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Jan 30, 2021 · By Jo Yurcaba. Vermont teacher Jen Ellis, 42, has received thousands of emails about Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Inauguration Day mittens. During President Joe Biden’s inauguration, photographer...
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The Official Home of the Bernie Mittens. We are excited to announce our partnership with Jen Ellis to produce Vermont Mittens, the mittens famously worn by Vermont's Senator, Bernie Sanders at the 2021 inauguration. A portion of the proceeds to benefit Outright Vermont. SHOP NOW.
Jan 21, 2021 · The mittens were gifted to him by Jen Ellis, a second-grade teacher in Vermont. Ellis made them back in 2016, when she was making presents for her daughter's teachers. Sanders'...
JEN ELLIS. On Inauguration Day 2021, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wore a pair of mittens I made for him in 2016. I gave them to him as a gift of encouragement and care after he lost the Democratic nomination for the 2016 presidential election. It was a simple act of kindness about which I had mostly forgotten.
May 19, 2023 · In 2021, President Joe Biden’s inauguration sent Jen Ellis spiraling into relative fame when a photo of Senator Bernie Sanders wearing mittens she made became a viral meme. Ellis, a former Vermont teacher, has now published Bernie’s Mitten Maker, a memoir detailing the personal history that led to her making the mittens.
Jan 21, 2021 · Published January 21, 2021 at 4:17 PM EST. Listen • 3:27. Olivier Douliery. / AFP via Getty Images. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives for Joe Biden's inauguration sporting mittens made from repurposed wool that were gifted to him by Jen Ellis, a teacher in Vermont. It seems more than one new star may have been born on Inauguration Day.
Apr 26, 2023 · The one-of-a-kind mittens, gifted to Sanders in 2016, were made of recycled wool sweaters and lined with fleece. As the mitten meme spread around the world, Ellis' star rose. Demand for her...
