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When you say "cuffs", Mirjam, do you mean what we call "fingerless gloves"?

Higs, Katherine

Or, perhaps, wristwarmers?

Shelagh

Wristwarmers? That is new to me. Are you getting the storm, Shelagh?

Higs, Katherine

We have a "Winter Storm Watch". I had to drive to Winnipeg this afternoon and it was very windy, but reasonably good visibility. The snow was blowing across the road, but it wasn't a problem. It was much worse further north, as in Edmonton, Saskatoon. Two people froze to death in Saskatchewan when their car hit the ditch and they tried to walk home!! They should have stayed with their vehicle. They could have stayed warm in it. It's so sad. We are supposed to have a wind chill overnight of minus 30C

For me, wristwarmers are just straight little tubes that fit over your wrist. See this pattern:

others, they look more like this. I think these are cute.http://www.smallknits.com/willi%20wristwarmers.htmShelagh

Katherine , i really mean Cuffs , not fingerles gloves. I got the idea from a series of articles [ 5 parts] in Piecework , by Nancy Bush . Last one in the Nov/Dec 2006 mag. I made them 10 cm long ,,,, and still am thinking about knitting 3 the same [ 1 spare !!!] they are small and might get lost , mirjam

Shelagh , you might call it wrist warmers ,,, but as i wrote i got the name from a Higher Authority ,, mirjam

I heard about that tragedy in SK. Scary stuff! Kandace told me a couple of years ago that I should always keep a blanket in the car, just in case we got stuck somewhere. Out of the mouths of babes! They had had a guest speaker in school, and that part really hit home with her. We did, when I was home, but I don't think that Keith does it.

Higs, Katherine

LOL Good idea to knit the third one, Mirjam! SO they will be decorative?

Higs, Kather> Katherine , i really mean Cuffs , not fingerles gloves. I got the idea

Well the first [ i probably will make some more ] pair +1 are made from a varigated wool, which made a nice pattern of it`s own. I think i am going to make a 2nd pair +1 that i will embelish with a bead or 2 or 3 .....I think i will sew her with a little bag for the wrist warmers, so that she can hang on the inside of her closet door ,, mirjam

I carry a shovel, extra long booster cables, a bag with a toque and scarf, a first aid kit and a huge survival kit. The kit contains candles, matches, a space age blanket, a small first aid kit, gloves, and a bunch of other stuff I just can't remember right now.

When the weather is this brutal (right now it's -30C, with a windchill factor of -43C), you have to play safe. I also wear this big, long, ugly down filled coat, keep the gas tank topped up and my cell phone charged. I also carry a car charger for the cell phone.

A few years ago, a woman managed to get herself lost in a rural area in the dead of winter, in her car, and they were finally able to find her with the GPS on her cell phone. I'm sure it saved her life.

Shelagh

When I was young we lived in Minnesota and my dad used to have to travel in the winter. He carried an old sheepskin coat in the trunk of the car. My mom was happy NOT to have that thing in the house - it was pretty bad. We always had a wool blanket in the back seat as well. Dad had one of those hunting hats that have lined earflaps and wore boots with buckles that were almost always undone. He was quite a sight in this stuff but did make it through lots of bad weather. Here we think it really cold when it dips below freezing - I am just as happy to have only memories of that sub-zero weather.

I do that, too. Better to be safe than sorry, right?

Higs, Katherine

You all speak, about what you carry in your car,,,, you should see what i carry in my bag ,,, mirjam

Hee hee - care to tell us? Is Hamoudi in there too?

Shelagh

Here where the whole world can see it ??? But seriousely , i used a rucksack bag way before it was accepted , was better on my walking and standing habits. and i keep some of my things grouped in little [home] sewn cloth bags that are easy to be mooved to another bag [ usually big cloth bags.

let`s see , id card [ by law] , check book , small diary, house keys, a pair unmentionables + socks, tissue and handkerchief, a reading book or a puzzle mag, a knitting or crochet work, checkbook, purse, a list of phones, a cellular phone, [and since the last war i take my charger as well , before I used to leave it at home.], Some plasters, some aspirins. a water bottle in summer and a folding umbrella in winter , also in winter a knitted hat an a shawl, pencil , pen, paper. a card with all my allergies on it . A folding cloth shopping bag. mirjam