this interesting article about them , and I loved this quote…”the Japanese used to say that we should keep using the fabric until the fabric dissolves in the water.”
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