The fall rush is on!

Is it cooling off where you live?  It sure isn’t cool here… or at least not as cool as I’d like it!  But thoughts are already turned towards fall and winter and the cloth diapering world is not immune!

Since I started knitting last year, and since I’ve “gone into business”, so to speak, work has been steady.  There hasn’t been a time that there hasn’t been ANYTHING that I could knit.  During the spring and summer, it was all capris, board shorts, shorties, soakers and skirties.  But now?  Even with the weather still so warm outside, people are after longies!

Everyone is looking to build their winter stash of wool and if you don’t look early, the best slots fill up by September.  While I wouldn’t consider myself one of the best knitters out there, I too am full up.  In fact, I worry that I’ll have any time to knit some longies for my own daughter!  I’m positively swimming in yarn and I’m knitting every spare chance I get!

I can generally crank out a simple pair of medium/large longies in about 3 or 4 days.  Maybe more, maybe less.   It’s fairly rare lately that I’m only working on one thing at a time.  In addition to getting busy, I’ve gotten quick too!

Still, like I said, I worry I’ll have enough time to knit for Evie.  If I had been on the ball, I would have nailed down a knitter a couple weeks ago to knit for me.  Yes, it’s more common than you think!  Knitters often have to send off yarn to other knitters in order to get woolies for their little ones done!

The rush isn’t just limited to wool though.  Everyone is looking for diapers to round out their stashes, trainers for their children that are of potty training age, shirts and swing tops to go with all those cute pants!  The next several months look to be busy and exciting in the cloth diaper community.  Keep your eyes out at Diaper Swappers and Hyena Cart for great deals and cuteness galore.  And make sure you’ve got some PayPal saved up too!