(sings) You warm up my life...

[flemmings]

I'm not a fan of the strollers they make for little babies. They're basically frames for holding hard-edged baby car seats: they're heavy and unwieldy and I can't believe they're at all comfortable. In my day we had old-fashioned baby carriages that let infants lie on their backs on a comfy mattress, swathed in blankets, looking up at the parental unit and/or the sky, as the case may be, while the carriage rolled smoothly on its way.

I've always wanted an adult version of a baby carriage: something that lets you be both in bed and outside and moving at the same time. Bath chairs are no longer in existence, so it's not going to happen. The closest I get to it is when I wrap up in neck warmers and scarves and such and go out to face the bitter wind, and can pretend I'm still in bed under the blankets.

incandescens has made me a scarf in lavender purple shades that is *exactly* like being wrapped up in a blanket. It's soft and warm; it keeps the chill off but I can breathe through it, even double layered; it's beautiful and I love it. I've been wearing it all day-- inside the house, you understand-- just for the cozy comfort.

Thank you, incandescens!

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[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Neither am I ... these days they're these huge gigantic monsters and are unfortunately all the rage. I remember splurging on an older model of these Aprica's (http://www.aprica.jp/products/babycar/typea/92741_1) ... cringing at the price ... still ... after it survived my two, went to another two and is now pushing around the fifth little baby between 3 sisters... I'd call that good value. It was light and easy enough with a flick of the wrist, to open and shut it. Although it doesn't look it on the pictures ... or it could've been that my model is older, mine had wheels that were big enough to be quite stable.

Also I didn't need a stroller to take a car seat ... I needed one where I can manoeuvre it on trains and buses. So I was lucky in that respect.

Huzzah for cosiness and comfort!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Mhh- but that's still a stroller model where the baby is semi-upright and uncovered-- granted, a boon in the tropics. I was thinking the traditional baby carriage (http://www.whoguides.com/who-invented-baby-carriage) which is a bed on wheels. Safety is the obvious reason they're not used anymore-- an older baby can sit up and tilt the thing over. But in my day babies weren't left unattended in carriages.

The new strollers are tanks and much less maneuverable than the carriages, but the idea seems to be that weight + size = safe. Even if they weigh half as much as the Filipino nanny who's invariably charged with pushing the thing onto a bus.

[incandescens]

I am very glad you like it. ;)

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

I'm beyond like in this case. It really is a dream scarf.

And thank you for the Waley as well. Not a poet, or at least not my kind of poet (see also: Rexroth) but he does tell you what's there.

[incandescens]

I ran across the yarn at a show, and really liked it. Very glad that it suits purpose!