HORACE, N.D.--Three years ago, Renee Clasen and Carolyn Keller inherited seven bags of sweaters and fabric from a woman going out of business. They decided to turn the sweaters into mittens to give ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. – There’s a group of volunteers in Madison who make mittens out of old wool sweaters and donate the proceeds to local food pantries. They’re called ReMitts. The group has raised $100,000 ...

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 ...

Can’t knit? No time to anyway? No problem. Repurpose a lonely, old sweater from your closet or second-hand store into warm and wooly mitts. (With wool, wash and dry first to felt it.) Step one: Flip ...

Audubon Community Nature Center is asking for donations of gently used wool and wool-blend sweaters that volunteer Ann Thorpe will transform into mittens to be sold in Audubon’s Blue Heron Gift Shop.

SIOUX CITY | There’s a narrow path cut between two heaps of old felted wool. Mary Steinhoff picks her way through the deconstructed coats and sweaters to reach her sewing machine in the middle of the ...

HORACE, N.D.-Three years ago, Renee Clasen and Carolyn Keller inherited seven bags of sweaters and fabric from a woman going out of business. They decided to turn the sweaters into mittens to give ...