Swans Island Blankets

While camping at Searsport Shores Ocean Campground during Fiber College of Maine, Laila, Sara & I decided to take a short road trip down the road to visit Swans Island Blankets.  The blankets are made from regional sheep, spun at Green Mountain Spinnery, then dyed with natural dyes and woven here in Maine.

They have scarves, stoles, baby blankets, throws, summer & winter weight blankets in many colors - stripes and checks.  The dye building was made with special care to not contaminate the environment as well.  The big rings the yarn hangs to dry from are the rings in lobster trap openings for $0.20 instead of $12 for the custom made ones originally used.  

The smaller items come in a linen presentation box and the larger items come in linen woven bags for storage...The looms were amazing with electric shuttle movement and thousands of warp strands.

Comments

[portable camping stoves]

Fantastic product! Looks so warm and cuddly. I hope you purchased something special ..a memory gift to yourself.

[Shelley]

Did you buy, or did you get inspired to weave one? The patterns are very beautiful!

[Michelle]

Wow, what a wonderful business with wonderful products! What did you buy? ;-)