Baby Carrier

This is a baby sling inspired by the K'tan.

1. Using a soft measuring tape, measure from the tip of your shoulder to your side just under your ribs (your waist). Double this measurement and add 2" for a seam and 2" for shrinkage (total of 4"). This is how much fabric to buy.

2. Go to Joanns/Hobby Lobby and buy a stretchy fabric of your choice. Don't go for the 100% polyester unless you want to be really hot really fast. Also, don't buy something that's super stretchy. You want almost no stretch along the LENGTH and a moderate amount of stretch across the fabric. A good pick is the jersey knit interlock. Find something that is 60" across too. This will give you enough for the two rings and support sash

3. Take fabric home, prewash and then cut into 3-20" pieces along the length. You should end up with three pieces of fabric 20" wide (stretchy) and your measurement from #1 long (non-stretchy).

4. Take one piece and sew it together along the short ends with a french seam. Repeat with the second piece. The loops are done (unless you want to hem the sides, but you don't have to).

5. Now the support sash. This uses the third piece. It isn't going to be long enough to tie in the back, so you need to either sew on some fabric to the ends to extend it enough to tie or do what I did: buy two rings like you would use for a ring sling and sew them onto one end (just like for a ring sling). You use it just like normal except that instead of tying in the back, you thread the free end into the rings like a ring sling.

6. Download the instructions and start wrapping.