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The teacher behind Bernie Sanders' mittens teams up with a teddy bear factory to make them for the masses
By Scottie Andrew, CNN
Updated 9:08 PM ET, Mon February 1, 2021
(CNN)January 20 was supposed to be about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris' inauguration, but all eyes were on Jen Ellis' mittens.
The brown-and-white patterned mittens Sen. Bernie Sanders wore on Inauguration Day were instantly iconic -- so much so that they're going to be produced for the masses.
Ellis, the second-grade teacher from Vermont who gave Sanders the mittens on a campaign stop years ago, has partnered with Vermont Teddy Bear to sell "Bernie mittens." An undisclosed portion of the proceeds will benefit Make-A-WIsh Vermont, which shares an office space with the Shelburne teddy bear business.