“First Mate” is the second release in the Firefly inspired chapter “The ‘Verse”, in honor of Zoe. It is an Exclusive to the group The ‘Verse. Wraps will be available to purchase through random draw “right to buy” within the group. Any extras will be listed on the Cari Slings website.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609308535953654/ - The ‘Verse group link
First Mate is woven on a natural cotton warp and a burgundy “triweave” mercerized cotton warp. The weft is plum purple and spicy red. The wrap breaks in fairly quickly and easily, after a few washes and ironing. This wrap is suitable for all wrappers and wrappees.
This wrap is a design collaboration between Cari Slings and Oksana Pasishnychenko. For more information about the collaboration with Oksana, here is her introduction from the Cari Slings website http://www.carislings.com/our-designer
To follow Oksana's business page https://www.facebook.com/Oksancia-153270518073522/
We welcome you to Cari Slings.
We are a small family business located in North Carolina, creating and manufacturing high quality, boutique style machine woven wraps.
All our products are woven and finished in the US, and we strive to keep our products and labor as local to us as possible. We are working closely with two different mills to provide a variety of wrap designs and hopefully soon, fiber choices. One of mills local to us, keeping with our desire and commitment for growing and sustaining our local economy.
Our wraps are woven solely with natural fibers and we strive to work closely with our mills to create unique, quality textiles that can be handed down to your children's children.
The name Cari Slings is a tribute to my Caribbean heritage. I was born and raised on the island of Trinidad, an island known for its gorgeous landscapes, diversity, culture and food. It is our desire to fuse our Asian and West Indian cultures with American textiles and babywearing practices.
I am mother to three young children, and my husband and I have worn our children since birth almost 9 years ago. Our philosophy is that babywearing is so much more than simply wearing your child. It's a lifestyle, one of keeping our children and family close to our hearts, through our parenting and life choices.
I love and support handmade goods and work at home mothers, for I am one myself. For the past five years, I have been designing and creating handmade garments.
Cari Slings is a combination of my love for babywearing and textiles.
Thank you for joining me on this journey.
