Crafting your favorite things – 12/02/21

Crafting your favorite things, newspaper cover, depicting knit mittens

Local crafters are making all kinds of fantastic gift-worthy items, from cozy mittens to critter ornaments made from found-in-nature materials, Meet the crafters and find out where you can shop for their goods.

Also on the cover, spend a festive evening in downtown Concord during Midnight Merriment, p. 16. Find good eats and more at the Made in New England Expo, p. 26, And Morgan James brings holiday sounds to The Rex, p. 36.

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