It's so cold!!!!

[Sprocket*]

My Mother has just been trying to give me flanellette sheets - have nightmares as a child from them so said no. Can always say yes and post them

[Glutton4...]

My Mother has just been trying to give me flanellette sheets - have nightmares as a child from them so said no. Can always say yes and post them

Are they candy striped ones, like my Nan had!?

[lizzylemon]

we have a local shop called pondens who sell very affordable flannett - i brought a fitted king-size sheet for about 12 quid. 2 of those would make a perfect duvet cover

[Headfry]

What was wyncette - winscette (sorry no idea how to spell it) but was that some kind of brushed cotton fabric?

[Bren In Pots]

We've got knitted jersey bedding so it feels like going to bed in a huge snuggle tee shirt.

[Two_Sheds]

What was wyncette - winscette ?

Winceyette is brushed cotton too...? Winceyette Pyjamas - Mens & Ladies Trousers, Jackets, Coats, Underwear, Nightwear & Shoes

The name derives from wincey, a Scottish term for the fabric linsey-woolsey. Linsey-woolsey is linen-wool mix

[lindyloo]

buzzingtalk: here are my tips for keeping warm- i still haven't put the heating on,.

get a sleeping bag and put your legs in it when you are sitting down, have a fleece blanket over your shoulders like a shawl, and a hot water bottle in the bottom of the sleeping bag. you will be toasty.

wear a woolen jumper with a couple of cotton t- shirts under. wear tights or leggings under your trousers.

if you have access to one when you are outside working in wellies- stand on a muckheap. it is lovely and warm. that is what we do for a quick warm up.

put some fabric rolls at bottoms of doors, and bubble wrap on any windows which are draughty. get some of the fuzzy strip stuff that you put around doors to exclude drafts. i have put them on my inner doors. and get a door curtain.

collect some old woolen blankets, and sew them in between your curtains and curtain linings. if you cant sew, you could just pin them on for the winter.

[lindyloo]

or you could get a personal fluffy footwarmer like mine!

[Hilary B]

You lot are lovely!
I can manage OK with the duvet covers I've got (ordinary poly-cotton ones, not as warm as I'd like, but useable), but I'd love to take up some of those offers in a little while thanks so much!

[bubblewrap]

COLD Must be.
Our cats wont go out and they have fur coats.

[Florence Fennel]

Apparently you come highly recommended on this thread as insulation for windows BW!

[bubblewrap]

Apparently you come highly recommended on this thread as insulation for windows BW!

Yes................................ BUT This Bubblewrap is expensive to maintain at least two pints of XXXB & 4 brains faggots a day.

[Glutton4...]

Awwww Brains Faggots!! Haven't had them since I was a kid. NOM NOM!

[lindyloo]

bubblewrap- ie your cats/ my dog; ie have wondered if my dog is hogging the hot bot, rather than intending to keep my legs warm, when he lays on them!

[bubblewrap]

bubblewrap- ie your cats/ my dog; ie have wondered if my dog is hogging the hot bot, rather than intending to keep my legs warm, when he lays on them!

Watch out for the claws.....................