Celtic Baby Carrying: Welsh Nursing Shawl

Welsh Shawl - Siol Fagu

This is a video of Welsh singer/songwriter Cerys Matthews. Halfway through, she shows how to use a welsh nursing shawl. Good video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58APC1nA-Hk

Instructions on commercial blanket site (scroll to bottom):

http://www.davidmorgan.com/nursingshawls.html?products_id=176

Welsh shawls for sale:

http://www.jen-jones.com/Gift%20Ideas.htm#

Welcome

I've loved carrying my baby and (now) 4 year old, and have learned so much so quickly. 'Babywearing' has been a huge part of life for us as a family, as it enables us to get on with life together.

I've been so thankful for this knowledge. The exchange of information and experience in the use of worldwide baby carriers and cloths is great. I have come to realise that my own cultures' methods of baby carrying are not that well documented. So I've set up this blog to collect anecdotes, pictures and tutorials in Celtic and European traditional baby carrying.

Please email any information you have to me and we can build up a collection, in one place, of European baby carrying heritage.

creativemother@live.co.uk

Behind the name

I decided on the name Celtic Baby Carrying as I thought that it included a wide spectrum of areas which are now contained in what we named Europe.
More on the history of Celts and their vast existence across Europe on Wikipedia. I may include many other countries in this blog which may not officially be European...simply due to the natural migration of people over many centuries. Obviously major events such as war, religion, industral revolutions, and disease have all had a factor in spreading and absorbing cultures across the world.
In any case it is wonderful to gather information and exchange our cultural heritage!

Celtic Baby Carrying

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Welsh Nursing Shawl

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