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Thinking out loud... Although I've used the word origami a few times on this site, it's not really origami at all. Origami actually means "paper folding", but we're folding "oshibori" instead. A common question is where to buy oshibori outside Japan. If anyone knows of an English website selling Japanese hand towels, please let me know! Hi Nick, Korin.com sell oshibori to both restaurants and individuals, and they say that they do not have a minimum order. Cindy. Dear Nick, Last week, in our Target Store (a dept. store), my wife came across face towels that were 30.4 X 30.4 cm. She bought them for me (two 30 packs about 20 cents for each cloth US$). I tried one out and it works well! The corners are square and that's where I was having trouble finding a cloth that was acceptable. Most, whose demensions were good had rounded corners. The only thing that I don't like about them is that the two opposite sides are folded over slightly and give the edges extra thickness. But I can work with that. The name of the company is "Roomessentials" and it is a 30 pack, 100% cotton. John. Hi Nick, We sell oshibori to motorsport enthusiasts at MotoCloth.com. Leo. I've seen oshibori on eBay, but they are usually cute towels with rounded corners. I think you'd be better off using a wet tea towel, cut down to 30x30cm. Finally, I know you can buy towel origami books Nick Ramsay |
Step 1 Clear the table and lay out your oshibori as shown. 
Step 2 Fold the top two corners of the towel into the center. 
Step 3 Now fold the bottom of the oshibori up to the middle. 
Step 4 Then fold back the point at the top of the triangle. 
Step 5 Roll the towel inwards from the right... 
Step 6 ...until you get to the middle. 
Step 7 Now roll the left-hand side into the middle, too. 
Step 8 Turn the towel over. 
Step 9 Fold the bottom "legs" up and out. 
Step 10 Turn over the oshibori. 
Step 11 Tie the legs together in a knot to keep the willy's shape. 
Step12 Turn the willy over and fold open the "skin" at the top of the willy. 
Finished! An oshibori willy! |
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on Amazon, but they are mostly for big towels or napkins.