Hi, I'm Rachel and this video is going to show how to do a no-sew ring sling.
I have a pair of medium sling rings that were donated to our babywearing group from
sling rings.com
and a size 2 wrap.
So what I'm going to do is start by folding my wrap over
Just to have a little bit of extra tail on one end, enough to kind of drape over my shoulder and go across my back.
If I were to place this on my shoulder, I want enough wrap to come around to the other side of my back,
but not so much that it comes back around in front.
So for me, that' s about a foot, foot and a half of wrap.
Then I'm going to take my tail here and gather it neatly into one hand.
You can see each color of the fabric.
And then I'm going to slide my sling rings, both pairs over it and pull the extra through here.
And actually I just kind of messed that up, I'll straighten that out now.
Having the fabric neatly gathered here means you're going to have a pretty comfortable shoulder.
I've got this pretty neat and straightened. One rail is over here.
The other rail is over there.
Then I'm going to hold it by the rings.
Then I'm going to take the top rail (the darker green) and hold both layers tight in one hand,
bring it around my back, and place the rings on my shoulder.
So now on my shoulder here I have a nice gathered shoulder ring sling basically.
In the back, I've got two layers of wrap. The short end is underneath and the long end is on top.
From here I'm going to treat this just like a ring sling. I'm going to take the tail around,
under my arm and bring it over to the rings.
Pinch and gather neatly here.
Take that tail through both rings, coming from underneath.
Then I drop it down so that if this was a two sided wrap, the inside would be showing.
Also so that the top rail is adjusted by pulling the top part,
and the bottom rail (which is my lighter rail)
is adjusted by pulling the bottom part.
So now I'm going to open my rings.
and I'm going to slide the tail
through the second ring.
This is just like those D-ring belts from the 80's.
When I did that it got a bit messed up, but that's really easy to fix.
You stick your thumbs in between the two rings.
Walk your fingers along the fabric until I've got the bottom rail on the bottom
and the top rail on the top.
You can see that my bottom rail is right there,
and top rail is right there. This is going to make it really easy to adjust and tighten.
Now I'm just going to pull this through.
I'm set up and ready to put a baby in here.
Right now this is about the right size for a newborn.
A newborn is about the size of your elbow tucked close to your body.
I don't have a cooperative wrapee at the moment, he's raiding the fridge!
I'm going to do this with a doll. This isn't a great doll because her legs don't bend, but you'll be able to get the idea.
You're going to put your baby up on your shoulder
and then reach under the wrap to guide baby's legs through.
You can sit the baby on your body where you want her.
Position baby with knees above bottom.
From here if your rings have slid down, you can adjust them by sliding them up.
Most people prefer their rings just below their collarbone.
Take the top edge of the wrap and bring it up over baby's back
To baby's shoulders or the nape of baby's back.
Then reach under baby's leg to bring the bottom rail between you
up to about the top of baby's diaper so that the bottom edge makes a straight line from knee to knee.
This baby doll's legs don't really bend, so it's not awesome.
From there all we need to do is tighten up and adjust.
So I'm going to take the top rail (the dark green)
feed the slack toward the rings, lift up on the baby with one hand, and use the other hand to pull the slack through the rings.
I've got some slack through the middle here that I'm going to bring over.
Find the medium green strand, and adjust that.
Then I'm just going to work my way down to the bottom edge.
taking all of the slack out of there.
So there you have ring sling carry with a doll,
a short wrap,
and sling rings.
This is secure. The short section of wrap in the back here is tucked up under the longer section.
The weight of the baby plus the friction of the two layers makes the shoulder hold in place.
Thanks!