This Feb. 4, 2020 photo taken in Hopkinton, N.H., shows three pairs of handmade mittens, each constructed from sweaters using slightly different techniques. If winter is lasting longer than the ...

This is the time of year when kids and adults like me lose one or more of their mittens. Our pairs simply don’t match up in February the way they did in November. If you’re in that same predicament, ...

This might be the winter that breaks me. All the cold air, snow shoveling and repeated post-plow mailbox repairs have me wishing I could turn up the sun. To survive the winter blast of 2014, I’m ...

Upcycle an old or shrunken sweater and create a pair of cozy mittens for you or your family. You can create them in a few simple steps and your hands will be warm on these cold winter days! 1. Place ...

A former Century High School teacher has bought more than 1,000 sweaters. But she's never worn one of her garage sale or thrift store purchases. Instead, Georgia "GeeGee" Anderson, 62, removes the ...

Wool is such a beautiful and cozy fiber even after accidents with the washing machine. Shrunken wool sweaters can be upcycled into functional items like these color block mittens. It’s also a great ...

Got a bunch of old, ugly Christmas sweaters lying around? Or old sweaters in general? Here's how to turn them into warm Winter mittens in about 30 minutes. When I was home for the holidays, I ...

All Deb Nordskog wanted to do was make a few Christmas presents. Now, Nordskog, of Leland, and her daughter, Maranda Etter, of Garner, create hundreds of handmade mittens that are sold locally and ...

Karen King’s kitchen and dining room are home to a very social enterprise. It’s where King, Laurie Hardy, Arlene Duckert, Marion Burr, Shirley Vanderwielen and Wilma Maher, gather weekly to make ...

Crafters in search of Harry Styles’s colorful cardigan and Bernie Sanders’s inauguration mittens are designing their own patterns. By Hannah Wise It started with a simple sweater. After Harry Styles ...