Pavo Parterre Doe

I got a chance to try the legend that is Pavo Parterre Doe and of course was super excited to give it a go!

First and foremost, this is NOT a wrap for an inexperienced wrapper.  It requires real strand by strand tightening, and a lot of it at that.  It is also extremely dense and very heavy in hand.  All that said, it is full of support!

This wrap has amazing stretch and a lot of recoil, which is part of why strand by strand is so important.  I was also impressed wih the grip of Parterre.  It doesn't feel, in hand, like it would be very grippy compared to something like Fable or Gotham but once it's in place, it holds tight.  There is pretty good glide as well for getting second passes done, but anything with a second pass really requires a bit of patience and time to get everything right.  Parterre ROCKS a ruck in my opinion and is best suited to single layer carries.

The texture of this wrap is very different from most I have tried, even down to the noise of your hand rubbing against the fabric.  I don't consider this wrap to be "soft" nor very "mouldable" but it is very comfortable once you have your wrapee up.  The support is effortless and your little one feels weightless.  It has a fantastic shine/sheen as well.

Overall I think all experienced wrappers should have a chance to try this wrap.  Parterre is very different from most wraps out there and I best describe it as "intense".  I wouldn't consider this to be a squish worthy wrap but it would wrap your bigger toddler with ease!  I briefly considered wrapping my 65 pound 7 year old but decided since it wasn't my wrap maybe I shouldn't ;-)

Pavo Sea Star Starling

I got a beautiful Pavo Sea Star Starling size 4 in temp trade.  I was excited to try this Pavo form wrap, even if pink isn’t really my color ;-)

At first touch it felt a lot like Pavo Unicornio, which I have tried in the past, as you can see from my main photo! I do find Sea Star to be softer than Uni, and more floppy but it is possible (as always) that Sea Star is just more broken in than the Unicornio I tried.

I would easily consider this to be a squish worthy wrap and it held up well to my 24 pound 15 month old, even in single layer carries.  I find it to be neither dry nor soap and having some, but very little, texture.

I found Sea Star to have good glide while doing second passes, but in some cases, maybe a little bit too much.  I always like to try carries with a half knot instead of a proper double knot to see how it does, slip-wise, and Sea Star held for a little bit, but then started slipping minimally, not enough, but enough that I wouldn’t be comfortable with a half knot.  It did seem to hold a slipknot well enough, which is what matters more to most people than a half knot.  The only other time I had issues with slip was while trying to tighten the second pass of double hammock.  If I wasn’t careful the bottom rail would slip up over his tush and I would have to reposition.  Not a big deal in the grand scheme (and maybe due in part to wiggly toddler) but worth mentioning ;-)

There is a bit of stretch in Sea Star Starling but not very much, it’s there but you have to look for it.  I found it to be relatively thin.  There wasn’t any real cush to speak of but it never felt diggy in any of the carries I tried (ruck TIF, double hammock TAS, kangaroo, and front wrap cross carry TUB).

In all I would consider this a great squish to toddler wrap if glide is your game and you want a soft wrap to wrap and cuddle with!