in this comparison are:
Starry Night Clover
40% linen, 60% cotton
Size 7
Starry Night Maya
40% wool, 60% cotton
Starry Night Ash
Starry Night
Orchid
100% cotton
Size 7
Starry Night Vespers
100% cotton
Ring sling and size 7
Starry Night Forget-me-not
100% cotton
Size 2
Even amongst the 100% cotton Starry Nights, there is a variety of different wrapping qualities. Orchid feels one of the thinnest Starry Nights, whilst the recently arrived Ash feels significantly thicker. Vespers (my favourite colourway in this design) is a lovely medium thickness, which breaks-in to be amazingly soft, but still thick enough to be supportive. I have found Orchid to be slightly less supportive with my toddler recently, as it is so thin and floppy, but it has been one of my most-used wraps until my son was about a year old. Ash also feels significantly more textured and therefore grippier than my other Starry nights (although being fairly new, will also not be fully broken in yet), whilst Vespers has a little bit of texture, which holds the wrap in place, and Orchid is pretty smooth.
I haven't mentioned Maya and Clover yet, as they are different blends. Clover is an amazing wrap, which arrived with me beautifully broken in, and despite being a thinner, smoother wrap, is amazingly supportive with my toddler. Maya is in a class of its own. The colour of Maya is deep and stunning, and (like Nouveau Bramble, reviewed before), you would never know that it contained wool by feeling it. It is soft, silky and mouldable straight from the bag, and has just a little bit of grip. It is fairly thin, so would probably be better in a muli-layer carry for a bigger child, although we enjoy our size 3, usually in a Double Hammock Rebozo.
I would recommend that everyone needs at least one Starry Night in their wrap collection - but be warned.....its difficult to stop at just one......
Vespers and Clover
Clover and Maya
Ash and Orchid
How does SNN with silk compare now you have it?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your question! I have to admit that I haven't had chance to thoroughly try out SNN yet. My initial reaction is that it is soft and mouldable, wraps beautifully and is really pretty. It appears to be one of the easier starry nights to wrap with. I'm aiming to do a proper review of a few of the latest starry nights in the next couple of weeks (including Shona, which is a hemp blend) :)
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