For those of us in the slightly inhospitable parts of the northern hemisphere, it’s freaking cold outside. Spring can’t come sooner, and smartphones won’t work if you’re wearing normal gloves.

What's your pandemic project? Have you used your time at home to tackle a project you've always wanted to do, but didn't have the time? Built bookshelves? Created a chicken coop? Completed a room ...

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 ...

Every now and then, people contact me when they’re on the verge of a good deed. I get emails when crafters are about to give something handmade to charity and they’re often asking if I would like to ...

IOWA." REPORTER: SOME SISTERS NEVER BICKER. >> WE BEFORE LOVE TO GO SHOPPING. >> 100% WOOL, PATTERNS. YOU GOT THAT? REPORTER: CONDITIONED WHILE STILL HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACKS. >> I WAS DRUG INTO IT.

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 ...

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, ...

CAVALIER, N.D. -- Leslie Ogden has no problem finding her mittens when the weather turns cold -- or when it is warm, for that matter. Ogden owns Smitten with Mittens, a sewing business she operates ...

Bernie Sanders and his mittens stole the show during Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, January 20. Instead of wearing formal outerwear for the occasion, Sanders opted to make warmth his priority.

The teacher who created the recycled wool mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration — engendering countless memes — is partnering with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company ...

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.

Snow and bone chilling temperatures will soon be here. Anyone who’s ever lost a glove or mitten and had to spend significant time outdoors during a Chicago winter knows the suffering it can bring. To ...