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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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