Waffle weave is the texture cooks reach for first: a raised grid of little squares that gives the cloth a soft, nubby hand and plenty of surface for drying a sink of dishes. This one is woven in cotton and dressed in cheerful stripes, so it earns its spot on the oven handle even on the days you are not cooking.

Choose your stripe. Pink and Red Stripe alternates lilac pink and white bands with thin red-orange pinstripes. Natural with Pink Bands keeps a calm oatmeal ground with a pink band running down each side. Green and Cream Stripe lines up narrow spring green and cream stripes from edge to edge. Each towel measures a generous 28 by 18 inches, big enough to wrap a warm loaf or line a bread basket. Pick the one that suits your kitchen, or take all three and rotate them through the week.

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