Knitting mama pads

[mpeel]

I am considering knitting some mamapads. I need a few more, especially pantiliner type and can't believe the price increase since I bought my so long ago. Anyway, I was considering cotton yarn for the layer closest to my body and perhaps wool as the layer closest to my panties. I might put a middle layer in. But, I am not sure the wool will hold up to lots of washing. Hold up is not what I mean. It would felt basically, right. What about woolease? Or would acrylic be "spillproof"? Thanks.

[Knittin' in the Shade]

Why not factor the felting in? I mean, knit it larger and then purposelt felt it down so that it'll be nice and thick and cooshy, and virtually leak proof Then you can always whipstitch the cotton on the back afterwards.

[calla lily]

I've been thinking of knitting some mama pads too. I thougth about felting the bottom layer, and maybe adding wings with snaps. And then just knitting a cotton layer(s) to lay in. And then technicially, if felted layer is clean, you can just change the cotton layers.

[edgyveggie]

I think I just found my new project! I'm gonna try it out! I like the idea of felting the wool. Mmmm! So soft!

[mpeel]

The style I prefer is the one with removeable pads and clean underlayer. I have lots to copy. I have some woolease, too. I may try a couple of each and see which works best before continuing.

[jodskiinca]

Ooh! I never thought of knitting those! Now, I have a nice, small project to make since baby won't let me get much knitting in. It's so frustrating to have a project take forever because ds won't let me knit. They sound pretty easy to just "wing" without a pattern.

Jodi

[CraftyMommaOf2]

i've been making these and i do basically what T said. knit the wool part first, larger than needed, and felt it down. then you can add whatever other layers you want.

[mpeel]

Danica,

Do you do them with wings? What wool and approximately how much shrinkage do you have? I think I have decided to do some with Fisherman's Wool and some with WoolEase and see which turn out better. I may do some acrylic as I have too much of that and I dislike knitting with it. At least if I am making something useful, I might enjoy using it better.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

it depends on the wool you use as to how much shrinkage you're going to get. kwim? i wouldn't use woolease because of the acrylic. i'm not a fan of acrylic, esp in sensitive areas. i did a doubler that is basically the same as a base for a mama pad only a bit wider and the shrinkage was about 1/2" on every measurement.
http://hyenacart.com/prod_details.php?id=21175&vid=26
just realized it doesn't have the measurements. :LOL it is made with 2ply merino from fabriconnection.com. she has moved her yarns over to her new yarn site at yarndealer.com. i haven't tried them with wings, but i'm not a wing kinda gal. i may play around with that a bit though. i think that if you did some longer sts on the last two rounds where you want the wings, that should work. it would be flexible, too. hmm...interesting! i'm going to have to start doing these again. it's a nice, relaxing project. not too much in the way of math. :LOL

[TrishWSU]

Goody, now I know what to do w/ all those little bits of yarn I end with. I would have never thought of knitting mama pads!

Danica~How do the pads stay in place w/out wings? I've only used the kind w/ wings do I'm curious to how well they work w/out them.

Thanks for the great idea!

[CraftyMommaOf2]

you just lay them in your panties. the only thing you have to remember is to watch that it doesn't fall in the toilet when you sit down. don't ask. :LOL

[mpeel]

Okay, mine with wings tend to "migrate" during the day. Annoying. But, without a sticky back, I figured this was a given. Do ones without not "migrate"? How? Does the wool hold them in place?

[CraftyMommaOf2]

mine don't. maybe they aren't long enough?

OT: is that you over at mamanaturally.com?

[mpeel]

Yeah, found it yesterday. Seems quiet over there.

[CraftyMommaOf2]

hopefully that will change!

what wool are you thinking about using, btw?

[mpeel]

Probably Fisherman's. It felts soo well. I made Sigg bottle huggies out of it and had to wash one when my oldest got juice on it. Felted quite nicely, not on purpose. Luckily it still stretches to fit the bottle because of the stitching I used. I have also felted a lot of eggs with it. Plus, it is cheap.

[HaveWool~Will Felt]

OK, so the mama pads I love the most, in the past, have been ones with snapping wings....

So, when i decided to knit some mama pads....I just knit a rectangle and felted it....then I put this (the felted wool) inside the AIO pad. Therefore I had nice, yummy cotton or hemp against my skin.

I AM IN LOVE....these are by far the BEST pads I have ever used. I am a heavy bleeder and I haven't had one leak!!!!


Great ideas and mamas think alike!!!!

[mpeel]

See, I bleed so little that I used the "holders" alone, snapped in place. I rarely put an actual pad in. I hope to experiment this weekend. I want to get some wool dyed tonight to use. My girls claimed the last to sets I dyed. We all like the same colors.

[HaveWool~Will Felt]

mpeel,
your girls are beautiful!

[darsmama]

ohhh, I was so happy to see this subject line as a new knitter who wondered if knitted mama pads existed after seeing the prices of the cloth ones! YAAY! Question though, where can I dind a pattern?

Thanks,
Katie