Large wool 14 ft. blanket or something

Discussion in 'Textiles, Needle Arts, Clothing' started by billyd3us, Feb 27, 2017.

  1. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    I just picked this up at my local thrift store $1.00, what do you guys think of it, it feels like wool and or mohair mix, the ends have been sewn with seams. It's approx. 14 ft.
    At first I thought it might have been a Native American Indian Chief's blanket but, I think not or what ?

    Thank You

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  2. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    It is two blankets. They came from the mill that way and were ripped apart at the store. Uncommon to find them still together.
     
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  3. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry, Billy, but seeing the size of that piece, all I could think of was Penelope in Homer's Odyssey, weaving all day & un-weaving at night... (This might have been the night she wasn't able to "undo" her work!)
     
  4. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    I wish I knew what mill, Thanks Terry
     
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  5. billyd3us

    billyd3us Thanks All my Friends

    Wow, I wish it was hers.
     
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  6. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    It seems that in commercial blankets it's the tag that sells them
     
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  7. SBSVC

    SBSVC Well-Known Member

    Billy, there ARE folks out there who would love to have this for the fabric alone! (I, myself, would love to use it for an as-yet-unimagined project of some sort!)
     
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  8. Rayo56

    Rayo56 Well-Known Member

    Woven, not stirred with 2 cubes!! No really, great buy for 1$! My wife is really involved in fibres from raw wool and alpacas to making it into fiber to spinning it to knitting clothing out of it - she says "Looks like a Mohair, Wool blend"!
     
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