Monday knitting day

Not sure when I will go back to the Monday night Stitch 'n Bitch nights,
but I do miss them, so this post will be about knitting... and diapers...

I am working on my second 'soaker' at the moment.
This was the first one:











Bram wears cotton diapers. Of course they get soaking wet, so you need something waterproof to cover the diaper. At the moment we use plastic 'strikslips'. But they are plastic and make Bram's butt hot, and they leak at the sides. So I am knitting these so-called soakers from untreated, organic wool. After treatment with lanoline, these will be waterproof. And since wool breaths, Bram will have a cool and relatively dry butt. And the best thing is: you don't have to wash them (only once a month or so). Just let them air-dry and they are good to go again. Untreated wool is self-cleaning.
The soakers are a bit big, but I guess they will last longer now when Bram grows bigger.

The wool and pattern were obtained from Storm in the attic. Check out her website, she makes pretty cloth diapers, and tons of other beautiful baby-related stuff!