A Note About the Measurements

Wraps are inherently difficult to measure. Length is measured with a soft tape in hand. The tape measure I use is 100 ft, so it is done continuously. I square the wrap when measuring width (so as not to measure diagonally) and flatten the wrap without stretching to get the width. Thickness is measured with a micrometer. This is highly dependent on user. Thicknesses should be used in comparison rather than as absolutes.
Showing posts with label grippy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grippy. Show all posts

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Vatanai Socotra


Vatanai Socotra is the first color released in the dragon weave.  Slightly cushy, Socotra is smooth and silky on the light but has more grip on the darker side.

Weight/Area:  219 g/qm
Width:  69 cm
Thickness:  21 mils

Didymos Black Hemp Pfau


Didymos Black Hemp Pfau (also known as Darth Vader Pfau) is a moldable hemp blend.  With a bit of stretch this is a great wrap with both grip and glide.

Weight/Area:  218 g/qm
Width:  69 cm
Thickness:  20 mils

Monday, October 1, 2012

Ellevill Jade Plum


Ellevill Jade plum is beautiful combination of royal blue and purple.  Grippy and moldable Jade is great in ruck and other carries that benefit from lots of grip.

Weight/Area: 252 g/qm
Width: 62 cm
Thickness: 24.5 mils

Storchenweige Leo Marine


Leo Marine is textured, moldable, and strong.  

Weight/Area:  241 g/qm
Width:  66 cm
Thickness:  25 mils

Didymos Tussah Old Standard


Didymos Tussah OS is grippy, moldable and medium thin.  Like other tussah blends, it runs narrow after a wash.

Weight/Area:  222 g/qm
Width:  58 cm
Thickness:  19 mils

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Uppymama June 2012 Rainbow


My Uppymama rainbow has a cream weft and is medium thickness.  After feeling and seeing my Uppymama in person, I am convinced the weaver is an artist and am honored to own one of her pieces.  Something of interest may be that Uppymamas have blunt ends and unhemmed rails.

Weight/Area:  257 g/qm
Width:  66 cm
Thickness:  27 mils

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Ellevill Jade Candy


My Jade Candy was machine woven with several weaving flaws throughout the wrap.  Like other jades very grippy and textured.

Weight/Area:  261 g/qm
Width:  61 cm
Thickness:  24  mils

Girasol Aurora (Cream Weft)


Slingomama's Girasol Exclusive Aurora is a fun twist on the rainbow.

Weight/Area: 226 g/qm
Width: 69 cm
Thickness: 20.5 mils


Didymos Tramonto Waves


Tramonto Waves, like other all cotton waves, is a tri-weave.  It's thread colors are fuschia, black and gray.  At times the some of the "waves" give the appearance of lavender.  Very similar to aqua waves, it is airy, moldable, textured and feels light.  One my screen, the color is more accurate in the picture below.

Weight/Area: 211 g/qm
Width:  61 cm
Thickness: 21.5 mils

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Wrapsody Bali Breeze Hope


My first summer wrapping, one of my most used wraps was my bali breeze Orion.  But being a rainbow lover I longed for a gauze rainbow.  Luckily, my rainbow submission to Wrapsody's design competition won.  In the spring of 2011 Wrapsody released hope.  Many wrappers struggle with gauze but it can be done comfortably.  That summer I went on a 4 mile hike and took my very long Hope to use in multilayer carries with my mid-twenties toddler.  Washing with a small amount of ecover softener not only makes these wraps soft but also helps the glide by reducing the grip.  Softener is generally avoided with wraps but I make an exception for gauze.


Weigh/Areat:  148 g/qm
Width:  62 cm
Thickness:  14 mils

Girasol Tahoe


Woven Wrap's Exclusive Girasol Taho is a beatiful blend of three blues with a thinner green striped along one rail.  The turquoise weft contrasts beautifully with the navy, green and lighter blue stripes. Mine was woven early in 2012.  Typical of girasols, Tahoe's flannely texture provides grip but also inhibits glides when doing multilayer passes.  

Weight/Area:  225 g/qm
Width:  70 cm
Thickness:  20 mils