Gotham Pluot is woven on our natural warp with a lovely ombré of warm violet and cool violet cotton in the fill. 

Gotham, one of the most favored Form patterns, is perfect for both snuggling babies and toddlers. 

100% cotton | 280g/m2

Made with love in the United States of America

Blend: 55% cotton, 45% (cruelty free) superwash merino wool. Price: $340 for a size 6 Weight: 336 g/m2

When I first saw these lobsters previewed on Pavo’s Instagram feed a few weeks ago, I instantly knew I needed them. I didn’t know anything about them other than that they were red, and lobsters, but I knew my stash would not be complete without this wrap. The New England girl in me wouldn’t do without!.

I have been fortunate enough to be able to test this wrap for Pavo, prior to its official release (which will be coming up soon). I was slightly intimidated because it is my first woolie, and I was completely paranoid that I would manage to ruin it somehow. If you’re afraid of wool, this is a PERFECT first woolie for you! The wool in this particular wrap is superwash, meaning that it can be washed, wait for it, in a washing machine (cold, on the wool, handwash, or delicate cycles), and not felt! Superwash wool is typically treated with some type of chemicals to protect it, but with Pavo being the excellently economically friendly company that they are, their wool is eco-coated. I’ll be completely honest with you, I am not entirely sure what eco-coated means. But what I do know is that this wrap will require a slightly lower level of caution in its care than other woolies. You should still be careful, however. Superwash doesn’t make a woolie immune to felting, it just makes it far more difficult to felt. You should still always lay a woolie, super wash or not, flat to dry.

This wrap arrived to me in loom state, like all Pavos do. It was slightly stiff, but I could tell that after a bath, the wool fibers were going to be very soft. This is a size 6, and it measured 4.9m pre-wash.

After a quick 30 minute Eucalan bath and a long overnight dry, these lobsters had fluffed up nicely! They were already incredibly soft, and I knew this wrap wouldn’t need much, if any, breaking in to reach its full potential. Post wash, this wrap measured in at 4.7m and 33.5” (85cm) wide. To put that into perspective, most woven wraps average anywhere from 45-75cm wide; so this wrap is extra wide! However, the ladies at Pavo plan to hem it a little more narrow for the actual release. So, don’t let that width be a deciding factor either for or against purchasing this wrap. Unfortunately, I don’t have a gsm on it, because I don’t have a scale.

Now the fun part: wrapping with this thing!

Almost every brand new wrap I’ve tried has required some kind of breaking in period - except this one. This wrap was soft, snuggly, and full of drape immediately following a wash/air dry/steam iron. Because of the nature of the pattern, the “right side” of the wrap is almost all wool, while the “wrong side” (the side that touches your baby) is almost all cotton. So, it’s almost like having two completely different wraps in one! Wrapping with it was a little different than I’m used to because of the width, but once I adjusted to that, it was perfect! This thing absolutely rocks a DH, a RR-TT, and a FWCC… I’m actually pretty confident that it would rock any carry I tried it in. Because of the width, it does make a pretty large knot. Also, because of the width, it does take a little bit of work to get it to sit properly on my shoulders during back carries - shoulder pleating/sandwiching is a must, or else it’ll slip off.

When this wrap came in, we used it exclusively for almost a week. It’s that good. It’s full of bounce, stretch, and is supremely cushy on my picky shoulders. It’s not particularly grippy, but it’s not slippery either. I know a lot of people read reviews and think that the person reviewing it is just saying good things because it’s a review. But I promise you, this wrap is perfection. I’m not just saying that. The ONLY thing negative that could possibly said about this wrap is that lobsters are not for everyone, which I get. And the width may be intimidating to some (which again, is being changed in the actual production run).

((This is a review I wrote on a different blog, back in May. ))

Okay, so. I'm going to start this off by saying that this wrap is the first Pavo that I've scored at release, so I may be a little biased, just based off of the excitement of the fact that I actually scored. Anyways. Lilac fable is an absolutely fabulous wrap. It felt pretty floppy right out of the box (bag?), so I knew right off that it wouldn't need much breaking in. It was sold to me as a 3, and is measuring in at 135", so just a little bit long.

Post wash, the texture on this thing was AMAZING. I almost didn't want to iron it. It looked so gorgeous.

As far as wrapping qualities go, this wrap rocks

At the time this review was written, it totally blew Gotham Marble out of the water as far as "Michaela's favorite Pavo" went. Fable has all of the things that I loved about Marble, and added the things that Marble was missing. I loved my Gotham Marble, but through owning it, I learned that I just couldn't appreciate the simplicity of natural colored wraps. I like the pattern on my wraps to stand out. That's part of why I buy them - to show off how pretty they are when wrapped. And I felt like with marble, I couldn't do that, because you couldn't really see the pattern (which I 

love

) unless you're up close. Also, my marble was a size 5. Long wraps and I just didn't get along, at the time this review was written. But, I had been holding onto marble, simply because I absolutely adored everything about how it wraps. It's the ultimate marshmallow wrap, and made even my 27lb toddler feel weightless for extended periods of time. The stretch that it has is beautiful, and seems to add even more length to the wrap when tightened. It's got just enough grip so that it's not hard to pass over itself, but once passes are tightened and in place, they're not going anywhere. It's soft, floppy, moldable, and just perfect. And Fable has all of those qualities. It's got enough cush that even the pickiest shoulders wouldn't complain about wearing this wrap for long periods of time. The color is absolutely beautiful. It's slightly less textured than marble, in my opinion, which would likely make it easier to wrap with for less experienced wrappers. It's wide enough that getting a seat with my arms-in 2 year old is a breeze, but not so wide that it's overwhelming for smaller babies. Fable just came in to live with us a week ago, but it's been the only wrap we've touched since. I think it's safe to say we're having a bit of a love affair with this wrap. When you take all of the great wrapping qualities, the gorgeous color, and the amazingly satisfying feeling of scoring a Pavo at release and paying retail, it's hard not to love Lilac Fable.

     -UPDATE-January 24, 2015-

Well, it's been 8 months, and lilac fable is still a top contender in our stash. We don't reach for it nearly as much as we used to, but it's nice and broken in now, and is so floppy and a wonder to wrap with.