Bed jackets

I don’t have the heating on in my bedroom as I’m always too hot with it on , but when the temperature dropped last weekend I was freezing when sat up in bed to watch tv. The need for a bed jacket came to mind so I looked at Amazon and I’ve ordered a soft fleecy one in pink . I really didn’t think that I’d find one x

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I received a free poncho from Cottontraders which is lovely and warm.

My DD bought me a double-sided poncho granmattie it was from Joules. I think they still operate online though the shops have shut down. It's really handy even in the car.

I have my Mum's bed jacket, knitted by Tante (German Auntie) Maria, in 1962. Still nice and cosy.

What a great idea
I have a cardi with a hood I wear to read in bed Might try it back to front Without hood up tho Ha ha x

I suppose we are now expected to leap out of bed first thing to go running or whatever. Staying in bed after waking is no longer advisable as an appropriate indulgence or a “cure”. And it is no longer viewed as a desirable pastime exclusively for the privileged. Perhaps. .

Still available and very nice too! But very expensive to wear in bed!

I too prefer a cardigan I’ve 2 lovely white ones I wear to bed and if I get hot through the night I just take it off I don’t get up though I just chuck it to the side.

Isn't a 'hoodie' or 'oodie' the modern substitute?

Oh that's okay hoodies are great backwards you can put your in them!

That was supposed to say hoodies are great backwards cuz you could put your popcorn in the hood!

I'm another who doesn't have heating in my bedroom. But when I wake up and have my tea in bed and read for a bit I put on an old Laura Ashley thick wool jumper, a scarf and a hat.

Bon Marche have some little quilted bed jackets at £12.80 at the moment - reduced from £16. They look quite thin so don't know how warm they are. Quite pretty though, in different colours.

I have two large crochet shawls on the chair next to my bed. When I had Covid I wrapped myself in shawls, [funnily the pattern was called The Virus Shawl] and always use them if chilly when reading in bed. Love a shawl.

A lightweight fleece does the job for me.

My mum gave me one as a present when I was in my late twenties that she had had knitted for me. I was appalled and gave it to a charity shop unworn!

My mum had a pale blue crochet bed jacket that I think she was given when I was born ( 70+ years ago) . She was still wearing it every morning for her breakfast in bed before she died aged 97! I did buy her a smart cosy fleece one for a birthday which she never wore. I use a shawl that thinking about it, is at least 50 years old as I used it when night feeding !