[Jacob-list] woven blanket coop prospects

[Dr. David R. Lincicome]

1425 hrs/Saturday 13 January 2001

This is a good lead-in for development of the economic value of Jacob sheep.
Jacob blankets are wonderful.  I have one which I have used decoratively with
success.  I would suggest the possibility of developing 3 kinds of blankets,
one with thick enough pile to serve on beds during the cold winter months,
another a light weight pile useful for use in warmer weather, and still another
for decorative purposes (I have used mine as a throe over my Beckstein grand
piano, and visitors always notice and make favorable comments).  Another
decorative use would be for appropriate sized blankets for wall hangings.  I
have a light weight blanket which is decorative in that it has images of famous
Wheatens as the pattern and hangs in my living room.  It is suspended on a
decorative walnut pole that adds to beauty of the hanging.

I have long advocated that JSC become involved in the development of commercial
applications but with little response.  Here is a response I hope JSC will
follow through on.

David Richard Lincicome, Ph.D.,PAS, DACAP

iseespots wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Somebody sent me this e-mail in the box this morning.  This sounds like a
> potential coop project if there is interest----and in some respects similar
> to the Canadian blanket company's finished product......
> Mary Ellen
>
> Starting next Tues, I will be working part of the week for a weaving mill
> doing product development work.  This mill is a vertical woollen system
> mill that has the capability to make blankets.
>
> Given the low price growers are getting for raw wool, I'd like to know if
> there might be a large enough group of them who could work together
> cooperatively to convert their wool into blankets which they would market.
> I would personally see the product to completion and the growers would only
> have to pay for the processing of the wool from raw to the finished
> blankets.
>
> Any thoughts?  Any wool grower publications where I could get the mill to
> advertise?
>
> ALLEN
> ALLEN FANNIN, Adjunct Prof., Textile Science
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