more fun......Diaper covers.....

So, the next step in the diapering world is a diaper cover. Now, most of us are familiar with the vinyl pants with elstic around chubby baby legs. This has all been improved in the diapering sector. We'll be using wool. You can research it yourself....it makes perfect sense....

Now, the free patterns for wool diaper covers ask for 100% untreated wool. The one I use calls for Merino roving. I've come to understand that roving is the combed and washed, but not unspun wool. Merino wool is from New Zealand and is super soft.

This is a picture: People have some really pretty pictures online. I actually went in to Village Wool here in Albuquerque and felt some. It feels very nice.

Anyhow, I wanted to start with spun wool since that's what I'm familiar with and 'cause I didn't know how the project would turn out. The pattern gave two sizes, 0-8 months, and 10-24 months:

So, these are the two sizes. I put a ruler in between (THOSE ARE INCHES) so you can sort of see there's a difference....

Next, I read on the site where I got the pattern, http://www.mothering.com/discussions, that people who don't use the roving, double their yarn to knit (I know how interesting this must not be to a non-knitter):

It's really nice, 'cause nothing can fit through those stitches, but it's still really soft and stretchy....

My mom thought the legs may be too tight with the two-ply-ness, so I had to change the pattern (heehee we all know I've never used a recipe nor pattern of any kind without changing it anyway)

So, you may be able to tell when I hold it up to the sunlight, that the edges and top ribbing are thin (one-strand), while the middle is thick (two-strand).