Wrap Lust

So some of you may be wrap addicts like Rhianna and I, or some of you might just be delving into the wrap world. But no matter what point you are on in your wrapping journey there is always the one wrap that snags your eye. At first you just stare at it, then you calculate if you can afford it, (when you can't) you think what can I sell in order to afford it, then you convince yourself you don't want it. Then when the wrap is sold, or is no longer available, or maybe some time just passes, you realize, this is it. This wrap is IT for you, if you could only have one wrap this would be the one. So you search and search, you scrounge up the money and then one day if you are lucky it will be yours, and that is a great feeling.

There are a few types of wrap lust, so I will tell my personal stories.

The Transforming Lust Wrap:

Didymos Marigold

My first wrap lust was Marigold, my heart still shutters a bit if I see it come up on the swap. I think it all started the first day I looked at the Canadian Babywearing Swap on facebook, before my wrapping days. There it was, a size 4 for $80 shipped. To me then, that was crazy expensive, and a size 4? I definitely needed a 6 because that is the base size. I now know that that is an amazing price for Marigold and my base size is a 4, but that is all in the past. For months after I got my first wrap, I would pine over the wrap that never was, occasionally one would turn up on the swap, but I already had a wrap at that point and why would you need more than one? Oh how times change.

Well months go by and I see another wrap called Solsbury, very similar to Marigold, being yellow it was on my radar too. And for Christmas, Rhianna gave me a package to open, and there was Solsbury. It was beautiful, but a part of me still pined for Marigold. Then what happened over the next few weeks was magic, this wrap stole my heart and now I don't give Marigold a second thought. So in turn Solsbury cured my wrap lust.

Vatanai Solsbury 

The Fling:

Oscha Strato Aequus Photo by: Kristy Westendorp Photography

There are wraps that "Wow" you right away. You see them and you are knocked off your feet. This for me was Oscha Strato Aequus, probably the coolest looking wrap in my books. When I was just getting comfortable with the swaps I saw this wrap on someone, and she was cool! Man, she was everything I would aspire to be with my looks. So I knew this wrap was one for me. This was in the prime Oscha craze of this year (there was a feeding frenzy every time one came up for sale). So one night there it was a RETAIL!!!! I snatched it up! I had to have it! And then it arrived, I was in awe, heart was fluttering. But with time this wrap has not kept the same lust, it is wonderful and I use it with pride, but it just doesn't have the same draw as it once did. Maybe that means one day this will be one of the first to go, but for now it will still make me feel a little cooler every time I wear it.

The Grower:

Didymos Orient/1001 Nights

Then there are wraps that catch your eye just because they are beautiful, but they are actually so much more. This wrap is Orient aka 1001 Nights. When it was released I thought it was spectacular, something different, but still classic. I had to try it and see if this peculiar pattern would suit me. When it arrived, I tried it on and it suited me perfectly, but more than that, the wrap itself was somehow in a league of it's own amongst its counterparts in my collection. This wrap was the friend that becomes the love of your life, not only do I love the way it looks, but we get along so well.

The Stolen Lust:

Storchenweige Leo Black and White

For me neutrals are always a draw, most of the wraps that I take a second look at are in a grey scale. So it is no surprise that this lovely was on my list of "to try wraps". Leo's are known to be great wraps, they will be awesome for a little baby, but could carry your mother. So when a great deal came up I had to jump on it, I don't think my husband was too happy when I said I was buying another wrap. But oh if that husband then could see himself now. Whenever we are going out I am pressured to bring the Leo, because "it is the best one". So now the lust of this wrap really belongs to my husband.

The One that Got Away:

Didymos Nature Linen Indio

When I was just looking into buying a wrap a local store had a sale. The sale was ridiculous and I knew I could not pass it up for any reason; not even that the only wrap was a size 7. So I bought this lovely Nature Linen Indio, NLI (what it is commonly referred to). So even though I had paid for a wrap that was being mailed from the states, this was my first wrap in hand. I wore it home that day in the most horrendous Double Hammock known to man, and then the next day went to my second Babywearing Meet Up (a woven wrap workshop). I then learned I had something special, and a wrap that was much too long for me. So I toyed with the idea of chopping it, but I chickened out. I traded it thinking that all wraps are the same and now I will be searching for it until it comes home again.

True Love:

Oscha Starry Night Vespers

Then there is THE wrap, the wrap that was made for you. It is like the designer sat down and asked you what you could dream up for a wrap. For me that wrap is and always was Vespers, it was released when I first started looking into wraps, at that point I didn't even know the brand Oscha. It was later that I realize these aren't easy to come by and when you do see them they are always for trade. But I lucked out that they just did a re-release of this beauty and was able to snag one. I was able to do this because of countless hours of refreshing their webpage until they were for sale. But I do not regret any moment of that time, because me and this wrap have a future together. This wrap will wrap all my babies and once that job is done it will be made into a wonderful garment for me to wear proudly.