Before the baby news I had bought two coils of wool yarn, Schoppel wolle Reggae print. The yarn was really really expensive, but I liked the colour, it reminded me of moss and the texture was so nice, plus it was on discount. So I bought it even though I had no idea what I was going to make from it.
I have been reading a lot about cloth diapers and have desided to give them a try. I have mainly been reading this site (in Finnish) and a book Vaippailmiö by Tiina Törnström (only available in Finnish). In the book was a pattern of wool cover or trousers for cloth diapers. And what did I deside to do... I desided to make cloth diaper cover from the super nice, expensive yarn.
Now I must praise the yarn for a while... I LOVED knitting with it. I have never ever got such a nice knit from any other yarn, the surface of the knit is just so smooth and beautiful and because it was thick yarn I got the trousers done in no time. And no Schoppel wool didn't pay me anything to say this, I bought the yarn with my own money and thought it was expensive, even when it was on discount. I truly love the result I got when using that yarn and even though I can sometimes be really cheap this is a yarn I could buy again, maybe even without any discount... well let's not exaggerate...
The trousers were supposed to be long and narrow, because according to the book they will get wider in use, but if I wouldn't know that I would think the book assumes we are having a baby giraffe.
Ha, a baby giraffe... :D
ReplyDeleteI will have to look up the yarn on Ravelry and put it in a wishlist, it sounds wonderful.
If we had had kids, we were going to go with cloth diapers too. A little more work, but so much healthier for everyone. Good for you. :)
I'm sorry to hear you've had trouble having kids. But don't give up, you are still not old! Also there are other options than having your own child, adoption, foster child, helping out in some children's hospital or foster home. It's maybe not the same but it must be quite rewarding anyway.
DeleteI have a co worker who has praised the cloth diapers, he said those do not create much work and modern ones are easy to use and wash. Also those save lot of money, especially if bought used (but maybe not if knitted only from the most expensive yarn available :D )
I think you did the right thing! I think the wool needs to be of high quality to have the oils necessary to keep the wet from the diaper getting out. But yes, it does look as if you are having a baby giraffe!
ReplyDeleteAccording to my understanding the wool needs to be 100% wool and not super wash treated, that means wool that felts. I also did treat these trousers with lanolin (a wool wax product) to get them even more wet proof.
DeleteEven in the image the wool looks super soft. I will be looking forward to hear how you make out with the cloth diapers...
ReplyDeleteI will let you know, I'm sure it's first bit of getting used to.
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