These babies can be a substitute for any thing you’d grab a paper towel for! Drying your hands (although if you’re still using a paper towel for that, let’s talk babe) wiping the counters down, a little spill. Some of the yarn for this set was gifted to me from my boyfriends great grandmother, and the rest was bought discount before it went back to big box for a tax write off and then to the land fill! These are not standard paper towel size, a slightly bigger than a washcloth at approximately 7×7 inches :)