You know how infant towels and cloths feel like they literally pulled a cloud out of the sky and made it into a cloth? These towels and cloths feel slightly harder than that.

I washed them as soon as I got them, expecting them to bleed dye ridiculously, as new towels do and they really didn't. There was some slight blue, but WAY less than I'm used to. 

These are soft enough for my skin or that of an infant, even after I hung then up to air dry. No crunch! Very good quality. I'm now a fan!