I'm thinking of making one or more for my pregnant friends. they are planning to do cloth. it's been a long time since I've changed a cloth diaper, back when if I recall correctly it was a cloth diaper with a plastic-y diaper cover. does this replace the plastic-y diaper cover?
Yes! A soaker is like a diaper cover and pants (shorts) all in one. You put the babe in a fitted cloth diaper with a wool cover, and the soaker lets air in while stopping the pee from getting out, and the lanolin in the wool neutralizes the urine. So cool.
Thank you. I will have to keep that link in case my friends have any questions or anxieties about it. my other question is do you think this yarn would be appropriate: http://www.knitpicks.com/Swish+Worsted+Yarn_YD5420153.html I love merino wool in the clothing I have constructed from it, but I've never worked with it as a yarn.
Nope, that's superwash wool (treated so it's machine-washable). It has to be non-superwash wool to work as a soaker. Soakers have to be handwashed and lanolized in order to repel moisture. Any wool that says "good for felting" will work.
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More info: http://www.wildflowerdiapers.com/pages/woolinfo.php
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my other question is do you think this yarn would be appropriate: http://www.knitpicks.com/Swish+Worsted+Yarn_YD5420153.html
I love merino wool in the clothing I have constructed from it, but I've never worked with it as a yarn.
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thank you so much!!!
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