The thing about wrapping fabrics is it's just so pretty. This fabric, in person, in my opinion, is pretty plain and boring. It reminds of an old tee shirt. It's soft and flexible like an old tee shirt, and it's not far from a similar color. The weave is very plain, without any embellishments or pattern. It's what made me both love and un-love (hate is too strong), this wrap. It is so nice and plain that I could imagine keeping in the car as my "beater" wrap, and never minding what happened to it. It's not going to be stained grey by dragging on parking lot asphalt while being wrapped. It's sturdy yet soft. It's also that versatile grey that goes with everything. On the other hand, it's not terribly pretty. You won't look at it and say, "Oh my, what a beautiful wrap!" I think it looks kind of casual and plain.
So I chose a pretty way to wear it, where the wrap job would be pretty, in contrast to the simplicity of the fabric. And I decorated it with sparkly accessories. Job accomplished: plain wrap looks pretty.
This carry is a double hammock, with a "salt water" variation to finish in the front. I find it more flattering to my relatively straight frame and chest. The regular double hammock is a bit flattening.
The brand here is Didymos, which is a cornerstone maker for wraps / slings. They make a ton of different wrap fabrics, in every color, pattern, and fabric desirable. They don't have a specific niche like some makers do, where you could easily look at them, or touch them, and say "that's a (fill in the blank)." Didymos, nicknamed Didy, does it all. This was my first Didymos.
Anthracite is the name of the color, and double face means that the two different color fibers are woven so instead of a contrasting pattern visible on both sides, it is a solid color on one side, and another solid color on the other side.
This is 100% cotton. It is relatively thin, and was very soft and moldeable. It was really easy to wrap with, and would make a great beginner wrap I think. It was not supportive enough for a long-time wearing a toddler. I wore Jax in this wrap while we were at the zoo for 2 hrs, and my shoulders were getting cramped and spasming in the second hour (boo). It did work great though when I wanted to feed him, and he didn't want to sit still to eat. I unwrapped us, sat down at the picnic table, sat him in my lap facing the table, and tied him to me with a single pass around both of us, like a seat belt. It kept him still long enough to eat his lunch. The only bummer was he kept setting his food down between bites - and there was pidgeon droppings all over the table UGH. I probably should have thrown the tail of the wrap up on the table for a table cloth.
