[stickybun]

Is wool flannel supposed to be stretchy? I recently got a sugarpeas wool cover and it is not stretchy at all, except for the elastic

. I'm so suprised, I never thought about it not stretching to fit over my fitteds. I guess you have to stick to the snap-ins for these?

Also, does it act the same way a soaker would and absorb as much moisture? I'm not sure I like this cover, but since everyone raves about them I figured y'all could tell me what I'm missing. TIA

amy

 

[Mom2Sailor]

If you want a nice stretchy wool cover you need to look for wool jersey. Flannel is not stretchy at all. Most places that make wool covers do it in jersey so it can fit over all your dipes. Good Luck!
~Kira

 

[clothcrazymom]

I noticed that mine do stretch a tiny bit as I use them. But not like wool jersey at all.

As far as absorbing.......I can't really answer that. I don't have any knitted soakers. And I beef up my diapers at night so I don't really expect the wool covers to absorb.

I haven't had any problems with him soaking through the cover though...if that helps at all. But again...I use some pretty beefy diapers.

 

[mommytomy4kids]

Wool flannel makes great covers because of it is a woven wool and it is tighter then say a knit fabric would be. HOWEVER you loose stretch and it's ability comes more from the tight fibers then the absorbtion of the wool. A soaker is knitted and is thicker and will absorb more but is a loose weave depending on the knitter but always looser then a woven. A wool jersey or wool knit (machine made) is tighter then a hand knit fabric and does stretch (varies from wool to wool) and will work as well as a woven (flannel) depending on it's thickness and the degree in which it felts. All are equally good. All have good and bad points. Machine made wool fabrics vary in their performance and their abilities and the WAHM has to test each batch to see how they do. Some knits shrink to the point of it being so dense you loose all stretch. Some hardly at all. Even yarns may vary. I have used the SAME yarn and did my usual prewash before shipping out and it shrunk when normally my wool does not shrink in the washing cycle. Thank goodness I checked that first! So wool is good all around for the most part.

Disclaimer: All my nonprofessional non educated opinion based solely from my experiance in working with wool a few years...

please excuse typos as I have an eager 4yo trying to get me off the computer so he can do his phonics/reading lesson on here.

 

[stickybun]

Thanks for all the info! I actually used the cover and snap in today and I like it. It looks really cute on her and is pretty trim. Now I'm going to have to find some cheap snap-ins since it is not going to work with the majority of my fitteds.

Thanks again for all the info.

amy

 

[reeseccup]

what kind of fitteds to you have? I can't imagen one that wouldn't fit under a SP wool

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[blazfglori]

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Originally posted by reeseccup what kind of fitteds to you have? I can't imagen one that wouldn't fit under a SP wool :

I was wondering the same thing.

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I have large SP wool covers, and they fit great over SOS.