Warm and Soft Flannel Sheets for Winter

Flannel as a winter fabric was popularized in Whales as early as 17th century. Today, there are 3 main sources of flannel sheets.

1. England
Flannel sheets from England are thick and heavy weighing 6 ounces and are very durable.

2. Portugal
Portuguese flannel sheets are light in weight with a looser weave. They can be used all year long. The weave facilitates easy dying and prints. So you can find a lot of colors and patterns in these flannel sheets.

3.German
German flannel sheets are the softest and the most celebrated of all flannel sheets. They are heavier too with a weight of 5 ounces per square yard. If you want luxury flannel sheets, then go for German.
Flannels are also called as muslin.

Flannels are wool textiles blended with cotton or synthetic fiber.

As far as flannel sheets are concerned, thread count doesn't really matter. Flannels are measured fabric rating, the weight of flannel per yard. A good quality flannel has a fabric rating of 5-6 ounces per yard. Luxury flannel sheets can also have a rating of 28 oz! Apart from that, prefer the sheets made of 100 percent cotton.

If you are even too particular about the thread count, you can blindly go in for luxury flannel sheets which have a thread count from 300-400. Those with thread count in 200 range are decently smooth, while those in range of 80-120 are rough. Thread count information is usually not revealed by flannel sheet manufacturers. You can deduce the thread count of a sheet by holding it up against light. If more light passes through it, then it has a poor thread count.

One common question is that if flannels can be used for new born babies. It depends on whether your baby is a hot baby or a cold baby. I would recommend flannel for a hot baby only during winter. For a cold baby, you can use flannel bedding all through the year. But check if your baby sweats in the flannel bedding. In that case, you should switch over to a thicker cotton alternative.

Yes. Though flannel sheets are very common in common colors like white, cream and brown, there are even cool colors like purple and pink. They also come with design patterns from simple snow flake pattern to damask prints. If you want to play with colors, I would suggest you to get plain flannel fabric in a single color and complement it with a colorful flannel throw blanket.

If you have been around researching how to buy quality flannel sheets, you'd have come across the terms, napping and shearing. Napping is done by passing the sheets through rollers that pick out the loosely hanging loops of thread out of the fabric. Weavers found that a napped fabric withstands more heat in between the loose threads and so they began to produce flannel sheets which were napped on one side or on both sides. Shearing is done to improve the softness of the flannel sheet and to prevent piling.

If you are a person who usually prefers to sleep with several layers, you can complement the flannel sheets with Pinzon Microtec Push Blanket. You can go for any matching Plush blanket, but I got Pinzon as it had got enough positive reviews. Since it is plush, softness and coziness come off automatically and since it's 100% polyester, durability and easy manageability is assured. You can carry your blanket anywhere with you to keep away from the chill of winter night.