Nose Mittens

Nose Mittens FARM HOME Clothes 6-2-30 You might not have nerve enough to wear them to town, but Mary Hosch's new "nose mittens" might be just the thing for doing chores on cold winter mornings. Hosch, of rural Fergus Falls, Minn., started making nose mittens at the request of a friend who had seen the idea elsewhere. She says she did it as a gag but now friends have told her they really work. Nose mittens come in all different colors because Hosch uses scraps from the bottom of her yarn basket to make them. They hook over the nose and around both ears and have tiny pompons on the end. "I've sold about 100," says Hosch, noting that a local resident recently sent one to Willard Scott, NBC's Today Show weatherman, who presented it to host Bryant Gumbel on the air. She'll sell them through the mail for $3 apiece. One size fits all noses. Hosch says she hasn't made one for herself yet but says she'll reconsider, "After I see everybody else wearing one." For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Mary Hosch, Rt. 1, Box 349, Fergus Falls, Minn. 56537.

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