What does braiding a woven wrap mean? Braiding a woven wrap is creating a chain of loops, each one pulled through the next, using only the cloth itself. It serves to make a long wrap much smaller and more compact- great for carrying with you when not in use, or popping at the bottom of […]
If you discover that your wrap has a hole in it, it is first worth working through our ‘hole assessment’ post to help you decide what has caused it and what action (if any) you should take next. This post shows you the mending process of a wrap with a flipping massive hole in it! […]
Come and have a flick through our earliest sketchbooks! If you’ve ever visited our stall at a babywearing event, you may have already seen our old sketchbooks, which contain the creative seeds of some of our first designs. We’ve been trying to provide a little more background and insight into all our designs, to tell […]
Seafoam was the very first design that we completed back in 2012,! It helped to crystallise our creative house style that can be seen in some form across all of our subsequent designs. We regularly use the same techniques of: Combining traditional media (pencil, paint) with digital designing, then using digital drawing tools in a […]
Firespiral Slings was set up in 2012 by friends Tamsin and Jen. We met and became friends in 2009, when our eldest children were just babies. With them having been born only days apart, we found ourselves bumping into each other at various local breastfeeding and baby groups.As new parents it is so easy to […]
Babywearing can be incredibly helpful in warm weather, when we’re more likely to be out and about during the day, or staying out later at night. Your wrap can offer a way to manage your normal routine ‘on the go’, especially when it comes to naptimes or feeds.There are, however, some changes that you might […]
Last winter we created this tutorial for making a simple rag wreath out of wrap scrap, using our wreath making craft kit. Since the Covid-19 lockdown started, I’ve been looking for ways to keep the children busy and entertained at home, and it turns out that wrap scrap wreath making is a massive hit with […]
Most wraps can be washed following our general washing instructions, but wool wraps need a little extra consideration to avoid felting. Felting is a term that describes a physical change in wool, where the fibres shrink and lock together. This alters the look and feel of the cloth, and changes the wrapping properties, sometimes to […]
These are the washing instructions for all of our wraps that don’t have a high percentage of wool in their weft. Some wraps that only have a very small amount of wool in them (usually less than 10%) can also be washed using these instructions, as can any accessories made from wrap fabric. The specific […]
