Voting on Blue Ridge Blend and Shetland wool blankets will continue at future venues, most importantly next week end at SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival). If you haven't voted on your favorite 3 blankets, go to SAFF, check out the Local Cloth Booth and activities, and look at and touch the blankets! Grab a ballot. The more voting, the more LC can target future blanket production to capture the local blanket market!! Sheep to product, locally.
So many volunteers and local resources have made this possible. The project officially began with a Natural and Cultural Resources grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (funding Oct1, 2021-Dec 30, 2022). Further details on the start and progress on the Blue Ridge Blanket Project can be found at Blue Ridge Blankets and in previous blogposts:
A Shetland on Julie Wilson's Jehovah Raah Farm in Fines Creek, NC whose fleece is in some of the samples, and the blanket is one of the samples woven at Warren Wilson College
Thanks to the volunteers who have worked so hard this year in so many roles!!
Who did I miss? Send me corrections or if you would like to get in touch with any of these players! What did they do? They did many things, from skirting the fleeces, to dyeing the yarn post mill processing, designing the weave patterns and colors, weaving, carting things to and fro, organizing, planning, interfacing with farmers and mills, adjusting to delays in processing, phone calls and more phone calls and emails.
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Ann Hord Heatherly
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Farmer/Vendor
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Anthony Cole
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Farmer
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Beth Sellars
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Leadership
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Bo/Martha Branden
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Vendor
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Caroline Williford
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Staff
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Chad Alice Hagen
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Leadership
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Debbi and Craig
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Farmer
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Denise Acuri
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Dyer / Leadership
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Donna Edwards
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Weaver
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Donna Trunk
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Elizabeth Bell
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Leadership
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Erin Greene
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Farmer
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Gina Wicker
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Consultant
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Heather K Powers
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Designer
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Joan Berner
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JoAnn Stanley
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Dyer / Leadership
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Josephine Brewer
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Spinner
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Joyce Tromba
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Dyer / Leadership
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Judi Jetson
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Staff
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Julie Wilson
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Farmer
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Kristin Artz
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Leadership
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Mamie Fain
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Staff
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Marcia Kummerle
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Farmer
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Marilyn Haas
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Leadership
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Mary Bell
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Farmer
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Mary Euler
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Leadership
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Melanie Wilder
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Weaver
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Natalie Gerardot
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Farmer
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Paula Entin
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Peggy Newell
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Leadership
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Rachel Haas
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Weaver
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Rose Brinkmann
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Ruth Ann Goss
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Farmer / Mill
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Sebette Hamill
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Farmer
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Sharon and Seth Dubuc
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Farmer
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Starr Cash
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Farmer
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Susan Proctor
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Farmer / Leadership
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Susette Shiver
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Leadership
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Terri Godleski
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Farmer
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Tina LaCroix
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Trey Warner
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Farmer
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Trish Golay
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Farmer
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A photo gallery of volunteers working and the products follows.
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