







A babywearing blog
Erklæring: Jeg er ikke noe selemenneske. Jeg foretrekker sjal. Denne anmeldelsen må sees i lys av det ❤
Sweet! Den kommer i en liten minisekk du kan ha på ryggen når minimennesket løper rundt. Lurt! Om jeg bare klarer å pakke den slik igjen kommer den til å ta veldig liten plass i veska. Det er supert, det er kjedelig å bære på masse når man ikke bruker vogn eller bil. Fargen er en passe mørk grålig grønn, praktisk. Den bør gli inn i de fleste garderober og er faktisk litt i motebildet om dagen.
Midjebeltet er sjeldent digg. Det gnager ikke det spor. Med dobbel, dog noe tung justering får du tilpasset det perfekt og det er bredt. Støtten er god i korsryggen. Jeg pleier å kjenne det i korsryggen etter en stund i seler og noen ganger i meh dais, her var det ikke antydning til det. God støtte og stødig.
Skulderstroppene og bryststroppen har jeg dessverre ikke bare positive ting å si om. Bryststroppen er smal og selv om den er lett å justere så finner jeg aldri en sweetspot. Skulderstroppene har fløffy padding, men den er for myk, den klemmes helt flat med de 15 kg jeg bærer på, slik at jeg i praksis, en smule overdrevet, bærer med syltynne stropper og det var ikke så deilig, synes jeg. Jeg jobbet litt med innstillingene for å se om jeg kunne finne en sweetspot, det ble litt diggere når jeg ikke klarte å stramme så mye. Mulig det er her kilden til problemet ligger for meg og at det ikke hadde vært problematisk ved videre tilvenning.
Skulderstroppene kan stilles to veier ca 50-50 opp eller ned for å stramme og slakke. Jeg liker å slakke ut stroppene helt mellom hver gang for at det skal bli enklere, i følge meg, å hoppe lillemann ned godt i selen. Det er ikke sikkert det føles klønete etter hvert å stramme på to steder istedenfor på en, men sånn føltes det den uka denne selen bodde her. Dersom den nederste er løsnet helt ut er det helt umulig å få tak på enden slik at jeg får nok moment til å stramme. Men det kan være pølsefingrene mine. Ellers er den litt treig å stramme, det var muligens en kombinasjon av kald temperatur (øker friksjonen) og at sela er helt ny. Tror den kommer til å gli bedre i strammemekanismen etterhvert.
Jeg registrerer at sela også er en smule mindre enn den vi pleier å bruke (Ankalia Up Toddler) og dermed vanskelig å få vinterdresskledd unge helt nedi uten hjelp på ryggen. Foran gikk akkurat det helt fint. Men da skulle stroppene krysses på ryggen… Haha, jeg har sjeldent følt meg mer hjelpeløs. Jeg måtte faktisk få hjelp av forbipasserende begge gangene for å krysse dem og klipse dem på. Jeg tror det hadde vært enklere om jeg gikk mer jevnlig på yoga og om jeg hadde mindre klær på meg. Dog var det veldig behagelig å bære poden foran med denne.
Jeg må innrømme at dette ikke ga mersmak for meg og det var nok skulderstroppenes strammemekanisme som spolerte. Jeg foretrekker en enkelt strammemekanisme framfor to. Om det strammes opp eller ned er ikke så farlig. Kryssing av stroppene ved magebæring kunne jeg nok ha vent meg til dersom jeg kunne slakket ut skulderstroppene mer og enkelt stramme dem igjen. Men en annens tull, er en annens gull, så ikke vær redd for å prøve. Det er bare på den måten man kan finne den selen som er bra. Alle er forskjellige ❤
Takk til Bæreglede og som sendte denne selen til meg for at jeg skulle få teste!
