| Diapering: Newborn Cloth Diapers - Here's a great | | | | edges of the folded diaper, making sure to catch in all |
| suggestion to fit your newborn, or skinny baby! | | | | layers. Stitch down the centre pad about 1/2" in from |
| Consider getting smaller wraps, and using night liners | | | | the edge of the centre pad. |
| (or diaper doublers) inside to ensure a good fit around | | | | (All measurements depend on original size of the |
| your baby's legs to prevent leakage. | | | | blanket. Don't be afraid to experiment!) |
| Then you can buy larger diapers that will give your | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| baby longer wear, skipping the size small and use the | | | | Diapering_: Free Diaper Covers - |
| night liners again to double diaper when your baby | | | | Do you have any old, shrunk and matted wool |
| wettings get heavier! | | | | sweaters? |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | Then you can make two excellent diaper covers per |
| Diapering: Free Diapers - Too many receiving | | | | sweater. The more matted the sweater - the more |
| blankets? Make a couple dozen of them into great | | | | waterproof the covers! |
| prefold diapers. Even with a high-needs baby, I was | | | | To Make: Cut an equal-sized triangle out of the |
| able to make at least one of these diapers per day. | | | | sweater, using the sweater waist-band as your diaper |
| Here's how: Cut one receiving blanket down to about | | | | cover's waist band. Zigzag stitch along raw edges to |
| 20" x 36" to 40". This should give you a second strip | | | | prevent unravelling. Fold the points in to meet in the |
| about 7"-10" wide. Fold this narrow strip in half or thirds | | | | centre (diaper-style) and stitch half-way down sides, to |
| to about 20" long. Place this down the centre of the | | | | form leg holes. Crochet a woollen chain out of some |
| large piece, as shown: [ [] ] Fold in the sides of the | | | | of the remaining wool, about double the width of the |
| larger piece about 2/3 of the way across. Overlap | | | | waist-band, and thread this through the waist-band. |
| them on top of the folded strip down the centre, | | | | To use: Multi-layered or double diapers work best with |
| leaving the diaper about 15" across: [] = [[]] | | | | these covers. Pull-on over diaper and tie in front. |
| Sewing: Zigzag stitch across the top and bottom raw | | | | |