Now, for a quickie on my current stash shot:
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| Left to right, top to bottom (in chronological order): FibrEssence Wovens[1] Shell Medley, Fidella[2] Persian Paisley Smoke, Little Frog[3] Sunny Agate II, Didymos[4] Indio Aurora RS, Oscha[5] Tian Ma Clove RS, Yaro[6] Turtle Light-Blue |
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| Anticlockwise direction: Fidella Persian Paisley Smoke, Yaro Turtle Light-Blue, FibrEssence Wovens Shell Medley, Little Frog Sunny Agate II, Oscha Tian Ma Clove RS, Didymos Indio Aurora RS |
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| Top to bottom: Oscha Tian Ma Clove RS, FibrEssence Wovens Shell Medley, Didymos Indio Aurora RS, Yaro Turtle Light-Blue, Fidella Persian Paisley Smoke, Little Frog Sunny Agate II |
The latest addition to the stash is Fidella. As promised in "Motherhood: My 1st Handwoven Baby Wrap". I will now share how it joined the stash...
It is going to be quite a long "story"... So, you might want to grab yourself a cuppa and sit comfortably.
Now, let's start the "story" proper. Once upon the time, somewhere in Singapore, I was blessed with a Moms In Mind (MIM) RS and 2 DIY pouch slings by a close friend. Unfortunately, MIM's material was not grippy enough, too slippery in fact, and required countless retightening. It caused me to dislike RS at that point in time.
As for the pouch sling, I could never get the hang of it. It just does not tighten up properly for me to be hands-off. My bad. My pregnant brain was not able to absorb my friend's teaching on how to use the pouch sling. It made me hate babywearing. Till now, they are still sitting around somewhere in my wardrobe.
Back then, I was using ErgoBaby[7] most of the time if I ever babywear. But, Ergo is very bulky to bring out. It is so not compact that I can't stuff it into my diaper bag! Too warm to be strapped in it because it won't fit my diaper bag :( So totally not motivated to use it...
Then one day, I just did a random search in Facebook on babywearing. That was how I found and requested to join the Singapore Babywearing Group[8]. From then on, the group rekindled my love for babywearing after being redirected to the tutorials from Wrap You in Love[9].
I took the plunge and bought my first woven wrap, Yaro Light-Blue Turtle size 5 after reading positive reviews from her (and of course because Yaro was said to be more affordable). It came after 2 weeks of travelling from Europe.
Softness was what still attracted me to using Yaro at home. Strictly at home. As mentioned in "Motherhood: Personal Opinions of My Humble Carrier Collection - Apr 2015 Stash Shot", I am an OCD who cannot stand the idea of Yaro's overwhelming length sweeping the floor when I am out. Not very in love with woven wrap at that point in time still...
Next, I got Oscha Tian Ma Clove to commemorate QW's birth (she is born in the year of horse). Not exactly soft out of the box and a bit on the warmer side because of the hemp. Luckily, it was quite easy to break in. It became buttery soft and silky smooth pretty soon after a few wears. And so, that was the start of my falling in love with woven RS.
Following Oscha to join the stash was Didymos Indio Aurora. Its beauty caught my attention and Jars of Fluff[10] was organising a pre-ordering session in the babywearing group. Since I preferred RS at that point in time and it is a limited edition print, I got it so that I have a RS to interchange with whenever Oscha is being washed.
So, I was pretty convinced that I will be a RS girl all-the-way... That remained true until someone in the babywearing group asked about ways to keep their wraps so as to pass it on to their children. You know, like a hands-me-down kind of thing?
Legacy wrap... I like the sound of that. I wanted Tian Ma to be it. That was why I bought it in the first place. Hence, I followed that thread closely. Sadly, I found out that RS would not make good legacy wrap because the seams might be compromised over time. Woven wrap, on the other hand, had the possibility of being a legacy wrap. It was mentioned in the thread that there are some 20 year-old Didy in circulation still!
Being determined to share the benefits of babywearing with QW in future, I thought of trying out a shorty (size 1 to 3). Standing at 1.58m tall, size 3 (usually 3.2m) would probably be my maximum limit. How did I come up with this conclusion? Because I can imagine myself folding the wrap in half and managing 1.6m long of wrap in some sense by sticking it in between my legs, placing it on a chair or in my pocket as I set up the carry. I can imagine it being totally off-the-floor the whole time :)
So, I decided to give a shorty woven wrap a chance. This round, I had a better idea what I was looking for. I wanted a wrap that is toddler worthy (meaning can carry up to toddlerhood or even pre-school stage). A wrap that is easy to differentiate top from bottom rail (because I could not tell them apart with Yaro having the same colour throughout).
With those conditions, I narrowed down to Little Frog Agate. A shorty was indeed the right move. I fell deeply in love with babywearing all over again. Finally! So, it has been decided. My sweet spot is size 3. Period.
Now, I did mention before that 240 gsm Little Frog was still a bit warm, didn't I? Hence, I got attracted and bought Heartiness[11] Entho Blue which is 50% cotton and 50% linen. 2 main reasons for this purchase: 1. Linen = more cooling as many attest to; 2. It was selling at an affordable price which included shipping.
While waiting for Entho Blue, FibrEssence Wovens went on SALES!!! Massive 45% discount!!! I was already drooling over the Shell Medley and always wanted to try a handwoven. So so crazy over it that I would check FibrEssence Wovens facebook page everyday just to see if it was still around. So, the sales really was not helping me from falling into the rabbit hole!!! And of course you know what happened after that....
Now, finally we reach Fidella. Why Fidella? One of the reasons was SALES AGAIN!!! The babywearing group shared a discount code for it. HAHAHA, so totally not helping at all!!! Next reason, it comes with a bag =D
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| Bag of the same print =D |
And the next reason, the top rail and bottom rail can be differentiated! What they did was to hem it in different direction (if you can picture what I meant). Such a genius!
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| Fidella on most right: Top rail darker colour, bottom rail lighter |
And I shall stop sharing the other reasons =P But, you get the idea... I think... hope...?
Well~ at least I am buying something that I would be using, using my own money, and have a chance of passing it on as a legacy. Justified. *Self assuring cum comforting mode on* *Hee hee*
Yupz, so now, I am waiting for Entho Blue to crawl here from USSR or Russia.
*Drumming my fingers impatiently*
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