Baby Carrier Review: Emmeline Textiles Meadowsweet Dots

We had a really sweet traveler come through recently by way of Emmeline Textiles, a babywearing company created by two sisters who have a passion for wearing and textiles.

[Close-up image of a neatly folded undyed ivory woven wrap with small dots on a cloudy afternoon.]

Meadowsweet Dots is densely woven with a lovely drape that makes for a very moldable chest pass and smallish candy cane chest belt. The glide makes it easy to tighten strand by strand and walk out slack without being even close to breaking into a sweat.

[Image of a tan skin bespectacled Asian woman wearing a bold and bright floral top. She’s holding a dot patterned ivory colored, undyed combed Pima cotton warp and weft woven wrap. Standing next to a large window letting in cloudy afternoon light.]

[Image of a tan skin bespectacled Asian woman with dark brown hair looking down in mid-wrapping motion with a toddler on her back in a dot patterned ivory colored, undyed combed Pima cotton warp and weft woven wrap that’s spread across her chest with ends over shoulders. Toddler is looking through a large orange magnifying glass. Woman has on a bold and bright floral top. They’re side lit by a cloudy afternoon.]

[Image of a smiling tan skin bespectacled Asian woman with dark brown hair wearing a smiling toddler on her back in a dot patterned ivory colored, undyed combed Pima cotton warp and weft woven wrap that’s spread across her chest with ends over shoulders. Woman has on a bold and bright floral top. They’re side lit by a cloudy afternoon.]

Stats:

• Carrier: Emmeline Textiles Meadowsweet Dots
• Material: 100% combed Pima cotton
• Length: long size 4 (approximately 4.1m), base minus 1
• Width: approximately 0.635m
• Density: approximately 316 grams per square meter
• Wearee:
• toddler (approximately 25 pounds/11.3 kilograms)

Meadowsweet Dots is light in hand, feels like that baby blankie you had when you were a baby that is now used to snuggle your own babies, soft like a newborn’s sweet cheeks. It's perfect for those spring and summer babies. Multi-layer carries, no fighting passes. Single-layer carries, cool and comfortable.

[Image in dim lighting of a tan skin bespectacled Asian woman wrapping a purple pajama’d toddler using a a dot patterned ivory colored, undyed combed Pima cotton warp and weft woven wrap. Woman has one hand on top hem pulling the wrap up over toddler's back and the other hand tucking the bottom hem under toddler's bum.]

[Image in dim lighting of a tan skin bespectacled Asian woman wrapping a purple pajama’d smiling toddler using a a dot patterned ivory colored, undyed combed Pima cotton warp and weft woven wrap. She's in the middle of a robin's hip carry and has the working end of the wrap spread out.]

Summary: Wrap It Up

Below is a summary of things that might make you go for Meadowsweet Dots, or not. Keep in mind that the list is subjective and you may love the wrap even if you check off more than half the things for the "not for me" list below.

This may not be love at first wrap if you're looking for:

• grip
• more color
• lots of texture
• thicker density
• wider width

This might be your cup of tea if you're looking for:

• a natty
• subtle design
• narrower width
• glide and fluidity, soapy
• newborn babywearing (toddlerwearing okay too but could feel less supportive in a single layer carry with a toddler over a long duration)

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