Knitting for Boo
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jenn_unpluggedI've recently become interested in the use of wool soakers in cloth diapering, which is apparently a very old-fashioned way of covering diapers. Before there were rubber or plastic pants, people used wool pants (called "soakers") to cover diapers. Because wool naturally contains lanolin (if it hasn't been processed), it is naturally quite waterproof. It sounds hard to believe, but people who use it swear it works.
So I decided that this would be a good thing to try to do with Boo at night. Tucking him into soft fuzzy diaper covers at night sounds comfy, and has the added bonus of being things I can knit for him. I went looking for patterns and found two I wanted to try: the Curly Purly pattern and the Sheepy Pants pattern. I dug into my wool stash and knitted one of each.
The Sheepy pants are on the left and the Curly Purly pants are on the right. They were actually quite easy to make and quick to knit up. I made these in newborn sizes, thinking that they're probably stretchy enough that I'll be able to use them for a few weeks at least. I'll probably go ahead and make a few pairs in the next size up too. The Sheepy pants have a lot of options (as you can see on the linked page above) to choose from, so the pattern is quite flexible. I think this will be a good opportunity for me to try out some things I've been putting off trying, like knitting in color designs. I've seen really cute soakers for holidays, soakers with flowers and animals knitted in, and so on. They knit up quickly and the yarn is fairly cheap, so I think this will be fun. :-)
This link was posted today on a CD mailing list I subscribe to: A History of Diapers. Pretty interesting!
In other news, my sister found out today that her baby is a girl!
So I decided that this would be a good thing to try to do with Boo at night. Tucking him into soft fuzzy diaper covers at night sounds comfy, and has the added bonus of being things I can knit for him. I went looking for patterns and found two I wanted to try: the Curly Purly pattern and the Sheepy Pants pattern. I dug into my wool stash and knitted one of each.
The Sheepy pants are on the left and the Curly Purly pants are on the right. They were actually quite easy to make and quick to knit up. I made these in newborn sizes, thinking that they're probably stretchy enough that I'll be able to use them for a few weeks at least. I'll probably go ahead and make a few pairs in the next size up too. The Sheepy pants have a lot of options (as you can see on the linked page above) to choose from, so the pattern is quite flexible. I think this will be a good opportunity for me to try out some things I've been putting off trying, like knitting in color designs. I've seen really cute soakers for holidays, soakers with flowers and animals knitted in, and so on. They knit up quickly and the yarn is fairly cheap, so I think this will be fun. :-)
This link was posted today on a CD mailing list I subscribe to: A History of Diapers. Pretty interesting!
In other news, my sister found out today that her baby is a girl!
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