It's time for another Nostalgic Sunday.
I think I've mentioned more than once that I love iced tea in the summertime.
No matter what cold drink you sip or guzzle in hot weather, the drinking glass (whether it's really glass or plastic, etc.) tends to get tiny droplets of moisture on the outside.
When I was a little girl, in the 1950s, no kitchen was without very important, priceless items, made just for that little inconvenience.......
Little Terrycloth "Sweaters"!
How many of you remember these? You wouldn't believe how time consuming it was to find a set of these in the twenty-first century! I have a set of four: hot pink, pale pink, bright yellow and pale blue.
How I love drinking my iced tea, or Diet soda, from a glass filled with ice cubes.....using my "little terrycloth sweater"!
P.S. After posting this, I searched online for somewhere to buy these cute little terry cloth covers, and I hit the pay dirt when I wound up on The Vermont Country Store, because they not only have the adorable covers, but also the fabulous, colorful aluminum tumblers of my childhood! These are the drinking glasses we had and used the "sweaters" on!! ☺
(Both photos courtesy The Vermont Country Store)
"Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world." -- Ada Louise Huxtable
I am old enough to remember the glass sweaters! So funny!
ReplyDeleteI don't recall us having terrycloth sweaters, but they're a great idea, even now.
ReplyDeleteI guess they are the grandparents of Koozies?
We never used them, but I like the idea!
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I don't remember the sweaters but they are cute.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of them, but they are pretty.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember ever having these. Very clever idea!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember those stylish little sweaters, but I know who needed them. Remember those colored aluminum tumblers? They sweated like crazy. My grandma had a set. You could hardly pick them up because they felt so cold.*
ReplyDelete*Which in reality is because the heat flows out of your hand and into the metal (a good conductor), because heat is always transferred from an area of more energy to an area of less energy. All those craaaaazy electrons bouncing around, you know.
Please pardon my science lesson. School resumes in one week.
HI Linda! Glad you remember them!
ReplyDeleteHey June! It may have been a regional thing?
Hi Sue! They are really great!
Hey Chatty! Ditto!
Linda O! I can't believe you never heard of them! Weird!
Hi Daisy! This is really funny, because I thought everyone near my age....older or younger...would have seen these!
And yes, Ms. Val...you win the prize....because that is exactly what we used them on! The aluminum tumblers! We also had matching colors in popcorn bowls. Everyone in the family had their own color! AND...Twilight Zone music please...before I stopped back by here and read your comment...I was searching online for other photos of the terry cloth covers AND aluminum drinking glasses!! AND I found some....Ta dah!! I'm adding that info as a P.S. to this post.
Thanks again, y'all for stopping and commenting!!
Hi Becky. Loved that quote about summer at the end of your post! I'm sure we're about the same age, but I don't remember those little sweaters at all! Perhaps we didn't have them over here in England!
ReplyDeleteAbout a month ago I bought a set of the old metal glasses at the antique mall down the road. They are like time machines. Everytime I use them I find myself back on the front porch of my grandparent's house drinking ice tea and listening to old stories. We were too poor to have the little sweaters...I just let the water drip down the front of me everytime I took a drink.
ReplyDeleteI do remember, but probably did use them much. Those tumblers, though, I LOVE them! They remind me of being at my Grandma J.'s. I'd forgotten all about them.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Becky!
Kathy M.
Ah, yes, I remember them well!
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Yes, I'm old enough too. This was a fun and cute post.
ReplyDeleteThose are great! Leave it to Vermont to have the cool stuff we remember.
ReplyDeleteThe Vermont Country Store is a great place to shop for those oldies-but-goodies. Whenever my 87-year-old father-in-law reminisces about something from long ago I head for the VCS website. Most times, they actually have what he's fondly remembering!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! LOVE it! I totally remember the cups, but not the sweaters so much.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love your quote!
I have those glasses! I totally forgot about the sweaters though.
ReplyDeleteWe had the glasses but in California, I don't think we used the "sweaters" for them. Iced tea is still my favorite cold drink. Well, that and margaritas!
ReplyDeleteHi Thisisme! Yes, I think we're close in age, and you're probably right about the little "sweaters" not being available in England. But some of my American blog pals never saw them, either! Funny. Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeleteOh,Ms Cactus Country! I've got to run over to that antique mall. I know exactly which one you're talking about. I'm so envious! And I can just see you, dribbling your drink all down the front of you...because, gee...you still do it!
Hi Oregon Kathy! I'm glad I brought back some sweet memories for you!
Hey K9! Those were the days, weren't they?
Hi Myrna! Thanks!! :)
Hi Melissa! Oh, that Vermont website is addictive. I was on it for quite a long time the other day! They have the old-time chewing gum my grandpa always had!
Ah, Lisa, that is so sweet of you. You are so good to your Papa!
Hi Peggy! So glad you liked this, and the quote!
Hey Lynn, YOU have these glasses, too?? I don't know what happened to the set my mom had. Things managed to get lost every time she moved....
Hi Linda! Thanks for stopping and commenting. Iced tea and margaritas...Yum!