First Front Carries with a Short Woven Wrap

Whether you've mastered all the full-length carries or you're starting out with a short wrap, these carries are great ones to start with. If you need more information on the difference between a full-length wrap and a short one, check out our page on wrap sizes.

Front Wrap Cross Carry tied under bum

• What it teaches: I like starting with FWCC TUB because it helps us learn strand-by-strand tightening and to make a seat just like we learn with the full-length FWCC.
• Extra bonuses: It ties off with a regular double knot so you can start wrapping with a shortie without having to learn a slip knot right off the bat. There's less fabric to adjust around the caregiver (compared to a base size FWCC) to lower and raise the carry for nursing or just re-tightening.
• Tutorials:
  1. Video tutorial by Tandem Trouble: https://youtu.be/32XqAMHcJIk

Robin's Hip Carry

• What it teaches: Robin's is great because you get more practice with making a seat, and the slack comes right across baby's back similar to a ring sling (so if you have tried a ring sling before this should feel familiar).
• Extra bonuses: it's a poppable carry, meaning the baby can be "popped" in and out of the wrap without having to untie. It can also be tied with a double knot and it can be lowered for nursing and tightened back up.
• Tutorials:
  1. Video tutorial by Tandem Trouble: https://youtu.be/UVHklv5MSA8

When you're bored of those two carries, why not learn to tie a slip knot?!

• What it teaches: This single skill provides you with a wealth of other carries to do with a short wrap - there are video and photo tutorial resources below. Once you've done some practicing of the knot, start putting it into action with Half FWCC, then one-shouldered Semi FWCC, and Front Reinforced Torso Sling* is a good one if you don't want any cross passes (passes that go under baby's leg). Variations on those last two carries that some wrappers find a bit easier to tighten are Semi Pocket Wrap Cross Carry and Reverse Front Reinforced Torso Sling.
• Extra bonuses: A simple one-layer Slip Knot Hip Carry (also called Traditional Sling Carry*) is also a ring-sling-style carry, though it tightens in the opposite direction (away from the knot rather than toward rings). Then there are several more hip carries that benefit from the use of a slip knot - see the full list on the Tutorials page.
• Tutorials:
  1. This tutorial by Wrapping Rachel shows an over-the-shoulder camera angle that can be helpful: https://youtu.be/Va30BaXw2a0
  2. I go over a slip knot in my Semi Pocket Wrap Cross Carry tutorial - at 0:48: https://youtu.be/fqE7a68WeHU
     1. Photo tutorials are what made the slip knot really click for me, like this one from Britt Brown Marsh Blog: https://brittbrownmarsh.wordpress.com/2015/10/03/woven-wrap-tutorial-rebozo-carry/

This may be the end of this post, but don't stop here! See the full list of Tutorials for everything that can be done with a woven wrap.

* Sling pass is the new name for the pass previously called Rebozo, as it has been voted on by the babywearing community via wearingwiki.com.

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