Blend: 80% cotton, 20% linen
Length: 3.45 m
Width: 0.67 m
Weight: 692 g
GSM: 300(prewash) 299 (after wash and wear)
Recoil/bounce: Not much
Grip/glide: balanced More grip
Cush: A hint
Wrappee: 2 years 13 kg
It is a densely woven wrap with a complicated pattern, picturing Ginko Biloba leaves, an evolutionary early three with especially beautiful leaves, it has actually existed over 200 million years! One side is the most perfect teal colour according to me, with white pattern. The other side is soft white, with teal pattern. The wrap feels medium to thin in hand, it’s cool to touch and feels quite smooth, despite the subtle relief of the pattern.
This is a sturdy wrap. There’s not much bounce or recoil, still there’s the obligatory diagonal stretch to make it comfortable. There’s plenty of grip, but not so much that I find it impossible to position the second layer in a multi pass carry. There’s a slight hint of cush, I think it must be the beautiful and intricate pattern that delivers it.
I used it in a simple ruck tied in front, pirate carry, Poppins, Robins and a sheperd’s. It’s the perfect ruck wrap, rather mute and grippy as I like it. Sheperd’s was the most comfortable. I did find it hard to tighten the toprail though, as I usually do with densely woven, sturdy wraps.
Levate Teal Proto is a true easycare wrap, which can endure just about anything. You can drag it through the woods, sit on it, use it as a towel and of course wrap dirty day-care kids with it. I don’t think it will get pulls easily, despite the complicated pattern. Also it’s supportive without being bulky, and can easily be brought in a handbag to be ready to save tired, small feet.
I would not recommend this wrap to beginners or squish wrappers. But it’s perfect to support bigger babies and toddlers. Any size would be good. Choose your favourite size when this comes up for sale!
• Lovers easycare beaters than can endure anything
• Fans of intricate patterns
• Those who appreciate a densely woven wrap
• Those allergic to bounce and recoil
• Wool seekers
• Persons in need of cush and bounce
• People that hate to break in wraps
I can’t begin to express how much I appreciate to be testing this prototype. I love the pattern and I love that it’s Nordic and made with a northern grown material (linen). Thank you Levate; Hansotto Kristiansen and Nina Feldthaus for making this prototype! I’m exited to follow you in the months to come. And thank you Bendikte Lende, who let me into the Norwegian tester tour when I sneakily asked for it to expand my wrapsperience :*
Edit: Check out https://www.levatewraps.com/shop/ as this prototype now is released!
Blend: Combed Italian Cotton
Length: 4.8m
Width: 0.61 m
Weight: 1018 g
GSM: 300 (prewash) 342 (after wash and wear)
Recoil/bounce: Some diagonal stretch
Grip/glide: balanced
Cush: Subtle
Wrappee: 2 years 13 kg
I received this after it had traveled for a while. It is so soft! And that’s quite special, because it is rather thick and densely woven. You learn to appreciate truly broken in wraps after a while of trying a lot of wraps. This is. But from what I hear, it’s not that hard or time consuming to break it in. It must be the high quality, combed Italian cotton.
Visually, this has two very distinctly different sides. One is natural white; the other has a strong teal colour. The pattern is the same on both sides with reversed colours. It is a geometrical pattern. The wave is dense and doesn’t appear to be prone to pulls. It is rather heavy in hand but medium thick and smooth to touch.
I used this in a double hammock, front wrap cross carry and a ruck. It is very easy to wrap with, despite its thickness. 300 GSM is after all rather heavy. Level of grip is low; second passes glide easily. You’ll have to concentrate at keeping tension when wrapping. There is a nice little diagonal stretch in this wrap. It has a subtle cush, and it feels very nice on my shoulders. It’s very mouldable; wrapping with this wrap is very easy. It’s perfect to learn new carries with.
There’s only mid marker on one side. If you’re a meticulous wrapper with a running toddler you need to keep an eye on, are visionally challenged or if you wrap a lot it the dark that might annoy you. The hems are rather wide. I love wide hems; I find it very comfortable because it makes it less prone to dig into your shoulders. They are not reversed, unfortunately. Reversed hems would be nice on this wrap because it looks equally good on each side.
