Rebozo Wearing Instructions

Rebozo Wearing Instructions

The Bara Barn Knot Shawls come with written instructions for a front, hip and back carry (one shouldered) with a standard double knot. While that works great for some, many like the versitility of being able to adjust the knot in a sling carry, or use a two shoulder back carry. Hopefully these instructions will give you more options for using your Bara Barn, or any Rebozo length wrap.

Please remember to always make sure that your baby is secure, as you are responsible for their safety.

Sailors Knot

This is a standard sailors knot. It works well as it allows the wearer to adjust the tightness of the sling by ajusting either rail seperately, or the whole wrap. I have used two different wraps knotted together so that it would be easier to show the bottom tail (blue) and shoulder tail (black). The shoulder tail (black) should be longer than the bottom one (blue), as this should make them come out about even when done.

Step 1: Fold the bottom tail in half to make a pouch (you can see my hand inside the pouch), and then cross it in front of the shoulder tail.

Step 2: Wrap the bottom tail around behind the shoulder tail and up towards your opposite shoulder.

Step 3: Then bring the bottom tail down over the front of the pouch / bottom tail. Notice hand holding the bottom tail. Keep it in this position for the next step.

Step 4: With your other hand, bring the bottom tail behind the shoulder tail, keeping an open loop with the hand you did not move.

Step 5: Still holding the loop open, take the bottom tail end and cross it in front of the shoulder tail and through the loop.

Step 6: Tighten the knot enough so that you can put weight in the pouch, but not so tight that you cannot slide it up and down the shoulder rail.

Step 7: Now spead out the pouch. At this point you can put baby in the pouch and do final adjustments with the shoulder tail. Note that until this point your have not touched the shoulder tail. The whole knot is made by tieing the bottom tail around the shoulder tail. Once adjusted, tighten the knot so that the shoulder rail does not slip.

TIPS:

• You can take each rail of the shoulder tail and adjust the top and bottom rails of the pouch individually. With a Bara Barn (or other wrap which has a stripe or different color on each rail) it is easy to see which rail you are tightening. In these pictures you would tighten the green rail to adjust the top of the pouch, and the blue one to tighten the bottom.
• You can also adjust the whole pouch by grabbing hold of the whole tail and pulling it up and out (away from your body). Remember, you are adjusting from the material on your back, unlike a ring sling which adjusts from under the pouch.
• Remember, this takes a little bit of practice to get the adujustments down. A few practice tries of 10 minutes each and you should have it down to where you are comfortable doing it , and you will find you can do it perfect every time. Remember, once you tie the knot, you can leave it tied and pop baby in and out with just minor adjustments.
• When you want to untie the knot, just slide the knot down over the shoulder rail and off. If tied correctly it will be untied completely when you slide it off, no knots to untie!
• Another option is to wear the knot in the back instead of by your collarbone.

Coming soon....

Rucksack pictures and instructions.

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