Knitting/crocheting Wool Covers..HELP!!

[ThreeLittleBirds]

Hello all
I have been hiding over in the Due Date Club forum for Sept....im expecting a lil lady in, well, september..lol. I am 35 weeks and getting my cloth diaper stash together. My mother knits/crochets (awesome right?) and she is dying to make something for the baby (she already made a beautiful blanket). It hit me that I have my own personal wool cloth cover sweat shop!! YAY!

So she found one pattern for a cover, a crochet pattern, but one leg opening is stretchy and the other is not (because thats the first chain stitch). We are having a HELL of a time trying to find knit or crochet diaper cover patterns for a newborn.

Can you ladies help me out? Any patterns you use? Links? Suggestions?

TIA!!!

[cristeen]

Youll have better luck finding what you need in the yarn crafts section. There's a sticky at the top of the forum w links to patterns. I really like the little turtle knits pattern and the curly purly for knit. For crochet, i believe theres a ladybug one thats supposed to be good. I crocheted a free one off someones blog - i posted a picture of it there a few months ago, along w a link to the blog if you can find that thread.

[russsk]

If your mom is on Ravelry, the Vanilla soaker pattern is really nice. There's also one called Picky Pants with a ton of variations.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Are you on Ravelry? I've made four of these in different sizes because I like it so much:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/whw-plain-wrap

And two of these:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sheepy-pants

The sheepy sack is really useful for newborns...

[francesmama]

I second the vanilla on Ravelry - just finished it last month and we LOVE it. It was a fun knit too.

[poppan]

I used the Curly Purly one and liked it well enough that I never tried anything else (at least not for soakers). It's free:
http://www.curlypurly.com/pdf/soaker.pdf

[TangoMama]

My MIL also knits and made me several of the Frantic Mama Knitted Soaker Pattern on ravelry. It's free, and has sizes for NB, S, M and L.

[Artichokie]

I also recommend searching on raverly. When I knit a soaker I normally use the Juliette skirty pattern (which you should definitely get your mom to make for your dd) and just skip the skirty part.

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/juliette-2

[ComplexOphelia]

I'm knitting the Picky Pants pattern from Little Turtle Knits and really like it. It has newborn, small, medium, large, and toddler sizes. I think it cost $10, but it's nice for a beginner (like me) because it's pretty easy! It's also really customizable - and your Mom could put a super, super cute ruffle on the bottom of some pairs of pants for your little girl! If none of the free ones work out (because I'd definitely try them first ), I think this one is nice.

[Xavismom]

For crochet, Wigglebunz Creations Crochet Soaker. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...soaker-pattern

But if you can knit, my favorite is the Snapdragon Soaker http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...pdragon-soaker I cant even begin to tell you how awesome theese have been for us.

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Originally Posted by Xavismom

But if you can knit, my favorite is the Snapdragon Soaker http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/libr...pdragon-soaker I cant even begin to tell you how awesome theese have been for us.

Ooooh... I see a new project in my future...