Pink Palace
here are some online places to buy MCN sewing materials at, including PUL

fairy fabrics
bubba earth
nappyworks
nappiescovered
baby delight
the weewuns


Kazbah, sorry to hear about your FIL hon,

Suse, lovely to hear from you after what seems like ages

Gudism, i thought about washing the woollies in the machine, but then i realised i would have to lanolise them after that, and i can't be stuffed doing two processes, so i'm gonna stick to teh handwashing/lanolising all at the same time.
THe thing i discovered about lanolin is that using hot water from the tap, was not enough to dissolve it. I now use boiling water only to dissolve it, and that works great.

i think for people that don't want to dissolve the lanolin, there is the option of lanolin sprays like Sheepish Grins etc, that you spray onto the item and massage in with your fingers.

MISSING SOX< BABYLEGS ETC - i'm using this washbag from spotlight, it looks like a big pencil case with three dividers (made out of fine mesh stuff). WIth one long zip. I put in bilby's sox, my bras, legwarmers, any pair things that easily get lost normally, or gentle care stuff like bras. The wash ends, you take out the bag, and the paired socks are still together. Oh yeah, and it was great for keeping pairs of breastpads together too for the 8 months when they were my 24/7 essential.
I realise you aren't all anally retentive virgos like me, but maybe one person might find this idea useful.

MAZ - rainbow longies are gorgeous! Vy is looking so grown up, so beautiful! The camera doesn't show me the impish part of her that gets into everythign! i have one of those here myself so i well know what you mean.

Cookie Monster - oh bum, now i forget what i had to say to you! (after reading 5+ pages, gee it's hard to remember who said what and what i wanted to add!!).

Your Royal Mabelness, must go look at kindercoats, you have me curious. Alaska hehe, that sounds hardcore. Maybe the penguins sealed the package.

Janie - hello if you are lurking!

Tracey - happy late birthday!

Raven - love the shorties you knitted on your blog - impressive! Your belly is so beautiful. (cluckity cluck).

Hope all the sick kidlets are on the improve.

WHoever is buying the mattress protector at the wee wuns, i got the Swaddlebees one, loved it, wonderful for nappy free time, feeding bubs in your bed, heaps of uses. Looks so simple, but was sooo useful (until bubs gets mobile).

THe aplix on the snoozywuns is what stopped me getting one, bilby is too clever with aplix!

alioops! how high is the mountain of boxes now? can we still see you?

beautrix - hiya!

WOTBB: FJ rainbow fitted with possums pouches longies

(a daytime post, in your honour, FJ).