Tom Yankowiak of Cook makes beaver/moosehide mitts (above)?and beaver-fur caps from the hides of beavers he traps. His mitts sell for $165, the caps for $130. And several years ago, it occurred to ...

My mind was racing as I settled into a stackable chair and set my bag on a foldable table. The room next to an ice rink had been set up only moments earlier and soon would be filled with fur sewers.