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Who’s afraid of the big bad wool? A guide to machine washing 25% merino wool wraps

Who's afraid of the big bad wool? A guide to machine washing 25% merino wool wraps

**Please note that this article is specifically about washing our 25% merino, 75% cotton blend wraps and that we at Firespiral recommend that you follow the washing instructions on the care label of your wrap**

Introducing Aurora Twilight Starmap

Introducing Aurora Twilight Starmap

Aurora Twilight Starmap is a combination of classic Twilight warp and the much loved Aurora weft from our Obsidian weave. The colours work beautifully together, with the Twilight appearing more purple against the turquoise and green of Aurora. The warp and weft are both 100% combed cotton, and we have used our loose Alchemy weave […]

Every end is a new beginning…

Every end is a new beginning...

  We are keenly counting down the days to the Northern Sling Exhibition now. We hope that you’ll be coming along because it is there that we’ll be unveiling our new scheme aimed at promoting wrapping to new babywearers, supporting local library, consultant and peer to peer services (and of course offering treats to those […]

Name our wrap competition for International Babywearing Week 2015

Name our wrap competition for International Babywearing Week 2015

Here it is – a Tourbillon design wrap on our deep indigo Twilight warp, with a weft of alternating linen and cotton threads. We have used both weft yarns on our Twilight warp before, the linen we called Winter and the cotton we called Spring. So now we need a name for this weft, and […]

Aconite Dendron Gossamer: Guest Review!!

Aconite Dendron Gossamer: Guest Review!!

This review is guest written by Sam. She is mum to two boisterous boys and has wrapped them both from small babies. You can find her wrapping blog, including reviews, giveaways and the current wrapping challenge, at www.facebook.com/thewrapdiaries.   I have to admit I jumped at the chance to try one of the new autumn releases […]

Dryad Dendron Birch Trees

Dryad Dendron Birch Trees

This is a quad-blend wrap- combed cotton warp with a white linen viscose hemp weft. A thicker wrap at around 300gsm with a beautifully soft drape and delicately slubby texture. It includes some yarn sourced by our friend who finds special, high quality yarns that are only available in a relatively small quantity. Many manufacturers […]

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