Some people call them fingerless gloves, texting gloves, wristlets, arm warmers, pulse warmers, but whatever you want to call them, at emiLime, we are huge fans. The design plus the amazing qualities of alpaca have made our arm warmers the most popular product. Many creative people use our alpaca arm warmers to paint, take pictures, play instruments, knit, and lots of people love to wear their in their chilly offices.

Some of our favorites emiLime arm warmers are the classic Star crochet arm warmers and the visually and tactilely interesting Zing and Flow alpaca arm warmers. Most people understand the design because of the popularity of smart phones, but we often hear from people that they don't understand how they keep you warm because your fingers are exposed.

Long before the advent of iPhones and Blackberrys, people were wearing wrist warmers so they could work outdoors while keeping their hands toasty warm while still being able to access their fingers. A customer told us how 30 years ago she bought a pair in Germany, after seeing them on the wrists of every shopkeeper at a Heidelberg farmers market. They were also spotted indoors on mothers doing their knitting or cooking in poorly heated country houses.

People living in the colder mountainous areas of Europe have used wrist [i.e. pulse] warmers for centuries. You often see people wearing felted or knitted cuffs for additional warmth in Austria, Switzerland, southern Germany, Sweden, and Norway.

The key to wrist warmers is their ability to trap the body's natural warmth inside allowing for the hands to be warmed by your own blood. By insulating the vulnerable blood vessels that lie closest to the surface of your wrists, the warmers prevent heat loss letting the warmed blood flow through your hands to keep them toasty. It's sort of like having an internal hot water bottle and using the arm warmers as a knitted coozie.

Alpaca wrist warmers are made from the premium insulating fiber. Alpaca has been keeping the cold away from the rural people of the Andes for centuries and combining it with a classic design from the savvy European shop keepers, it has been an instant success.