need a pattern for baby wrap or will buy used

[noeyjeanne]

My ds is 15m and always wants to held. I need a wrap but I can't afford the ones I've been looking at, $30-65.00 I like to make my own with or without the ring. but if you have one you want to sell i'm up for that, too. : thanks

[Calidris]

err, the basic pattern for a wrap is to buy about 5 yards of cloth, hem the edges if you're the tidy sort, then head on over to www.mamatoto.org

[mehndi mama]

I second going to the Mamatoto site! The wrap I made was from 3 yards of gauze. I ripped 2 20" wide lengths from it, sewed them together end-to-end using a wide french seam, which I then flat-felled with two lines of topstitching. Then I tapered the ends to a point, and hemmed it.
Making it with a center seam uses less fabric, and helps you quickly find the middle of the wrap.

[massaginmommy]

Oh My Goodness. That is fabulous. I wish I had a sling like this wrap when my babies were little.
Fabulous, thanks for sharing this site. I have a friend going to China to pick up her new daughter. I am going to show her this. Does it keep your back from hurting?

[mehndi mama]

Yes, absolutely! I find that it's even better for my back than a one-shoulder type sling, which doesn't really make sense to me, because my old front-pack type baby carrier KILLED my back! But the wrap, I guess, is so easy to adjust to exactly where you need the baby's weight to be that it is very kind to the back. My legs may hurt at the end of the day, but my back hasn't been bothering me at all.

[TrishWSU]

I really want to make a wrap like this. What kinds of fabric do you suggest?

[mehndi mama]

Use gauze or a cotton jersey, depending on if you want it to stretch or not. I like gauze.

[emmaofpa]

I LOOOOVE this site! Thanks so much for sharing! ds lived in the sling until about a month ago. At the time my back was killing me. Now I wish I could relive it all with a wrap!