Thermal underwear

mrswoo

In addition to thermal vests and thick fleecy tights I wear cashmere wrist warmers indoors as well as outside and they really seem to help keep me warm.
The wrist warmers are from a company called Turtle Doves and are made of recycled cashmere from jumpers etc. They also make fingerless gloves, hats, and wraps in beautiful colours.

If your budget won't run to £32 for wrist warmers, cut the feet off a pair of warm socks that have gone through at the heels, and wear the tops on your wrists. If you tuck the cut ends up your sleeves, no-one will recognise them, and if you don't care about looks, cut a small hole for your thumb to turn them into fingerless gloves. (The socks-into-fingerless-gloves wheeze is also good for keeping a white dressing clean on the back or palm of your hand - or a grandchild's)

Is anyone still buying thermals please?
If so, where has still got stock?
Thank you.

M&S also sold out of the woolen ones

I have tried to buy for my husband on Uniqlo.
Never have his size. He is not not huge or small.
I looked again thus morning and the items he would wear are unavailable again.

I will look into this Humbertbear I'd love to be too warm! Thankyou.

I recommend Uniqlo Heatech thermals too

ayse

Thermal tights UNDER cord trousers😬. Jeans are not warm either.

I was trying to imagine that!

When I visited Antarctica I wore a base layer (wool, thermal) from Uniqlo and then their Heat Tech range over the top. If anything, I was too warm.

Thermal tights UNDER cord trousers😬. Jeans are not warm either.

I feel the cold especially in my hands and feet. Over the last 3 or so years I’ve bought wool jumpers (merino with cashmere). They’ve become very expensive but I’m very glad I have. I wear merino base layers now courtesy of my daughter but used to wear M&S thermals. I wear thermal tights over cord trousers. My latest find are Nordic socks. They’re very thick and warm worn under boots a half size too big. A couple of years ago I bought some fur gloves (rabbit probably) and found a long sheepskin jacket in the Red Cross shop @ £30. Finally I have two woolly hats ,beanie type plus a very soft woollen scarf.

Yesterday I was absolutely roasted when I collected the grandchildren from school.

I’d go for natural fibres all the time as I’ve finally found a way to keep warm on bitterly cold days.

The quilted trousers.

I will say no more on the subject now!

OR a fake fur one.

Wouldn’t say they were terribly stylish but I recently bought a pair of quilted/puffa type trousers on EBay. Can’t recommend them highly enough for keeping legs warm all day, good in the garden too.

I wear two long sleeved silk thermal tops and matching long johns, not the silky drawers Marylin may have worn Maw 😂Cashmere jumpers, socks and a silk scarf round my neck. I have also knitted two alpaca triangular shawls to throw over my shoulders. For whatever reason, I am feeling the cold much more this winter than I ever did. Ocassionally use a heated throw of a fake fur one if I sit for long periods. Poor circulation at this age is my guess.
M&S thermals are good too, just thicker than the silk numbers.

Have you tried an Oodie?

ExDancer

Ex-dancer, none of the garments you mention warms your feet, legs, head, or neck.

I can’t wear wool next to the skin but I buy Heatgen from M&S to wear under fleece joggers from Lands End and any fleece top I choose. Those, with thermal socks, keep me warm throughout the day. I also wear a fleece gilet over the lot if it’s particularly cold.

I can't wear any type of wool without severe itching and a rash. JaneJudge, I like thermals a size too big, anyway, as it traps more warm air - and doesn't restrict circulation. I just take the waist and ankles in with a few tacking stitches.

Still, I wear them for outings - but indoors here (in a big, draughty old house) a double layer of loose fleece PJ bottoms is the most blissfully comfortable thing to wear, along with layered tops and gilets, easy to add or take off depending on how active I am.

I have knitted ankle warmers for my chilly, skinny ankles and I'll wear a scarf and hat, too, if I'm still cold. I really love my electric blanket so I've just ordered a heated throw for when I'm sitting - as that's when I can soon feel chilly. It won't take long to pay for itself if I keep the heating on low:

www.vytaliving.com/products/heated-nordic-snuggie

I have both long sleeved and sleeveless thermal vests from M&S and on the one occasion I thought a T shirt under a jumper “might” do I was sorely disappointed.
(I even wear them under pj’s in bed.
Marilyn Monroe , eat you heart out! )

I bought some thermals from sainsburys which are very comfy but I think I needed the next size down and my long johns keep falling down underneath my trousers

M&S sell merino mix baselayers.
My husband likes them.

Beware of heated clothing (battery operated) if you have a pacemaker check that the one you are considering is safe with a pacemaker as some are not.

They make battery operated heated clothing, I recently bought heated socks and gloves. They are amazing!

I don’t find merino wool itchy. The base layers (there are pants as well as tops) are very fine wool and lightweight, but warm. DH wears them to go mountain walking in winter.

In addition to thermal vests and thick fleecy tights I wear cashmere wrist warmers indoors as well as outside and they really seem to help keep me warm.
The wrist warmers are from a company called Turtle Doves and are made of recycled cashmere from jumpers etc. They also make fingerless gloves, hats, and wraps in beautiful colours.