One day I bought a box lot at an auction, and in the bottom were four crochet dish cloths...pretty, but faded cotton yarn squares. Too pretty to throw out, so I washed them and put them in the dish towel drawer... maybe I could use them for hot pads or something.
When The Event happened (i.e. I lost my job of 25 years), and the income dried up, I was looking EVERYwhere for ways to save money. I spied the dish cloths in the drawer...and tried one.
That was almost 2 years ago, and I'm never going back! I love doing dishes with cloths instead of pads! There's the money-saving aspect, of course... when they get dirty, throw them in the laundry, and they're ready to go again! Save to use on non-stick finishes, they fit to the shape of about anything you're washing, from bowls to glasses. They have enough texture to clean very well!
The low-impact aspect is obvious compared to kitchen pads. They don't go into the landfill, they don't directly use petroleum products like the synthetic pads, they're biodegradable, being made of cotton yarn. And they can be multi-purpose, for doing dishes, wiping counter tops, washing windows...and when done, throw them in the laundry!
Where to get dish rags? I believe you can buy ones made from terry at about any store selling housewares. If you prefer the cotton crochet or knitted variety (like I do), they can be found at about any craft show or market, on Etsy.com, or thrift store, or if you knit or crochet, make them yourself, or bribe a friend to make some for you. To find easy patterns, a quick Google search brings up hundreds of them!
Some may worry that a dish cloth is germy. Turns out the sponge is much worse. But use common sense, and you shouldn't run into any problems!
Happy dishwashing! (Yeah, right)
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