In June I found myself in Averill Park, in Rensselaer County, NY, participating in a residency – spinning and weaving up a storm, but more on that later. First, I want to tell you about the mill where the residency is hosted, the Faith Mills.
The Faith Knitting company (they became Faith Mills Inc. in 1929) knitted wool and cotton “union-suits” (long underwear), shirts and drawers from 1897 through 1962. [Read more…] about Faith Mills: An Upstate New York Underwear Factory