convince me..

I'm a new wool convert, and I love it! I've just got covers right now -- all side snap wool covers. But, I love them. I love that my kids' bums can breath well -- I love how soft they are -- and I even loved washing/lanolizing. It is expensive, but you can find good deals -- if you look at MaiMaiBB on hyenacart, she has wool covers for $30 or less -- the ones that are seconds or not hand-dyed are less. Stacinator wool is pretty inexpensive (I have three of those -- one each size). Sugarpeas wool is readily available and cheap -- it was my first wool cover.

I've now got some wool soakers (pull on) on their way to me, as well as an embroidered wool cover from Muttaqin Baby, and a cover from MaiMaiBB (just scored that this morning).

A friend of mine has knit a set of wool shorts for my DD, but I haven't received those yet, so I can't say much for knit/crocheted stuff. But, I'm sure its great.

I love wool -- don't know if I have a good reason to or not, but I love it! I use my wool covers more often than my Bummis SWW now.

oh, forgot...

there is a soaker on hyenacart for $10, I believe. can't remember who's stocking... do a search on medium wool soaker -- i think it was the last one listed.. navy blue...

eta: $20 at one stitch two stitch boutique.

Wool is truly a sort of miracle fiber. It is almost like nature made it just for use as a diaper cover. As the pp said, it is wonderfully breathable, has antibacterial properties and will absorb 30% of its weight in liquid before feeling wet. Also, it is totally natural. I have many, many wool covers. They are practically all we use except for the random AIOs and pockets. I am embarrassed to say that I rarely wash our covers. With over a dozen in rotation, changing the cover every time I change the diaper, they just don't ever seem to get dirty. They are so easy to care for, just air them out between wearings and wash if they start to smell or get soiled (which for us is literally every 2 months or so.)

definitely check out ebay and the TP here. Wool is great but you dont have to spend a fortune on it to get good covers.

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Yep I agree!!

And if you need further convincing: Gabriels wool (Chololate Merino Crochet)

I resisted wool for a long time...because C'MON! How could something with HOLES in it work as a cover. Plus, washing sounded too difficult.

Well finally when our SWW started wicking we tried a pair of wool pants...and you know what? WOOL IS AMAZING! DH loves it and puts wool over all our AIOs. I love love love wool.

When you have kiddos with sensitive skin, you learn very quickly to wool!

I could actually use anything on my first son. My second son is a different story. All I can use is pockets or wool. The pockets draw the moisture away, so that helps. The wool breathes, so that helps. I can only use a regular PUL or nylon cover very briefly or his whole bum gets bright red!

Go get some wool! If you don't like it, you can always sell it on the TP. I bet you'll love it.

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Twas crochet'd by Shanna from New Life Woolens! (was Black Sheep Crossing)
They are SOO Soft & Yummy & they stretch so much, so they fit forever, since they'r crochet
And they were called a Chocolate Latte merino soaker :LOL

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Well, it is simply beautiful. I am such a coffee fanatic that I can really appreciate a soaker named Chocolate Latte. If you get bored of it please send it my way!

Unfortunately I did not get into wool until it was already hot here. But I have several beautiful shorties knitted by Becky that I can't wait to pull out in the fall. I just prefer letting my ds go coverless around home during the heat. Even though the wool breathes it still gets hot with a PF and wool. But I will be buying some wool longies for winter. That seems so much more practical to me. My ds will have to wear pants, so why not some wool ones that are beautiful. But when we go out I will put them over FBs! I hate using PFs or fitted when I leave home since I have to change them so often (sometimes every 30 minutes). When I put my ds in FBs or other pockets like that he stays dry for hours. I could not give that up. Especially for night time. My ds goes 12 hours in a FB with 2 cottonbabies inserts and wakes up dry in the morning. It is like a miracle. I had to use sposies this week while on holiday and I had to change him in the middle of the night or he would leak. What a pain in the butt.

Anyway, I think everyone should at least try wool. I think you could get by with one or 2 covers and use your cheaper covers for backup. But I can tell you it is a slippery slope. I have 2 soakers and 2 shorties and I am not a huge wool user! But I just love the stuff so darn much because it is so soft and pretty. I am learning how to crochet so I can make my own. My soakers are the dandelion dreamer ones that you can buy the pattern for, and they cost me $5 (for the yarn I bought for my grandmother to make them for me).