Mungo’s New Vadoek Cloth

WORDS Michaela Stehr

Local family-run textile brand Mungo has released a vibrant new 100% cotton kitchen cloth, colloquially named the Vadoek.

This reinvention of the classic tea towel is bright, textured and offers optimum absorbency.

 “At the moment I am intrigued by the beautiful symmetry of checks and the amazing colour fusions that they produce when the yarns overlap,” says Mungo designer, Lenore Schroeder.

While kitchen cloths are often hidden from the public eye, Lenore aimed to create something that could be put on display and that brings an element of colour and quirkiness to the kitchen.

Lenore’s research led her to discover the mock leno weave in the pattern books of Mungo’s Master Weaver Stuart Holding. The weave is perfect for absorption and carrying hot plates.

The Vadoek is available in nine colourways.

For more information and to shop online, visit mungo.co.za.