I think it’s a bit too thick for a squish, but if you are experienced and the wrap is broken in you’ll make it work. The wrap is soft enough, that’s for sure. If you’re a beginner with wovens and your baby just became too heavy for the elastic wrap, this will work well for you in a base size. If you need a wrap to practice ruck with, this would be perfect in a base -2 or 3. Actually this is a wrap that works for all ages, if you’re after that. With a heavy toddler you’ll just might want to use two layers.
• Lovers of honest cotton wraps
• Fans of geometric patterns
• Those who prefer a little bit of stretch
• Those who need two middle markers
• Blend lovers
• Those who prefer subtle or organic patterns and low contrast
Thanks to Erle Jansen at Carry Me for providing me with this wrap to expand my wrapsperience :*
Blend: 12% linen 88% cotton
Length: 4.77
Width: 0.645
Weight: 988 gsm
GSM: 277 (from Sjala) 988/3.08=320 (measured after wash and wear)
Recoil/bounce: Slim to non (besides obligatory diagonal stretch)
Grip/glide: Slightly more glide than grip
Cush: Subtle
Wrappee: 2 years, 13 kg
I first saw it on a picture Yvonne (Sjala’s owner) sent me. Wow! Bright green. Not what I expected. Up until then all the Rowans had been monochrome, dusty pastels or something in between. This was surely something else. It’s a bright, clear green, like leaves in the spring, before the chlorophyll has truly settled. This is paired with a crisp, light grey. Actually, crisp is a keyword here. I don’t want to scare people off, but this is a rather densely woven wrap with linen. They come crispy. And they want to be tamed. But it’s fun, though. A toddler might come in handy. They usually love hammocks and swings too.
The Rowan pattern is one of my favourites in the wrap world. If you live in the Nordic countries, it’s impossible to not have some kind of relationship to Rowan shrubs and trees. They are everywhere! With their finned leaves and red berries, they are quite decorative, I’d say.
I used this wrap for almost a month without sharing the colour or blend with anyone in the babywearing world. That was so hard, I wanted to show them all. I used in a front wrap cross carry, double hammock variations and ruck. I took it hiking. I took it to the beach. I used it as a hammock, blanket, towel and even used it for toddler proofing when we found ourselves in a cabin on a cliff, more or less. This wrap never disappointed or made me worry.
Once I walked an hour with my toddler in a front wrap cross carry. I didn’t feel any discomfort anywhere. There’s very little stretch, just a tiny little obligatory diagonal stretch. The sturdiness makes it an ideal wrap for hikes. Personally, I think silent wraps are kickass ruck wraps. I used it in a ruck tied Tibetan on several occasions. It was rock stable and really comfortable. But it needs to be properly tightened and positioned, I think. It would be really interesting to try it in a pirate carry, with a supporting layer you will probably get close to weightlessness as you do in a double hammock. The glide makes second passes a breeze, but you need to focus on keeping tension before you tie a double knot. Yes, double knots are in order here. There’s some grip, the Rowan pattern delivers it well, but this one has much less grip than Hurricane and Metal at the Disco. Cush is not part of the deal here, at least not yet. A lot can happen when wraps break in, which I find it very exiting. During the last days I had this wrap with me, the cotton started to become flossy and soft. The wrap began to loose its crispiness. It felt much more mouldable. I think it started to get tamed. I’m so exited to get it back after the other mamas have beaten it into submission.
I’m debating with myself whether to call this wrap medium to thin or medium to thick. I mean; it’s not thick at all. While truly medium by weight, it feels thin in hand due to its dense weave. So it folds up rather small. It will not take a lot of space in your handbag while you run off after your toddler or in your nursing bag.
This wrap is suitable for a bigger baby or toddler, a least initially, before it breaks in or if you’re not an experienced wrapper. It might be okay to use on a squish in the end, but it will not be my first choice. Also, because of its sturdiness, it’s easy to tighten too much and loose the naturally curving spine you would aim for.
