delurking with photos and Reynauds

Maybe neoprene gloves with fingers trimmed off; they are used by anglers in the UK winter. Google for "neoprene gloves" and get results like this

I think what you need are mittens; the things Fagin wore in the film version of Oliver!. Woolen gloves with the finger tips missing, but a flap you can cover them if you want to. Jim.

I would suggest , Knitted gloves without the finger tips ,, and Before you start embroidering , put your hands in some warm water ,,, wipe well wear gloves ,, best of luck. mirjam

Hi Lynda!

Nice to meet someone else from BC! I'm on Vancouver Island. Where do you live?

Have you considered 'HandEze' or similar gloves? They are support gloves, with lycra, an apparently keep one's hands very warm. They are usually sold fingerless but they do come with 3/4 fingers as well. People use them for treatment of repetitive strain injury so you may be able to have better luck finding the ones with fingers if you look in a drugstore or medical supply store.

Hope that helps, Eimear

1) try a hat. No, I'm not quite crazy . You lose about 30% of your body heat through your head, so stopping some of that loss can persuade the rest of you you're warm enough to send some blood to the fingers. Wool socks, too, after a hot bath.

2) if that doesn't work for you or is insufficient, here's another vote for neoprene gloves. The winter I sprained both ankles and wound up with neoprene ankle braces all winter was the first one my toes were always warm. And that was at

-20oF.

3) rice packs. Try making a tube long enough to go around your wrists, plus a bit. Put enough uncooked rice into the tube that you can still join the ends around your wrists, but not so much the rice is too heavy to have around your wrist. Sew it crosswise into several compartments after distributing the rice fairly evenly. Warm the completed tube in a microwave (time will depend on the amount of rice) and put it around your wrist. If that helps, you could build a number of these, warm them all at once, and then keep the others in an insulated container until you're ready to change for a warmer rice bag. You might also be able to attach a pocket to the back of hand side of your gloves and slip a small rice bag in there.

4) chemical warmers. They make chemical hand and foot warmers that are basically a small paper packet of iron filings and salt. When removed from the wrap and exposed to air, the iron starts rusting quickly and produces heat. Depending on how much oxygen hits the packet, they last

4-10 hours. Be careful you don't wind up with a mild first degree burn if you try something like taping one to your bare skin, but they're generally fine stuffed in a glove pocket, and they're quite light. Examples of various sorts here -- I'm not suggesting this as a source because I have done no business with them: have, however, used Hot Hands).Kay

I am a Surrey girl!

I have seen the "HandEze" gloves advertised and they certainly look nice but I think I might give the neoprene ones a go. The idea they might be waterproof is appealing. It gets a bit tiresome taking gloves off and putting them back on again every time my glove fingers might get wet.

Thanks to all for the suggestions LyndaT

Also, you could look into the compression gloves. There is a company similar to HandsEexe - IIRC called Theragloves (bunch of actual MDs in this group) that doa some nice compression/fingerless gloves, that come up over the wrist and are really comfortable. That should help give you some circulation, and you could layer over them knitted fingerless gloves. Last year I got several patterns for them - they're sometimes called "cuffs" - and a pair of those in a warm yarn like alpaca, or a fine wool, would help keep you warm. I think if you shopped around for places that sell hand-knits you might find some - or ask someone you know that knits, - a LKS might have some.

Just a thought.

Ellice