This is my bub's new shorties knitted with the yarn I received from Lexi in the yarn swap http://thenetherwood.blogspot.com/2006/11/eggplant.html

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I can't keep up with all these blogs! This one is just about my journey in modern cloth. I feel like we have been using mcn forever, it has only been since July. Bub is now a year old. I am now knitting f0r other bubs as he has enough now. I would like to have someone else knit for bub instead! I am hoping on a pair of crochet woolies too.

I haven't knitted much for bub now. This soaker I did to practice embroidery. This is my second attempt with the notes.

We have a few interesting nappies. Our latest is a Pookey Pocket with sheet music print. It is so well made and so nice!

Thes are my bub's new fire shorties! They have crochet hem. Just love these. Also coloured with Kool Aid (Treliske organic merino) - though the red is vintage merino alpaca.

Now working on a pair of longies in red Super Merino. (for next year of course) with short rows and gusset knitted in the round. Then I am going to be knitting with some different wools that aren't so easy or cheap to get.

My bub wearing his first soaker shorts with gusset hmm while feeding!

My bub in itti bitt set - itti bitti fitted and blanket as well as Kidz in Cloth bib auctioned for the Chibobo auction.. Love it!

This is bub's latest shorties knitted by me. It is knitted from Treliske organic merino and coloured by me with Kool aid. I love how it matches his new nappy from Erica nappies - Very Baby with cute giraffes.

My bub in a nappy from erica nappies. Love the animals on it!

Also a lot of fluffthere. Not a great pic but shows some great soy/bamboo side snapping nappies, Cuddlebuns with dinosaur print and red velour lining, Bummis whisper PUL wraps. I have since sold one but had to keep one! A large Very Baby side snapping and Green Bums AIO. (Prepared for next year!)

This is my bub in a thomas Green Kids funtime. Very easy to use and so cute. But unfortunately he knows how to take it off so we have very few velcro naps now.

Disanna knitted nappy


These are cute on. There is just a prefold in there so fine for the day.

October stash. My faves are side snapping like the Very Baby and Swaddlebee. Still prefer fitteds with woolies.

This is our nappy storage. Originally I just had the basket
on the left which had flats mostly and it was starting to
flow over!
I bought the wire baskets at Savers for $4 - a bargain! It looks so much tidier which is great.

I really like these shorties. I knitted them from wool combined with silk. I hope I can get some more of this to knit with.
What else of interest we have? Silk liners, which I was given, which was nice. Have yet to use these. We have plenty of boosters but don't use that many. I don't think my baby is a big wetter.
Since discovering soakers and longies I have also discovered addi turbos so I have finally learnt to knit in the round. I find them hard to knit with and though I appreciate the quality I don't see how they make it quicker to knit with. I have also knitted with Treliske organic wool. I appreciate this as my boy has severe eczema and rather buy organic where I can.
What am I waiting on? A Disana knitted nappy. It cost me 7.50 and is what I can tell, a tie on flat cum fitted. I am interested in trying new nappies (as if any are old to me?!!!)
What do I want to try? A soy/bamboo nappy - very soft. An itti bitti nappy (hah! good luck!) - these are hard to obtain but well loved by those who are lucky enough to have used one on their bubs.
I am trying to ban myself from buying more nappies but its so hard when you see all the amazing things people make. There are many talented WAHMs making nappies and covers (not to mention other things) and I like to support them as well as having nice, rare, beautiful and practical things.
How to justify the buying of these beautiful things - money makes the world go around. Better to support this than waste it on things at dept stores or disposable nappies even. Isn't that a great reason?
And reason enough?

We received Fluffy Mail from Green Kids early this week. One green anytime and one Thomas print Funtime. We are yet to use these.

Other nappies we use (pics to come) include Baby Greens - I love this one, I want to get more. It is so soft and absorbant and the fit is great. Pea Pods pockets - I bought these on clearance at 10 for $130. We have 4 M and 6 L (for next year). I like these pockets and I didn't think I would. The fit is good though they are alittle big on my baby (he is on the smallest setting studs) I have been suprised by these. A great bargain buy.
We also have a Baby Eco prefold, bamboo flat and organic cotton flat, a Baby Eco contour.
I do prefer natural fitteds (organic cotton, bamboo, hemp) but I don't mind the ease of pockets either! We have two AIOs. A Magic All by Wonderworks which I tend to use at night, and a Nature's Child AIO which is lovely and different. I use the Magic or a bumGenius at night. We have 2 bumGenius pockets - one blue and one yellow. They are effective as a nappy but not my fave.

The top photo show BabyBeehinds 2x hemp 1x bamboo plus a wool cover and a PUL cover.
The bottom pic is what I won first time I bidded on eBay!! I originally just wanted to see what eBay was like and bidded on the train print. I am not impressed with the velcro on these Olliemates- you DO need a cover for the nappy to stay on. It isn't very absorbant either. These nappies cost me 30 for 3 so they are what I call budget nappies. I also have 4 others - Snugglebutts and they are softer with more cool prints - no better as a nappy though.
Above is the BBHs as I said. I like these but my only gripe is that they need cover to stay on. They tend to slip. I may have to try and put it in a newborn shape to fit my baby. He is 10 mths but must be quite skinny.

I knitted these longies but the rise was too short.
I also bought some fitteds from ebay. These are cheap and I am not overly impressed with them though they have nice prints! Will post pics soon.

I ordered a starter package from Nurture Nappies, BabyBeehinds and Green Kids. I was also knitting 3/4 length longies (as above) and then shorties and full length longies.

I had knitted 2 soakers and 2 cheap covers which I alternated. We used flats and Baby Eco fitteds part time while I waited on more fitteds.

So we started using flats with a few covers while I waited on some fitted cloth. Our first was Baby Eco., as seen top^. These are made from organic cotton sherpa and have a snap in booster with snaps on the outside. WE have a few of these now.

This is my boy in a coloured flat. I bought a 8 pack Bright Bots terry towelling cloth nappies from Coles for $10 on special when I was pregnant with my baby. I thought to myself I will just have a few nice coloured ones for emergencies - they are practical and useful. I bought about 2 dozen white ones when I had my first child in 2000. She was in cloth for 3 weeks. It was a little too much - dealing with a newborn, my first baby and I was dealing with a postnatal illness. Soaking, washing and folding - aahhhh!

Modern cloth is different. I discovered modern cloth last month. I am an avid knitter and was on a forum talking about knitting when I was shown a pic of a coloured soaker. WoW!!! I wanted to knit one...so I did. I didn't know it was meant to be used on a cloth nappy bum. I knitted it in cotton as a nappy cover for Summer. I soon realised soakers are meant to be knitted in wool. I hadn't used wool in a while due to my 3 year old boy's eczema. I bought a few balls of pure new wool at the op shop and made a real soaker from The Alice pattern (as seen above). I have since knitted more, and have more than enough. He also has longies and shorties.

So he was in flats with one pin! and we had four covers part time- using disposables when he ran out.

How is modern cloth different? No soaking, no folding, no pins. So cloth just goes in a bucket til wash day. It is fitted to baby so much easier.