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A variety of items to make from leather include pattern and instructions for making leather mittens.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jan 1974 (v.52#1) pg. 51, 36

Tip on keeping new unlined leather gloves from bleeding dye.
MOTORCYCLIST #1118 Jun 1990 pg. 118

How to make a pair of sheepskin mittens with laced sides.
SUNSET Jan 1978 (v.160#1) pg. 62

Tips on how to select leather garden gloves, what to look for in the cut of the glove, and on their care and cleaning.
SUNSET Feb 1987 (v.178#2) pg. 172

Handmaking leather gloves. A beginner's guide to a disappearing art. Includes full-sized patterns for women's gloves, sizes 6-1/2, 7 and 7-1/2. Explains how to measure fingers and adjust a pattern to match. Diagrams show the three stitches to use (stab, tie tack and oversewn), glovers' knots, and construction techniques for setting the thumb, attaching fourchettes and closing the fingers.
THREADS #19 Oct-Nov 1988 pg. 55

Fur handwarmers. How to sew a pair of mittens that have a leather palm, fur back and ruff, and wool flannel lining.
THREADS #32 Dec 1990-Jan 1991 pg. 58

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