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 supportive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supportive. Show all posts

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Didymos Red Marble Indio


Birdie's Room released Red Marble Indio as an exclusive in 2012.  The grey linen appears nearly metallic paired with this sophisticated red cotton.  This indio is supportive and dense.

Weight/Area: 218 g/qm
Width:  66 cm
Thickness:  19 mils

Didymos Tussah Silk Nino


Tussah Silk Nino was released by Didymos in 2010.  It is a moldable neutral with the iconic nino design.  Like other tussah blends nino runs narrow compared to other wraps.

Weight/Area:  247 g/qm
Width:  58 cm
Thickness:  23 mils

Purple Hemp Indio (VHI)


Birdie's Room exclusive Purple Hemp Indio is a beautiful medium thickness hemp blend indio.  Soon after a linen blend with the same purple cotton was released, but the hemp version continues to be more rare.

Weight/Area:  215 g/qm
Width: 70 cm
Thickness:  20 mils

Monday, October 1, 2012

Neobulle Lin


Lin from Neobulle's organic collection is a neutral workhorse.

Weight/Area:  252 g/qm
Width:  69 cm
Thickness:  23 mils

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Storchenweige Ulli


Ulli, like other storch stripes is a durable workhorse that looks new even when well loved.

Weight/Area:  237 g/qm
Width:  66 cm
Thickness:  22 mils

Didymos Rose Silk Indio


Didymos released this bubble gum pink indio in the spring of 2011.  Rose silk is thicker and more dense than many silk indio blends.

Weight/Area:  259 g/qm
Width:  61 cm
Thickness: 22 mils


Colimacon & Cie 2011, White


I ordered a C&C in the new weave out of curiosity.  It is a workhorse wrap that is easy on the budget.  I went on to split and then dye both pieces.  First I replaced the red and black stitching with cotton threads that would accept dye.

Weight/Area:  250 g/qm
Width:  70 cm
Thickness:  21.5 mils



Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bara Barn Black Pepper


Bara Barn Black Pepper is a thin supportive shorty with any cush.  It is mostly black with a indigo stripe along one rail.  Though not very airy, Bara Barns are thin and only come as shorties.

Weight/Area:  153 g/qm
Width: 70 cm
Thickness: 16 mils

Oscha Shui Long Embers


Oscha Shui Long Embers is a supportive all cotton wrap.

Weight/Area:  278 g/qm
Width:  69 cm
Thickness:  25 mils

Kokadi Merlin


Merlin is a U.S. exclusive wrap from Kokadi.  It is blend of black cotton and purple hemp.  Merlin is wide, soft and supportive.

Weight/Area:  245 g/qm
Width:  76 cm
Thickness:  17 mils

Monday, September 24, 2012

Didymos Zyclame Vogels


Didymos Zyclame Vogels is a supportive linen blend.  The cotton and black cotton threads are combined with lago linen threads.

Weight/Area: 239 g/qm
Width:  69 cm
Thickness:  21 mils

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Bbslen Lychee


Bbslen Lychee's thin stripes vary from pinks to peaches.  A pique polo kind of texture.  Not cuddly soft but not rough either.

Weight/Area: 241 g/qm
Width:  70 cm
Thickness:  20.5 mils

Didymos Violet Linen Pfau


Violet linen pfau was released in 2011 along with ecru, natural and garnet versions.  This is thick linen blend requires more than the usually amount of breaking in time.

Weight/Area: 315 g/qm
Width: 64 cm
Thickness: 26.5 mils

Didymos Petrol Hemp Indio V1


Petrol Hemp Indio was released in 2012.  At first weaved on a small scale, Didymos responded to the pleas of mamas for a larger release of this wrap.  I have the first version with the whiter hemp threads.

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

Didymos Rosalinde


Rosalinde (Rosa) was one of the double face linen blends released in spring of 2010.  One side is a delicate pink and the other a light grey.  Rosa is time consuming to break in but once done an ease to wrap with.

Weight/Area: 250 g/qm
Width: 65 mils
Thickness: 22.5 mil  

Didymos Agave


Didymos released a series of double face linen blends in the spring of 2010.  The thinnest of the set, Agave's linen gold shimmers with the petrol cotton.  Thin, moldable, great glide with the support of linen.  Agave did have a tendency to dig with a sloppy wrapping job and heavy baby.

Weight/Area: 187 g/qm
Width:  66 cm
Thickness: 18.5 mils



Didymos Latimeria Fish


Despite being a thin wrap fan, I wanted to try Latimeria after hearing many rave reviews.  Latimeria was all it was said to be; thick, supportive, dense, smooth, good glide and fairly moldable for its thickness.  In the end, it was just too heavy for me in a long wrap so it moved on to a thick wrap loving mama.

Weight/Area: 309 g/qm (that is one heavy wrap!)
Width: 65 cm
Thickness:  25 mils