A Vermont teacher, whose handmade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration, has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves.
"I have amazing news! I'm partnering with Vermont Teddy Bear to make Bernie's Mittens for EVERYONE!!" Jennifer Ellis tweeted, adding that some of the proceeds would benefit the Make a Wish Vermont charity."
"I knew there had to be a way to get them to you - and I found it!!" she said.
The 42-year-old had sent Mr Sanders a pair of her mittens, made from repurposed woollen jumpers and lined with fleece made from recycled plastic bottles, after he lost to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, as a consolation gift.
Last year, as Senator Sanders was running again for president, Ms Ellis learnt that he was wearing the mittens - "people were calling them his oven mitts" - but had lent them to someone else.
She said she was so touched that she sent Mr Sanders another ten pairs.
The senator's brown and beige mittens featured prominently in a photo from the inauguration on 20 January showing him sitting alone in a folding chair, bundled up and seemingly unimpressed with the pomp and circumstance.
The image by AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski became the first viral meme of the Biden era, with Mr Sanders superimposed on everything from 'Star Wars' scenes to Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper'.
"Many, many of you have reached out looking to buy a pair of these awesome mittens. Sadly I don't really make them anymore. But I want to make sure that you get a pair," Ms Ellis said in a video on the Vermont Teddy Bear Company website.
Ms Ellis said that three days after the inauguration she received around 13,000 emails from people who want to buy her mittens.
"Not just one pair - people want lots of them," she said.
