The viral photo of Bernie Sanders wearing chunky patterned mittens at the recent presidential inauguration has apparently drawn hundreds of people to knitting.
Thousands of patterns for lookalike mittens have also been sold, according to this newspaper article Terry passed on to me.
Bernie’s mittens were cut and sewn from an existing old sweater, rather than knit, from what I understand. Cutting up old knits to modify them is something I’ve read about but never tried.
An interesting point mentioned in the article is that a Harvard study found that knitting lowers blood pressure by an average of 11 beats per minute.
A good reason to knit - especially during stressful times!
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