Aren't those little bums cute in itti's  What colours did you get?  I've got plain ones but think now I should have got some patterns.

I put the nappies in the machine and do a "rinse cycle" without the nuts then start the machine again with the soap nuts in for the actual wash (hmm, thinking about it now I guess I'm still using the same water as I would for a full cycle).  Yeah you put 6-8 in a little bag that comes with the nuts then throw it in.  To avoid a rinse cycle on my machine I leave the lid up (it then stops and beeps at me to tell me I've left the lid up) then move the dial around to do a spin cycle.

I've got my soap nuts from Ecomoon http://www.ecomoon.co.nz/index.php?cPath=107_133&osCsid=ebccc2718a7924e93a6b9d7da67f7342 

But there's lots of websites that sell them so maybe if you're ordering something from a site, see if they sell soap nuts as well to save on delivery.  They smell slightly vinegery after a wash, but really there's not much smell at all.  Some people add some rosemary oil to their wash to give it a nice smell but I actually like the lack of smell.  The other good thing is that you don't need the rinse cycle when washing with soap nuts so you use less water.  They work out very cheap because you use each lot 2-3 times before chucking them in your compost.

Ooooh, wet bags.  There's something I need that I don't have.  Nice one.