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, ...

1. Take your old sweater and cut off the sleeves following the hem line. 2. Separate the sleeves and lay them flat. Place your hand on the sleeve so that your wrist hits the cuff, then use tailor’s ...

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 ...

This project is a bit more complicated than the last few crafts, but is completely worth the extra time. Continuing the theme of repurposing and sustainable crafting, today’s craft turns an old wool ...

To join in the #MittensForGood Challenge and create winter mittens for donation, participants can read and watch the full tutorial on the exclusive BERNINA blog, WeAllSew. AURORA, Ill., Nov. 09, 2023 ...

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 ...

For years, knitting instructor Mary Scott Huff has been teaching knitters how to make mittens. This book is a compendium of her wisdom about mittens, including an anatomy of each element of knitting ...