Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that many new mothers are choosing to use cloth diapers for their babies. In addition to benefitting the environment, cloth diapers can also be better for baby’s sensitive skin as they allow air to move more freely than disposable diapers do. Once you have decided to use cloth diapers you’ll no doubt be thinking about a way to keep the diapers from leaking onto baby’s clothes. Enter diaper covers, also known as soakers, which are a great baby knitted pattern idea.

Back in the days before disposable diapers were so popular and even before plastic pants were used to cover cloth diapers, mothers used soakers as diaper covers. These tightly knitted or crocheted covers fit over the cloth diapers and absorbed the extra moisture so baby’s clothes would stay dry. As plastic and disposable diaper items became more popular, you didn’t hear much about diaper covers.

With the advent of recycling and saving the earth, things have definitely changed. Nowadays you can buy all sorts of cloth diapers and diaper covers. If you’re industrious and have the time, you can definitely knit your own diaper covers. It is easy to find a free baby knitted pattern on the Internet or in mothering groups.

Cloth diaper covers are easy to knit and need to be worked tightly to maintain the absorbency that diaper use requires. The most common fiber used in diaper covers is wool, which has natural antibacterial properties and allows the skin to breathe so that there is less possibility of diaper rash occurring. You can make diaper covers out of any color or combination of colors. They can be as fancy or as plain as you like.

So, find a great baby knitted pattern for diaper covers and get started right away. Not only will you have a dry, happy baby but you will be saving money and keeping the environment free of unnecessary disposable diapers.