Comments on: Winter Woolies Part 2

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:50:44 +0000

Elizabeth, I have always used a Tablespoon of lanolin for a sink full of wool (5+ items). However, I have edited the post to just a teaspoon of lanolin. In the event of excess lanolin on your wool simply massage (and massage ) the wool to work it in. The upside is your wool will be leakproof for a much longer time!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:56:39 +0000

Whoa – I tried this but there were chunks of lanolin EVERYWHERE in my water – is this right? When I double checked with other lanolinizing instructions online I read from a pea size amount to a 1″ streak – 1T is ALOT and everything seems really sticky… we’ll see how it goes but i’m skeptical…

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:26:22 +0000

I have sewn up two sweaterpants (sleepyhead is wearing one right now!) and made a wrap out of the body of one of the sweaters, and I love them!! I hit the local thrift stores and bought up every SOFT wool sweater I could find. Thanks so much for all the great info on your blog!

By: JL

JL — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:28:04 +0000

Oh my goodness. I have been hand knitting wool covers for 6 weeks. These sweater pants look so much easier. I can hardly wait!!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:11:24 +0000

Vicki, you can use any wool. 100% wool is best but I have used blends before with no problems. Warning: merino sweaters pill a TON! But they are so soft. Just have a sweater shaver handy, especially if you have a crawler.

By: Vicki D.

Vicki D. — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:53:57 +0000

Can you use merino wool? I’m thinking about making some longies–Would merino wool be OK-assuming i lanolize it?

By: Cathy Newton

Cathy Newton — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:20:39 +0000

Thanks for replying on my blog about the diapers. Next time I go to the thrift store I’m going to look for wool sweaters to convert to “sweaterpants”. I think I could figure out ways to use the body, too. Mittens, a wool sweater patchwork “quilt”, soaker shorts…..

I am going to investigate fleece diapers, too.

By: Rosa Fernandez

Rosa Fernandez — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:27:32 +0000

Hi Autum! is me again, I forgot to ask you, At the thrift store I saw some wool jackets, are those fine to use for diapers too or not?
Thank you, Rosa

By: Rosa Fernandez

Rosa Fernandez — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:24:36 +0000

Hi Autumn! Great article, it really helps me a lot, I am new to cloth diapering, so after reading your e-mail I went to a thrift shop and goa a bunch of wool sweaters,and I am going to give it a try.

My baby is a heavy wetter and a want to give the woollies a try. I was wondering if you can make soakers out of wool too, but I think you mencioned that in the article as well.

The lanolin that you are talking about, is it the one that you use when you are breastfeeding? Thank you and you have a great article, I always get great advice from you and everything helps, as I told you before I am new to cloth diapers and don’t know much about them.

By: Jenny McClure

Jenny McClure — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:45:34 +0000

Thanks for the shout out! I am stocking next tuesday 11/4 with tons of recycled! What a fun website you have here!