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Recycled Wool Diaper Covers

Nessie — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:04:24 +0000

In recent years, wool has become a very popular choice for diaper covers. Many of the wool diaper covers used today are made from recycled/upcycled wool. A lot of people prefer recycled wool covers because of the cuteness and/or the price. Others, love the fact that these covers are made out of something that already exists.

As a result of the growing popularity of recycled wool covers, there has been an increase in the number of WAHMs making soakers, shorties, longies, skirties and/or wraps out of recycled sweaters. If you’re someone who might be interested in purchasing a recycled wool diaper cover, below is a list of sellers you might want to check out. The selection of recycled wool covers is amazing. You might have trouble choosing :)

NOTE: If you’re a maker of recycled wool diaper covers, and would like to be added to the above list, please send me a message via the contact form.

Wordless Wednesday – Wool Trainers

Nessie — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:51:23 +0000

Wool interlock trainers (with bamboo fleece insert on the right). The fabric is VERY stretchy, so they could probably be used as a cover over a trim fitted as well. I think I might try a slightly shorter rise for the next pair of trainers.

New Cloth Diapers and Wool Soakers

Nessie — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:01:44 +0000

My 24 month old has officially outgrown her Northern Baby diapers (version 1 with single row of snaps). Because my daughter is quite tall, the diaper rise was getting really short and the snaps were starting to leave more noticeable marks on her hips. As most of you probably know by now, I hate when diapers leave red marks on my little one’s body. The only diapers that still fit her were the latest version Northern Baby diapers, the GroBaby OS diaper, Monkey Doodlez AIO, AMP AI2 diapers and a couple of PUL covers that haven’t been used much for the past year or so. The GroBaby diaper left too many red marks, the Monkey Doodlez AIO just didn’t get clean enough and I’ve never been crazy about PUL covers. So, I was left with Northern Baby and AMP diapers, but thanks to that polyester article (see post here), I decided my fitteds were probably the safest choice.

The problem was that I had very few fitteds that still fit my daughter. So, I really had to get some diapers made as soon as possible since I didn’t want to switch to disposables. Since I don’t like velcro and I’m not a huge fan of snaps, I though snappiable/pinnable diapers (as shown in the picture below) might be the best choice for me. I decided to try the BSRB style and I think the diapers came out looking pretty good. I don’t think I’ll make the rest of the diapers like this though. I have something else in mind :-)

I also needed to make some wool soakers to go with the diapers. I finally received some wool interlock and couldn’t wait to make my daughter a few stretchy soakers. The wool interlock I have is 95% wool and 5% lycra, so there’s quite a bit of a stretch to the fabric which I really like. I ended up making four soakers as shown in the picture below.

I must admit I like making wool soakers a lot more than diapers, especially diapers with snaps. They’re quite a bit simpler and take a lot less time to make. I still need to work on the pattern a little bit, but overall I’m really happy with the results.