Cold weather. Aches & Pains.

[Gracie]

Knee warmers. DAYUM. Expensive. Found lots of LEG warmers but I wanted KNEE warmers. Why? Cuz every winter, my knees have a hissy from the cold weather. And I don't know how to knit. So...hmm..what to do instead of buying stuff on ebay? (Some of which cost SEVENTY TWO bucks for a pair of KNEE HIGH leg warmers) or having to buy from China? I googled. Which led me to Youtube. Which showed how to make your own from...drumroll...old sweaters. So...I went to the thrift shop today and bought 4 knit sweaters for 10 bucks. And..I did what I saw on youtube. I cut the sleeves off. The widest part of the sweater near the top part of the forearm is what slides over my knees which I then roll down to make it a tighter fit but still has stretch so no circulation is cut off. The cuff of the sweater sleeves go around the ankle. I cannot believe how fast and easy this was to do. I now have 4 pair of knee/leg warmers. For under 10 bucks.

Just thought I'd pass it along in case anyone else has knee probs in cold weather. I even made a pair for hubby.

 

[Gracie]

 

[saveliberty]

Ugly sweaters of the world, be afraid!

 

[Gracie]

All I know is....it works!

 

[saveliberty]

Some people will use any excuse to wear two sweaters at the same time

 

[Gracie]

lol. I guess so.
My knees have been thanking me, though.

 

[saveliberty]

Keeping your joints working decent is a good thing.

 

[Mr. H.]

lol. I guess so.
My knees have been thanking me, though.

Dang I thought they would at least be battery powered.

Oddly enough, my knees get cold in the SUMMER. I never notice it during the cold months.
Actually just my knee caps. I'll use my hands to warm them and it feels great.

 

[Gracie]

That last rain we had brought in some cold weather and that is when I noticed my knees having a hissy. I have my homemade knee warmers on right now and no throbby aches so far. usually, I massage bagbalm on them but not if it gets too cold. It doesnt work as well.