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RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS INTERSECTION - Fred Mitts Intersection piece on Fred Mitts, a hobby biz Fred Foster started some five years ago, after tinkering around, teaching himself to sew mitts and gloves using upscaled material such as old fur coats, old hides ... his bear-fur mitts are even fashioned out of an old bear-skin rug. Fred retired from his job as a plumber last year, but when he was working he found it therapeutic at night to come home and sew mitts. Everybody told him he should be marketing his talents but it took him 16 years to give it a try; his mitts - all handsewn, he eschews a sewing machine even for liners - were an instant hit @ markets. Photos of him, a bit of a Grizzly Adams-type, working in his shop, outside showing off his wares, hand-sewn fur hat, with a pair of his fur mitts and inventory he has on display in his basement of completed projects - some super colourful dyed leather mitts (again, he uses recycled material almost exclusively See Dave Sanderson, Sat Jan 22 Intersection feature. Jan 18th, 20227