When I sit down, I like to just pick up my knitting." And what is relaxing for this widowed great-grandmother is also a wonderful thing for the many recipients of her toasty warm mittens ...

When I began writing and researching this guide three years ago, I’ll admit that I was the type of person who purchased a cheap pair of knit gloves at the start of every winter and simply hoped ...

Ellis makes her mittens out of repurposed wool sweaters. The mittens given to Sanders were from a sweater knitted by a former student's grandmother, which Ellis remembered as being in rough shape.