Comments on: Cloth diaper update http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/ the methods and madness of one family of 12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Sally http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21165 Sally Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:43:55 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21165 Felting by hand would be a great home school lesson. :-) I bet the kids would love it. Felting by hand would be a great home school lesson. :-) I bet the kids would love it.

]]> By: Susan http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21163 Susan Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:21:23 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21163 I just started cloth diapering about a month ago and so far it is going great. i love the pro-raps. I have not tried any AIO yet. maybe that will be next. I just started cloth diapering about a month ago and so far it is going great. i love the pro-raps. I have not tried any AIO yet. maybe that will be next.

]]> By: Autumn Beck | Cloth Diapers http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21162 Autumn Beck | Cloth Diapers Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:37:33 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21162 * Do you think it's important to felt the sweater first? Can it be done without an electric dryer? You don't have to felt the sweater if you are not going to machine wash your wool when it is a soaker. If you'd like it to be machine washable then felting "preshrinks" it and you don't have to worry about your size M longies becoming doll sized! * Do you recommend using 2 layers? How about 1 if it's felted, and 2 if it's not? I have only used 1 layer and I have done both felted and not. Both work perfectly but the felted is less soft. * How much lanolin do you use to lanolize the cover? About a TB in a sink of tepid water. * Do I need to lanolize if I wash it with Eucalan, or does that do it all in one step? I have never used Eucalan :) I'm no help there. If you have more questions check out my blog: http://allaboutclothdiapers.com I love proraps and am glad to see your rave for Coolababy diapers. I haven't tried them but many of my readers have asked about them. * Do you think it’s important to felt the sweater first? Can it be done without an electric dryer? You don’t have to felt the sweater if you are not going to machine wash your wool when it is a soaker. If you’d like it to be machine washable then felting “preshrinks” it and you don’t have to worry about your size M longies becoming doll sized!
* Do you recommend using 2 layers? How about 1 if it’s felted, and 2 if it’s not? I have only used 1 layer and I have done both felted and not. Both work perfectly but the felted is less soft.
* How much lanolin do you use to lanolize the cover? About a TB in a sink of tepid water.
* Do I need to lanolize if I wash it with Eucalan, or does that do it all in one step? I have never used Eucalan :) I’m no help there.

If you have more questions check out my blog:
http://allaboutclothdiapers.com

I love proraps and am glad to see your rave for Coolababy diapers. I haven’t tried them but many of my readers have asked about them.

]]> By: Jeanie http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21161 Jeanie Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:04:44 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21161 I wish you all the luck... I am taking a break from clothe. I am expecting and stopped due to the smell. I use pockets and the inserts were smelling like ammonia, GROSS! I bleached them and they were ok. I tried washing w/ tide and this am his diaper smelled SO bad I thought he had pooped. Was only pee. I wish you all the luck…
I am taking a break from clothe. I am expecting and stopped due to the smell. I use pockets and the inserts were smelling like ammonia, GROSS!
I bleached them and they were ok. I tried washing w/ tide and this am his diaper smelled SO bad I thought he had pooped. Was only pee.

]]> By: Amanda http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21160 Amanda Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:40:32 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21160 I am glad you found some that work for you! I have to say that even though cloth diapering is more work, I truly enjoy it! :) Amanda I am glad you found some that work for you! I have to say that even though cloth diapering is more work, I truly enjoy it! :)
Amanda

]]> By: Kimberly http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21159 Kimberly Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:06:17 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21159 Felting is actually accomplished in the washer. Wash the wool in hot water with the agitator going and it felts. Felting is not necessary. I knit all of our covers and none of them are felted and they all work very well. If you felt the wool it will have little give, so fit will be a challenge, but it will be a bit more water resistent. However, as I mentioned felting is not needed. It is really the lanolin and the wool itself, not the denseness of the material. Felting is actually accomplished in the washer. Wash the wool in hot water with the agitator going and it felts.

Felting is not necessary. I knit all of our covers and none of them are felted and they all work very well. If you felt the wool it will have little give, so fit will be a challenge, but it will be a bit more water resistent. However, as I mentioned felting is not needed. It is really the lanolin and the wool itself, not the denseness of the material.

]]> By: Heather http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21158 Heather Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:23:29 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21158 You don't necessarily have to felt the wool for it to be water repellent...the lanoline and natural properties of the wool is what does that. The first wool soaker I bought was an "Aristocrat" brand soaker and it wasn't felted at all. I did accidentally felt it once and my son couldn't use it any more because it wouldn't stretch any more and I couldn't get it on him. I knitted some wool soakers on my own, not felted, single layer that worked well. I also made one of a wool cashmere sweater that I found at the thrift shop, also not felted that worked well, too. Eucalan is lanoline with some eucalyptus oil in it for smell (smells great and very clean!). Fill up your bathroom or kitchen sink with some lukewarm water (not hot) and dissolve a pea-sized amount of Eucalan in the water. You have to be careful not to scrub the cover if you don't want it felted. Don't wring it out when you take it out of the water, but roll it in a couple of towels and press to dry it then put it flat to dry (exactly what you'd do to a nice sweater). Wool covers are definitely most comfortable for babies as they are breathable and cloth with no plastic. They do require more care, however, than plasticy ones. Especially good for night time because they will not leak (unless legs are gapping open). I miss cloth diapering! My baby is 2.5 now and out of diapers for a year! Heather You don’t necessarily have to felt the wool for it to be water repellent…the lanoline and natural properties of the wool is what does that. The first wool soaker I bought was an “Aristocrat” brand soaker and it wasn’t felted at all. I did accidentally felt it once and my son couldn’t use it any more because it wouldn’t stretch any more and I couldn’t get it on him. I knitted some wool soakers on my own, not felted, single layer that worked well. I also made one of a wool cashmere sweater that I found at the thrift shop, also not felted that worked well, too.

Eucalan is lanoline with some eucalyptus oil in it for smell (smells great and very clean!). Fill up your bathroom or kitchen sink with some lukewarm water (not hot) and dissolve a pea-sized amount of Eucalan in the water. You have to be careful not to scrub the cover if you don’t want it felted. Don’t wring it out when you take it out of the water, but roll it in a couple of towels and press to dry it then put it flat to dry (exactly what you’d do to a nice sweater).

Wool covers are definitely most comfortable for babies as they are breathable and cloth with no plastic. They do require more care, however, than plasticy ones. Especially good for night time because they will not leak (unless legs are gapping open).

I miss cloth diapering! My baby is 2.5 now and out of diapers for a year!

Heather

]]> By: Angel Ginnett http://inashoe.com/2009/02/cloth-diaper-update/#comment-21156 Angel Ginnett Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:59:34 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=3779#comment-21156 Hey, I bet you could dry them at the laundry mat enough to felt them for about 25cents for about 7 minutes. I read it's the agitation that really felts the material. My health food store had a 6 oz tub of lanolin for about $6 and you only use a pea sized amount about once a month I've read. Hey, I bet you could dry them at the laundry mat enough to felt them for about 25cents for about 7 minutes. I read it’s the agitation that really felts the material.
My health food store had a 6 oz tub of lanolin for about $6 and you only use a pea sized amount about once a month I’ve read.

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