These bulky mittens whip up in no time – great for gifting! Full video tutorial, too! I absolute LOVE making mittens! I realized that I didn’t have a quick top-down crochet mitten (I do have another ...

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 DIY mitten craft is a fun winter activity for kids. This winter mitten craft helps build fine motor skills and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...