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Is cashmere REALLY nice and toasty? this house is freezing already and it's only September

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spudballoo · 16/09/2008 20:49

Still, if you must live in a 17th century cow shed what do you expect?

I'm cold. I need more layers. Will cashmere help? Can I justif a Brora grab and run raid? I've never had cashmere. Help me get it....

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DANCESwithLordPottingtonSmythe · 16/09/2008 20:51

Can't comment on cowsheds or cashmere but will agree it's feckin freezing. Am trying to hold out until Oct for putting heating on. Not sure we'll make it....

janeite · 16/09/2008 20:52

I've only got M&S cheapo(or cheaper) cashmere but it's lovely and snuggly, especially if worn with a thermal vest underneath! I just need some cashmere socks now and I'll be happy. No heating until the end of October if we can get away with it.

JackieNo · 16/09/2008 20:53

tbh, no matter how warm and toasty it is, it probably has to be hand washed or dry cleaned, which is why there's no point in my buying any - it would spend its entire life at the bottom of the washing basket, waiting to be washed.

How about thermal underwear, or arctic fleece?

tissy · 16/09/2008 20:54

not sure if it's any warmer than bog-standard wool, but it's lovely and soft.

I live in a 17th century cow shed as well, and we've got a wood-burning stove burning until it gets so cold I have to turn the heating on!

squeaver · 16/09/2008 20:56

I'd get a pash if I were you. Keeps you warm and you don't feel the need to wash it so often. Tbh, a good fleece keeps you a lot warmer than cashmere.

janeite · 16/09/2008 21:09

M&S cashmere can go in the machine, so makes life a lot easier.

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spudballoo · 16/09/2008 21:11

I have a pash! I will dig it out. I know, prob a sensible fleece will do me better. But I know I'll end up wearing it all the time and [stamps feet} i want to look styslish and swishy [/stamps feet]

Will dig out thermals from VERY short snowboarding career.

The hand washing is an excellent point.

Potters off and deletes Brora from favourites and prepares to mentally accept Peter Storm as new best friend.....

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spudballoo · 16/09/2008 21:12

I have a pash! I will dig it out. I know, prob a sensible fleece will do me better. But I know I'll end up wearing it all the time and [stamps feet} i want to look styslish and swishy [/stamps feet]

Will dig out thermals from VERY short snowboarding career.

The hand washing is an excellent point.

Potters off and deletes Brora from favourites and prepares to mentally accept Peter Storm as new best friend.....

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JackieNo · 16/09/2008 21:13

I think you need an adult sized fleece sleepsuit. With hood and foldover mittens and feet .

Mercy · 16/09/2008 21:16

Any natural fibres will help you feel warmer.

We have a couple of sheepskins which we have on the sofas when it's cold. You could also out these under your sheet when if your really feel cold in the winter.

Ils sent us a mohair blanket which is REALLY warm

Mercy · 16/09/2008 21:20

Jackie, lol at your link!

Sputnik · 16/09/2008 21:22

Alpaca is amazingly warm, really wears well, doesn't bobble (much). I love alpaca.

Mercy · 16/09/2008 21:28

Goosedown bodywarmer/gilet wotsit from Lands End £20 or so. Bargain and super warm.

faustina · 17/09/2008 05:59

you can machine wash brora things - at least I have and they survived. on the wool cycle, with woolite or something not biological, and then obviously don't tumble dry, (or hang on washing line)

SueW · 17/09/2008 06:27

I'm currently wrapped up in my large Dunelm blanket. It's very cold at our computer early in the morning.

missbumpy · 17/09/2008 09:25

Cashmere is lovely. Really soft and really warm yet also sort of keeps you cool when the temperature rises if you see what I mean? Sainsbury's does cashmere jumpers for £35 and I think Tesco do too. Not sure how ethical it is though. M&S cashmere is good. Brora is gorgeous but costs a lot. I agree thermals are good too. M&S do some pretty thermal camis in different colours with lacy bits so they don't look like something you'd wear on an arctic expedition!

Seasider · 17/09/2008 09:33

uniqlo has loads of cashmere not too expensive

Had to work at computer with Hot Water Bottle strapped to lumbar region last winter!

so glam

CatMandu · 17/09/2008 09:38

DH bought me a lovely M&S cashmere v neck last winter as I always feel the cold, there's no doubt it is much much warmer than regular jumpers. I'd go for it, you'll feel better in cashmere than fleece assuming you can afford it.

Primark do cashmere too, so it's not too expensive these days.

expatinscotland · 17/09/2008 09:47

i have a couple of cashmere jumpers from Land's End given to me by my parents about 15 years ago when i moved to Denver that are still going strong.

i used to wear them a lot more because i was worked as a legal secretary and dress up and because i had no kids.

but i always maintained them properly and i think that's the key to their longevity.

i have a J. Crew camel hair jumper from them that's also lasted over a decade.

they are warmer and lighter/less bulky than wool.

so if you're going to go for it do so, but go as high quality as you can afford.

LuLuBai · 17/09/2008 11:19

We have no central heating and unlikely to have any for this winter (maybe next winter... ). Lots of building work to be done first.

I've got a gorgeous apple green cashmere jumper from Uniqlo (£19 in sale) and an even cheaper grey one from Primark. Have to confess Primark one is a useless fit but nice and soft and lovely to wear around the house. Also check out TK Maxx. Got large camel coloured pashmina for £15.

I'm now looking fo some sort of long knitted cardigan thing at the moment to wear over jumpers around the house a already very cold, but maybe should just get the whole family JackieNo's fleece sleepsuits. DO they do a maternity version?

(Oh and cashmere washes fine on a delicate wash in the machine. discovered this fact after DD projectiled all over lovely new cashmere jumper - now jumpers and pashminas and everything go in the machine with Woolite)

thebecster · 17/09/2008 11:30

I have lots of cashmere, it is much lighter for it's weight than wool, and I prefer it for keeping warm at home than fleeces and wool as they seem so much heavier. I machine wash all mine, and it has survived well - some of my jumpers are 50 years old (my Mum's old ones!). I wash on Delicates cycle with Ecover Delicate Liquid, no fabric softener (clogs up the fibres), and then (eek!) tumble dry for FIVE MINUTES ONLY (sorry to shout, but set a timer or your beloved jumpers will shrink!). Five minutes fluffs up the fibres and kills any moth eggs. Any more and the jumpers can be passed on to your toddler...

LuLuBai · 17/09/2008 11:34

hmmm - don't give her ideas. My toddler is rather partial to cashmere having been swaddled in pasminas from an early age. Wouldn't put it past the devious little minx to fiddle with the setting on the tumble drier.

thebecster · 17/09/2008 11:36

How do you think I got my hands on my Mum's beautiful 1950s vintage cashmere jumpers

And should have put 'its' not 'it's' in first line of post

TooTiredToday · 17/09/2008 13:50

I got cashmere cardi from Sainburys. V cheap, v cosy and gets washed on 'wool' cycle with woolite and dried on clothes horse- comes out fab.

Miyazaki · 17/09/2008 14:03

Uniqlo good for not too expensive cashmere. Both my kids have one cashmere cardie each, which gets worn and worn and worn. Does not malinger in washing pile, torn off backs, washed and straight back on. Brora in the sale and the divine pride and joy

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