Handweavers Guild Show This Weekend!

It's that time of year again:  time for the Woolen Mill Store to play host to the Portland Handweavers Guild in our Blanket and Tapestry Gallery!

Beauty in progress!

Join us this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during regular store hours for a feast for the eyes with more than two dozen local fiber artists displaying their wares.  Get a head start on your holiday shopping -- and don't forget to get something for Santa to leave in your stocking!  Throughout the weekend, you can see weaving and other fiber arts demonstrations.

Support the local handmade community this weekend at the annual Portland Handweavers Guild show and sale at the Woolen Mill Store!

Truck Report 10/28/2011

Good morning, wool lovers!  Are you ready for Halloween?  If not, we've got plenty of ideas and supplies to get you (or your house) spookified.

The Pendleton truck has been and gone, right on schedule -- and like the Great Pumpkin, delivered lots of treats for all the good little crafters.

• 200 pounds of premium wool strips (they're bigger than worms, but smaller than blanket header)
• 350 pounds of fuzzy selvage -- still on sale for 30% off the regular price through the end of the month

The blanket header bins are well stocked with solids and plaids from previous deliveries, too!

As a reminder, the Woolen Mill Store will be closing early on Saturday, October 29th and will be closed all day on Sunday, October 30th for our annual inventory.

Store Closure: Annual Inventory

We wanted to give you a little bit of advance warning:  we will be performing our annual store inventory this weekend, so the store hours will be a little different than usual.

Saturday, October 29:  Open from 10am-4pm

Sunday, October 30:  Closed

Come Monday morning, we're back to our usual schedule:  10am-5:30pm Monday-Saturday and Sunday 11am-4pm.  We apologize for any inconvenience, and appreciate your understanding.

Truck Report 10/21/2011

Happy Friday, Woolfans!

The Pendleton truck stopped by late in the day Thursday and delivered a bounty of wonderful mill by-products!  If you're planning to have a handmade holiday season, now would be the perfect time to stock up on supplies.

• 500 pounds of fuzzy selvage -- still on sale for 30% off the regular price!
• 200 pounds of blanket header
• 200 pounds of wooly worms

That's craft-tastic!  What kind of projects will you be working on this weekend?

Community Craft Night 10/19/2011

Community Craft Night returns to the Woolen Mill Store tomorrow -- Wednesday, October 19.

Bring a work-in-progress and bring a friend for a little social time while you work.  Community Craft Night is a great chance to talk projects and ideas, get a little extra help if you're stumped, or see a new hobby in action.

Join us at the Woolen Mill Store from 5-7pm.  If you arrive after 5:30, just ring the doorbell next to the entrance and we'll let you in.

The Secret Language of Care Labels

We'll admit it: working at the Woolen Mill Store does tend to inspire quite a bit of fabric nerdiness.  It's not just limited to wool, either!

When we came across this nifty chart interpreting the standard symbols for washing and dry cleaning, we just had to share.

And here's an interesting little fact about cleaning instructions: if there is more than one possible way to clean a garment, the label does not have to include all methods.  Most manufacturers will pick the best (safest, most reliable) cleaning method and list only that one in order to help their products last!

Truck Report 10/14/2011

Good morning, Woolfans!

It's Friday, and we're in love... with selvage!  Our selvage sale is still going strong -- 30% off the regular price on blanket weight, flannel weight, and worsted weight selvage.

The truck delivered another 500 pounds of the fun fuzzy stuff, and it's headed straight to the bins.

Not sure what to do with it?  Check our class schedule, we'll be offering our popular Wool Rug Crochet class again soon.

Pendleton Bike Winner!

It's a beautiful day for a bike ride!

Congratulations to Wayne, the winner of our Pendleton/Workman collaboration bicycle!  We had nearly 600 entries in our drawing, but just one lucky winner.

If you can't live without a Pendleton Chief Joseph cruiser of your very own, visit the Woolen Mill Store or our flagship Home Store in downtown Portland.

FAQ: Is the Woolen Mill Store an Outlet Store?

Is this an outlet store? Where are the seconds?


We are not an outlet store. Everything in our store -- from the blankets to the fabric -- is first quality. A few things make our store special:

• The fabric. No other Pendleton store carries as much fabric as we do. We have space for over 300 rolls of fabric, plus seven tables of pre-cut pieces offered at a discount.


• The prototypes. The Woolen Mill Store carries an ever-changing selection of prototype blankets: testers that are made when the company is working on a new design. They are first quality, fully finished blankets that may look a little (or a lot) different from the blanket that ends up in the regular Pendleton Home line.


• The discontinued items. Blankets and throws that are no longer a part of the regular Pendleton Home line are offered at a discount. You'll find a variety of colors, styles, and sizes at the Woolen Mill Store.

This leads to the question: where are the outlet stores? The nearest Pendleton outlet to the Portland area is at our mill in Washougal, Washington. The store carries first quality clothing and home goods and offers incredible deals on the outlet items. It's a little over a half hour from the Woolen Mill Store, and well worth the trip!

To find the Pendleton store nearest you, visit the Pendleton website and use the Store Locator.

Truck Report 10/7/2011

Good morning, Woolfans!

If you're expecting your regular, every-Friday-morning sort of truck report today, get ready for a surprise.  Sure, the Pendleton truck showed up on schedule Thursday afternoon.  Sure, we got a fantastic delivery of scraps:

• 100 pounds of wooly worms
• 200 pounds of blanket header
• 500 pounds of selvage

 But we've also got something special to announce:

For the next month -- or until we run out -- all selvage will be 30% off.   All colors, all weights, all that fuzzy goodness will be just $2.10 a pound.  You can stock up just in time to make rugs for all your relatives this holiday season!

To learn more about the different kind of mill production scraps we get at the Woolen Mill Store, visit the Scraps tab at the top of the page.

Creative Customers: Bags by Becky

Becky stopped by to show off one of her purses -- made from Pendleton Winterscape fabric.  She makes bags of all sizes, from this small saddlebag-style purse to roomy totes.

All the fringe is done by hand!

You can find Bags by Becky in a number of stores around the area, including Quilter's Corner on SE McLoughlin Blvd. in Milwaukie, and C&M Stables on Hwy 101 in Florence.  Or you might run into Becky here at the Woolen Mill Store!