Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Nurtured Community
I take a lot of pride in the "Nurtured Community", a group of moms that share similar values to my own and who, beyond being customers, I respect for the intelligent, talented and unique women that they are. I was particularly touched when a customer recently brought over TWO hand-knit wool diaper covers she had made. This particular woman, Robyn, does not yet have children of her own, but is a teacher both by profession and personality. She will make a wonderful mother when her turn comes!
"I had a bunch of yarn my Grandmother gave me and I just decided to make some wool covers, to see how hard it is. I don't know anyone else who uses them, so I thought I would bring them over for you to try on BananaMuffin and Spunky," she explained. The smaller cover was knit of sport-weight blue yarn, and the larger one, which BananaMuffin was wearing as panties before Robyn even left the house, was knit of red variegated fingering yarn. I explained that BananaMuffin is no longer wearing diapers, but I'd be happy to try it out on Spunky when he gets a little bigger.
I was told that Robyn's Grandmother was skeptical, saying they'd never work. I diligently washed them with Eucalan wool wash and set about lanolizing them with Lansinoh. They took about two days to dry (it was humid and rainy), but once they did, I was so excited to try them. I put Spunky into his usual Sugar Peas Organic Hemp Diaper for overnight and pulled the blue cover snuggly over his little bum. By morning, he was in bed with me and still totally dry! I was so excited!
I haven't had a chance to try the larger cover, it is still much too large for Spunky, but that day will come, and I'm sure it will work incredibly well! Thank you, Robyn, for the beautifully thoughtful handmade gift. It is really touching.
Wondering how to Lanolize your wool diaper covers? Here's what to do: Lansinoh is a little "goopier" than lanolin preparations specifically meant for treating wool, but what I do is squirt a bit into small glass, and then fill the glass with hot water. The Lansinoh will melt and float to the top (this takes a few minutes, it's like watching a lava lamp in reverse, BananaMuffin loves it!). Put your cover in a basin of lukewarm water with some wool wash, and once the Lansinoh has melted, simply pour it over your cover, aiming in "soaker" area of the diaper cover (lower portion, between the legs). I then swish the diaper cover around a bit to make sure it picks up all of the lanolin that has "floated away", it will be quite sticky. As the cover dries, so does the lanolin, and it won't be as sticky, but still a bit tacky. Remove your diaper cover, lie flat on a towel to dry, and you're done!
Don't have time to knit your own? Check these out: Austrian Double-Knit Wool Covers in jewel tones. Scrumptious!Labels: diapers
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