craftgrrl | Looking for advice or tutorials

OK Grrrls,

A friend of mine is due to give birth any day (hour, minute, second...) and wants to make sure that she has the best baby carrier available. She doesn't have a lot of money, and with a new baby I think that things will get even tighter for her. Has anyone out there made a baby carrier/sling and had good luck with it? If so, what patterns/tutorials did you use? I have found a few things through sites like: http://www.slingrings.com/patterns.php

I just want to know what has worked, and what else is out there. I have experience with some slings (ei: ergo, mei tai, bjorn, hotsling) through my work as a nanny, but have never been asked to give advice before. I just want a few more opinions to add to my own, and I almost think that for some things she may end up spending more money to make the carrier than she would spend to buy one already made...