Bed jackets

I was thinking of this recently and ordered one for myself. It's pink, and rather old-lady-ish, but I love it.

I use an old fleece jacket ….zip broken…. does the job!

I just use my lovely oversized, big, thick dressing gown.

Witzend

Some years ago M&S did a sort of fleece bed jacket - like a cosy dressing gown but much shorter.
I bought one for a dd - left on the bed it was a favourite curling up and snoozing place for their cat.

Yes I have one of these they’re almost smart enough to wear as an evening jacket. They were very popular which makes me wonder why M&S didn’t repeat it.
They do sell a fleece jacket now which looks less grannyish.

I wear a fleece hoodie, usually with the hood up. So cosy and warm.

I just put my dressing gown on although Oodies seem to be very popular at the moment

Amazon, Camille make, I have a pale blue one, it's very comfortable and warm, buy a little big. Hope this helps!

I still have mine that my late mother-in-law knitted me and one for my baby daughter to match. Baby's was well used and is now no more. She is now 47. I still use it if I feel a bit ill as it seems to be my comfort. Well loved.

This is the bedjacket my Mum knitted for herself and several other people. The nurses in hospital went mad for it!

Knitted all in one piece so no sewing up either! Just start at one cuff and work right across. No buttons, no buttonholes.

I bought one from primark . It’s so cosy not look old lady ish It’s just like the top half of a dressing gown

Sorry "shawl" obviously not "shawn" - an Irish husband perhaps?

I love the idea of Primose53's Mum's knitted bedjacket, but honestly don't know when I'd wear one. I think most of us probably had one years ago, but personally I don't sit up in bed, I'm either up and about or lying down! When I was feeding my babies in the night I used to sit up in a rocking chair with a dressing gown or shawn round my shoulders.
Maybe if I had to stay in bed for some reason, bad leg or whatever, I might use one? But in that case my bedroom would hopefully be warm enough not to need it.
If I'm lolling about in another room I'd normally be fully dressed, if I was chilly I'd use a throw or a shawl.

I have to be honest, i wear a sweatshirt in bed I'm so cold, it stays on till I'm up and dressed in another sweatshirt and joggers, I'm so worried about the bills coming in after this cold spell.

Funny this topic should pop up today, I was thinking exactly the same thing, they seem too "Grandma" for my liking (even though, I AM a grandma )

I am on the look out for something appropriate for my chilly shoulders when I am reading in bed, but don't want the bulk of a dressing gown..I have plenty of cardigans and such, they would probably do the trick.

Kitty
Bon Marche on line have a few more up to date types- I’ve ordered a magenta one for exact same reason-

Some years ago M&S did a sort of fleece bed jacket - like a cosy dressing gown but much shorter.
I bought one for a dd - left on the bed it was a favourite curling up and snoozing place for their cat.

My Mum loved bedjackets. She knitted several for friends and family. The most recent ones I remember were knitted side to side so you knitted right across one sleeve, the back, then the other sleeve. They covered the shoulders, sleeves and front and back beautifully.

I have an old zip cardigan that I use. It's handy because it's shorter than a housecoat/dressing gown. Makes reading in bed a lot cosier!

I made two bedjackets - and gave them as presents to an elderly relative from two old dressing gowns .
I just cut the lower portion off each one and hemmed it .
The dressing gowns were charity shop bargains .
I do think that they are useful if you sit up in bed reading .

I have a lovely pale blue bed jacket. It’s ready for the wash so might buy the pink one from Amazon I believe.

There was a similar thread a while back
www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/1328062-Keeping-warm-in-bed?pg=3

I wear a thin fleece back to front - it does the job for me.

I sometimes just wear a dressinggown back to front. Very useful if you are reading in bed before going to sleep. It can so easily be slipped off and tossed on the floor, while you slide cosy and warm under the duvet and fall asleep.

That's so sad V3ra
One of my Helpers (I host volunteers) thought he'd help by washing the clothes in the washing machine and hanging them out including an irreplaceable pure wool fair isle cardigan.
It shrank and felted I cried but the good news is I gave it to a very slim friend who values it for its warmth and I've just bought myself another cardigan, almost as nice.

M0nica

I just drape a shawl round my shoulders. One I knittted for the purpose in 1970.

My Mum crocheted me a lovely big fringed shawl in the early 1970s. It lived across the corner of my bed and was lovely to wrap up in if I was reading in bed.
When we had our house fire six years ago the builders threw it in a skip because it was dirty.
Mum had Alzheimer's by then and it was irreplaceable 😥