up about sixteen to twenty degrees and preferably about eighteen degrees across said towel scarf to the second longitudinal edge 5 at an intersection point in the range of about eight inches to about eleven inches and preferably about nine to nine and one half inches from the same towel scarf end 4 as the first measurement was made the strap is typically three to five inches in width but is preferably about four inches in width straps outside of these ranges have a greater tendency to bunch or to be difficult to utilize under normal conditions in order to avoid raveling the entire perimeter edge of the product is stitched using an overlock stitch the diagonal cross strap is simply a fat strip of suitable material but can be laid onto the product base and stitched in place at the same time that the product 39 s perimeter edges are being stitched so that no separate stitching operation is necessary during normal use the towel scarf is placed around the neck i e the ends of the towel scarf are looped around the neck the end 6 of the towel scarf that is without the loop is placed through the loop 2 on the other end 4 of the towel scarf.