Girit Salmon Cotton Linen Towel

Wide salmon stripes on a cream cotton–linen ground, finished with hand-knotted fringe. It is the softest colour in the Girit line — warm enough to lift a plain bathroom, muted enough that it does not fight with whatever is already in the room.

Why a peshtemal instead of a terry towel

• Dries in a fraction of the time. A flat weave carries far less water than looped terry, so it air-dries between uses rather than sitting damp on the rail.
• Folds to almost nothing. Roughly a quarter the bulk of a terry bath sheet — it fits hand luggage or a beach bag without filling it.
• Sand brushes off. There is no pile for grit to work into.
• Better with every wash. Linen breaks in rather than wearing out, and absorbency rises over the first several cycles.

Two sizes

• Bath/Beach 37'' x 73'' — a full bath sheet for one adult, long enough to cover a sun lounger.
• Hand/Tea 23'' x 30'' — bathroom rail, kitchen, gym bag, or wrapped around wet hair.

Care

Wash before first use to set the weave. Cool wash, tumble dry low, no bleach and no fabric softener — softener coats cotton and linen and works against the absorbency you bought it for. Wash with like colours for the first couple of cycles.

Woven on traditional looms in Antioch, Turkey.