Energize Your Winter Wardrobe

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Title

Energize Your Winter Wardrobe

Creator

B. Jean Margerum
Mildred A. Crawford

Date

July, 1978

Description

ENERGIZE YOUR WINTER WARDROBE.. ... and cut heating costs. By careful selection of the amount of clothes worn, the fabric construction, thickness and the structural design of your clothes, you can stay warm with less heat from furnace or stove. DRESS IN LAVERS ..... for greatest comfort. Several layers of clothes will insulate the body better than one heavy, thick garment. Warm air is trapped between fabric layers and holds body heat. -For ease of movement, avoid layering too heavily. I -Less clothing is neided for active work or play - more layers are needed for sitting or sleeping in cold rooms. People vary in the exact amount of clothes needed for comfortable warmth. KEEP TORSO WARM ...... to maintain neces-sary warmth for body organs. -T shirts, camisoles, vests, sweaters and shawls are good layers under and over shirts for torso warmers. -The body will automatically send excess heat from the torso to warm the hands and feet. ALLOW FOR COOLING DOWN ...... with clothes made for comfortable warmth. Layers of clothes and clothes designed for release of excess body heat give you a chance to cool off and avoid per-spiring. Venting off head and torso heat will cool the body quickly.--Choose clothes which open at neckline, wrist and waistline. Look for jackets with drawstring or tab fasteners at wrist and waistline; collared shirts and sweaters with front buttons or zippers, sleeves that roll up. -When the head is covered, body heat will be--Mufflers keep neckline warm yet are easy to sent to warm the hands remove as the body overheats. and feet. -Damp clothing can make you chill as body heat is used to dry the clothes. COVER VQU HEAD ...... with hats, caps or hoods for cold weather. The head can lose body heat rapidly. -A wig may be the answer to head warmth in a cold office or home. Try the old-fashioned stock-ing cap for bed-time. 9 FIT FOR COMFORT ...... with the clothes you choose. Women will find pants warmer than skirts ... and warm stockings and boots desirable for colder weather. -Avoid skin-tight clothes which restrict cir-culation and reduce the insulative air between the fabrics. -Thick soled shoes or boots are warmer on cold ground or floors than thin soled shoes. -Try mittens on coldest days in place of gloves ... fingers held together in mittens will share the heat. CI-POOSE YOUR FABRIC for INSLILATION Publication by -Thick fabrics, knitted or woven of fuzzy yarns, act as insulators by trapping warm air in spaces between fibers and yarns. -Quilted fabrics insulate well due to the sandwich effect of fiber or down filling covered with fabric. Duck or goose down fill gives the highest insulation for ,the weight. Avoid thick heavy fabrics which hamper activity. -Fabrics must be resilient (keep their "loft" or thickness) to give good insu-lation. In wet weather, quilted fabrics filled with polyester fiber regain thick-ness quickly because polyester dries fast. Down is an excellent insulator in cold, dry weather but when wet loses thickness and dries very slowly. -Examples of insulator fabrics: fleeces, fake furs, quilted fabric, thick fuzzy knits, synthetic pile. for WINDBREAKERS--Fabrics must be closely woven to be good windbreakers. Wind blows through knits or other porous fabrics such as loose weaves and quickly chills the body. A sweater is warm In still air, but cold on a windy day. -Examples of good windbreaker fabrics: nylon taffeta, nylon ripstop, cir6 and other coated or glazed fabrics, wool gabardine, cotton denim. B. Jean Margerum State Extension Specialist Clothing, Textiles & Home Environment University of Nevada.Reno and Mildred A. Crawford Extension Assistant Professor (Textiles and Clothing) Colorado State University References: Cunningham, Gerry. HOW TO KEEP WARM. Divisior~ of Outdoor Sports Industries, Inc., 1972. "The Fact Book," Frostline Co., Denver, Colorado, 1977. Fourt, L. 8(Hollies, N.R.S., CLOTHING COM-FORT th FUNCTION, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1970 Skinner, G. "Insulate Yourself - With Your Clothes!" NEBRASKA FARM, RANCH th HOME QUARTERLY, Fall 1976, Vol. 23, No. 3, 7-8. Cooperative ~xtansion work in Agriculture and Home Economics, State of Nevada. The Univer-sity of Nevada, College of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Distribu-ted in furtherance of the purposes provided for by the Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914. Constance McKsnna, Associate Director I Dale W. Bohmont, Dean and Director ' "The Programs of the Nevada Cooperative Exten. sion Service are open to all without regard to race, , color or national origin.

Source

Mountain West Digital Library

Language

English

Citation

B. Jean Margerum and Mildred A. Crawford, “Energize Your Winter Wardrobe,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed March 29, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7126.

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