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  2. Pendleton Woolen Mills - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, 1941–45, Pendleton Woolen Mills devoted most of its production to blankets and fabric for uniforms and clothing for the US military services. In 1949, after postwar market research showed a desire for women's sportswear, the company introduced a line of wool clothing for women and the '49er jacket proved extremely popular.

  3. Navajo weaving - Wikipedia

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    Before their removal, the early weaving practice was such that unprocessed wool was chiefly used to make blankets and which still retained its lanolin and suint (sweat), and which could repel water, on the one hand, but which left an unpleasant odor to the finished woolen product, on the other. [20]

  4. Pendleton - Wikipedia

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    Pendleton Whisky, a premium Canadian Whisky imported and bottled by Hood River Distillers in Hood River, Oregon; Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, Oregon, USA, best known for its Indian blankets and usually-plaid woollen shirts; Pendleton's Lithography, Boston, established by William S. Pendleton (1795–1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798–1866)

  5. Hudson's Bay point blanket - Wikipedia

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    A Hudson's Bay point blanket is a type of wool blanket traded by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in British North America, now Canada and the United States, from 1779 to present. [1] The blankets were typically traded to First Nations in exchange for beaver pelts as an important part of the North American fur trade .

  6. Button blanket - Wikipedia

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    Button blankets are worn over the shoulders and the crest design hangs on the back of the wearer. [6] Among the people who make button blankets, the blankets are not hung from walls except at funerals or near the graves of chiefs. [6] Haida artist Florence Davidson (1896–1993) was known for her button blankets.

  7. British India Corporation - Wikipedia

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    British India Corporation Limited (BIC) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. The CPSU produces textiles for use by civilians and the Indian armed forces. It manufactures the popular "Lal-imli" and "Dhariwal" brands of woollen products.

  8. Blanket - Wikipedia

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    Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, (right section) by Claude Monet Blanket vendors in a market in Algeria. Many types of blanket material, such as wool, are used because they are thicker and have more substantial fabric to them, but cotton can also be used for light blankets. Wool blankets are warmer and also relatively slow to burn compared to cotton.

  9. Woolen - Wikipedia

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    Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft, light, stretchy, and full of air. It is thus a good insulator, and makes a good knitting yarn. Woolen yarn is in contrast to worsted yarn, in which the fibers are combed to lie parallel rather than carded, producing a hard ...

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