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 ...

Looking for a gift that's warm, cheap, easy to make and recycled, too? Try on this pair of soft, felted mittens made from an old sweater. Working with felted wool is a snap for beginner crafters.

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 ...

Mittens have never gone out of fashion, but fashionable mittens that are as beautiful as they are practical are something of a rarity. The stylish hand-warmers Melinda Mitter Borman makes aren’t just ...

If you only glanced at them, you might not have thought too much about the Fair Isle-style mittens donned by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The mittens featured geometric patterns in neutral shades of ...

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We’ve all seen the viral memes of Senator Bernie Sanders and his mittens at the Presidential Inaguration, but did you know the idea for his sweater mittens came from Lake Leelanau’s upcycled wool ...