I had the pleasure of having this in a size 6, which is by far my favourite size if I have to choose just one. No wonder, that was perfect for me. But this one would also be a great shorty. With this one’s low care level it would be a perfect wrap for a holiday or just the everyday companion that you never need to worry about. It is pretty impossible to get pulls in.
• Lovers of silent and medium thick wraps
• Lovers of fresh and crisp colours
• Those who can appreciate an easycare beater
• People who prefer grip to glide
• People that hate to break in a wrap
• Those who prefer cush and bounce
Thank you Yvonne Fransson Duran for making this exquisite lush wrap and sending it to me Huge thanks to my photographing boyfriend ❤
Release April 21-2017
Blend: 40% cotton, 30% silk and 30% cashmere
Cush: Subtle
Stretch/bounce: Yes
GSM: 380
Width: 0.75 m
Wrappee: 2 years, 13+ kg
It is the most perfect cold medium dark grey, resembling steel. It’s the result of black and white threads, which you can see if you look more closely. And boy is it soft! I know this one has travelled Sweden before it came to Norway so it must be very broken in. But I hear from Löft and other wearers; it’s indeed soft from the start. If you live in a warmer climate, I wouldn’t worry about the blend, as the weave is very loose and airy. Nor does the cashmere itch. It’s just kitten belly soft. But it does get pulls easily. About the thickness: it’s not at all heavy or thick. I’d say medium thickness. I have not measured the GSM myself, but I find it odd that the fabric is measured to be on the heavy side.
I am not very familiar with handwovens, but visually I see this has a larger herringbone pattern, Löft calls it Chambray herringbone. The long ends are not hemmed. The rings are shiny black and the shoulder is straightforward gathered. The sewing is beautifully done.
I should say a few words about ringslings and us before I proceed. Not everyone click with ringslings and it would be hopeless to listen to my judgement without knowing. I love ringslings. I got my first ringsling when LO was six or eight weeks old and we’ve been heavy users of ringslings until the use declined abruptly at 18 months age. We’ve had several and still have a few that are more or less permanently here, despite the low level of use. I use ringslings for short ups, typically on our way to or from daycare. If LO wants to walk, which he often want these days, I find it sweet to just be ready with the RS on me in case he wants to be carried, walk the wrong way repeatedly or have a meltdown. It happens.
Bishnu Grey is really easy to thread and tighten. It’s not very long; so the tails won’t bother you. I didn’t try anything adventurous with it, like back carries, ruck or DH traditional, I never do. Just plain centred front carries, its better for my back with a heavy load than a hip placed carry.
It carries my toddler quite well, but it does have a slight slippage, and I have to retighten. The shoulder is very comfortable and it is easy to distribute the fabric evenly. The edges dig a little, probably because they are more rigid than the more stretchy inner parts. It’s not uncomfortable to carry my toddler to daycare with it, but I know there are better options for a heavy toddler, without slippage and hard edges. We wore little clothes at the time of testing; we might not even feel the edges dig with more clothes on.
If you carry something lighter than me (13+ kg), this will be awesome. Also if you are new to ringslings or woven wraps, this is a great choice. For some ringsling enthusiasts the greatness as a scarf is more important than sturdiness. This one is a lovely scarf!
I think a few changes to it could make it better for heavier children if I may be that bold to suggest. Matte rings; Fabrics with glide benefit from matte rings as opposed to grippy fabrics, that work better with shiny rings. Hemming the long sides; I know it’s not very common to do so with handwovens, but I think I would be softer for the child’s knee pits if the fabrics folded. Also it would make the ringsling narrower, which would be a nice bonus, as it’s quite wide (0.75m).
Löft is a Danish based company arranging ringslings to be woven and sewn by women in Nepal and northern Thailand. Materials are natural, the production is without harsh chemicals and wages are fair.
Thank you Löft for arranging this lush sling to be made and Nena Solheim Varga for sending them to me ❤