Description
The Hebden towel is a woven cotton terry, run through with an even vertical stripe of soft green against a cream ground. It is pure cotton throughout, which is the reason it feels the way it does against your skin: cotton terry has thousands of small looped fibres, and those loops are what lift water off you rather than pushing it around. The stripe runs the length of the towel with a plain woven band at each hem, and the range comes in four sizes, from a 50 x 90cm hand size up to a generous 100 x 180cm bath sheet.
This is a towel for a bathroom you want to feel calm rather than clinical. The green and cream stripe sits happily with painted wood, natural stone and plain white tiling, and it reads as quiet pattern rather than bold colour, so it will not fight with whatever else is in the room. Pick the smaller sizes for a guest cloakroom or for hands by the basin, the middle size as an everyday bath towel, and the largest as a bath sheet when you want to wrap up properly after a soak. Because the stripe is the same on both faces, there is no wrong side to worry about when it is folded on a rail.
Being 100% cotton, it washes and wears the way cotton does: it takes a warm machine wash without complaint, softens rather than stiffens over repeated washes, and stands up to the frequent laundering a bathroom towel actually gets. Wash before first use to bring the loops up and to set the pile. If you have chosen the Forest stripe here, the same Hebden towel is made in a range of other tones, so you can match a set across a family bathroom or mix sizes as you need them.
Specification
| Material |
100% cotton |
| Design |
Vertical stripe, green on cream, same on both faces |
| Construction |
Woven cotton terry with plain woven hem bands |
| Size |
50 x 90cm to 100 x 180cm |
| Country of origin |
Forest |
Frequently Asked
What are the towels made of?
They are 100% cotton terry, which is why the surface is looped and soft and why the towel lifts water off your skin so readily.
Which size should I choose?
Sizes run from 50 x 90cm for hands up to 100 x 180cm as a bath sheet, so pick the small for a basin and the largest to wrap up in.
Is the stripe on both sides of the towel?
Yes, the green and cream stripe is woven right through, so both faces look the same and there is no wrong side when it hangs on a rail.
Will the towels stay soft after washing?
Cotton terry tends to soften with use rather than stiffen, and a wash before first use helps bring the looped pile up.
Does the green stripe suit other bathroom colours?
The soft green and cream reads as quiet pattern, so it sits easily with white tiling, natural stone and painted wood without dominating the room.