Bernie Sanders’ mittens may have become the unexpected must-have fashion accessory of Joe Biden’s inauguration, but those hoping to steal the Vermont senator’s look are in for a disappointment. The teacher who made them and gave them to Sanders says she has none for sale.
The mittens that sparked hundreds of internet memes were made from repurposed sweaters and recycled plastic by Jen Ellis, a 42-year-old second grade teacher who lives in Essex Junction, Vermont, just outside of Burlington, where Sanders was mayor in the 1980s.
“I don’t have any mittens to sell. I don’t really do it a lot any more. I’m flattered that they want them, but there are lots of people on Etsy who sell them and hopefully people will get some business from them. But I’m not going to quit my day job,” Ellis told the Jewish Insider in an interview on Wednesday night.
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She explained that the demand had been overwhelming. “I am a second grade teacher, and I’m a mom, and all that keeps me really busy. There’s no possible way I could make 6,000 pairs of mittens, and every time I go into my email, another several hundred people have emailed me.”
She went on to say: “I hate to disappoint people, but the mittens, they’re one-of-a-kind and they’re unique and sometimes in this world, you just can’t get everything you want.”
“It’s been unexpected,” she said of their sudden social media fame. “He must really like them if he chose to wear them.”
Ellis said she was not a regular social media user, and had struggled to remember the login for her Twitter account.
Jen Ellis
(@vtawesomeness)
I made Bernie’s mittens as a gift a couple years ago. They are made from repurposed wool sweaters and lined with fleece (made from recycled plastic bottles). #BerniesMittens pic.twitter.com/lTXFJvVy9V
January 21, 2020
Asked about his outfit, Sanders told CBS News in an interview after the ceremony: “In Vermont, we dress warm – we know something about the cold. We’re not so concerned about good fashion. We want to keep warm. And that’s what I did today.”
Sanders’ outfit rapidly became an internet meme. He was Photoshopped into historic photographs, comic panels and the subway, while sitting, arms folded, wrapped up warm against the DC winter weather, wearing that spectacular pair of mittens. Indeed, #BerniesMittens became one of the trending hashtags of the inauguration.
Heather Hill
(@Tvini)
I am once again asking for some coffee. #berniesmittens pic.twitter.com/CDVFbnx0oo
January 21, 2021
Ellen Moorhouse
(@EllenMftw)
#berniesmittens takes on #thequeensgambit in a chess match for the ages. pic.twitter.com/CeU5fBcGWd
January 21, 2021
Fred
(@WaywardWinifred)
I’ve seen enough. This is the winner. pic.twitter.com/DuDeUGnGz4
January 20, 2021
matt apodACAB
(@mattapodaca)
pic.twitter.com/fsSqLn17XY
January 20, 2021
@taraskurtu
(@TaraSkurtu)
I don’t know who did this, but it popped up and made me laugh so hard so I’m sharing it with you. pic.twitter.com/OAZKVOvb3R
January 21, 2021
Alex Cohen
(@anothercohen)
When you get invited to a meeting but it should have been an email pic.twitter.com/RxnM0QWask
January 20, 2021
Broomfield-Boulder Now
(@ocn_entertains)
that one FRIEND who’s always cold… 😆#berniesmittens pic.twitter.com/vgF2ovVNIB
January 20, 2021
Fraser Wilson 🏴🇪🇺
(@FraserWilson95)
Fixed it pic.twitter.com/DhW9JO20wG
January 20, 2021
There was also political speculation about what might be fuelling the senator’s mood.
molly conger
(@socialistdogmom)
when joe biden asks me to seek unity with fascists pic.twitter.com/WhPU4z3QQB
January 20, 2021
And this appears to be true.
Jean O’Dwyer
(@DrJeanODwyer)
If you add googly eyes to #berniesmittens, 2021 becomes a little more tolerable. pic.twitter.com/vIFWofRKuH
January 20, 2021
Meme veterans also noted that Sanders was wearing the same practical and sturdy coat that had become internet-famous in a video where he had appealed for financial support at the end of 2019.
Bernie Sanders
(@BernieSanders)
The truth is, we have an excellent chance to win the primary and beat Trump.
But the only way we can do that is if we have the sufficient financial resources.
So I am asking you today to contribute to our campaign before the FEC deadline: https://t.co/9y9BZMs0GM pic.twitter.com/wnYbUDBynW
December 30, 2019
Since that post, the picture has appeared repeatedly on social media, with the caption replaced to say: “I am once again asking …” followed by a joking topical reference.
An earlier photo from the day, picturing Sanders carrying a folder of documents, also caused a stir on social media when director Rian Johnson responded to a fan who had superimposed the label “Knives Out 2 script” on to the folder. Johnson jokingly suggested he had given a draft script of the keenly anticipated potential sequel to 2019’s surprise hit movie Knives Out – but had heard nothing back yet.
Rian Johnson
(@rianjohnson)
Gave it to him like 3 weeks ago and still waiting on notes wtf https://t.co/313P9zu4ax
January 20, 2021
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