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the connecticut blanket



The wool is collected in early June at UCONN where it is inspected for cleanliness, structure, length and more. Once packed away in large wool bags it is trucked to South Carolina where it is scoured (washed) and returned to New England for carding, spinning, weaving, fulling, napping and cutting into blankets. The blankets are available in King, Queen, Full, Twin, Long Throw, Throw, Baby and Scarf. Each year a new pattern is chosen but it is always a light and dark combination as we do not dye the wool.



The Connecticut Blanket is a cooperative project open to members of the Connecticut Sheep Breeders Association, Inc. which adds to the sustainability of member shepherds' farms by obtaining a value-added product from the wool of their sheep. Based on the amount of wool contributed the shepherds create an order for the sizes they want and when finished the blankets are sorted out into those orders and delivered to them to do with as they please. There is a list of farms that participated in the most recent blanket as well as information from farms that have asked to have their contact information for selling their Connecticut Blankets at the bottom of this page and also on the Marketplace Classifieds page If more information is needed please contact the Blanket Inventory Coordinator via email at smurray@ctsheep.com.


In a normal year we collect close to or just over 2,000 pounds of wool and there are about 325 blankets & scarves produced. In 2020 we only managed to collect 1557 pounds because of the logistics surrounding shearing, wool collection and several other complications that have set back the expected delivery time so there will only be196 blankets and 62 scarves produced.


See the slide show below for a few parts of the process.



The 2019 blanket on the loom



Yes sir, yes sir more than 3 bags full



quality control at the skirting table



inspecting the wool



the following farms contributed their wool to
the 2019 Connecticut Blanket
The burnham hill



Kathy Bombria, Keb Farm, Columbia

Christine Collins, Pillar of Autumn, Coventry

Bill Cournoyer, Cournoyer Farm, Preston

Mark, Janet, Evan Dudley, Guilford

Dudley Foundation, Dudley Farm Museum, Guilford

B. Emery & A. Foss, Clatter Ridge Farm, Farmington

Jessica Glass, Hildred's Farm, South Windsor

Albert & Donna Grant, Melhurst Farm, Broad Brook

Gretchen Hachmeister, Sharon Valley Shepherds, Sharon

Chris & Susan Hermonot, Hermonot Farm, North Franklin

Sherri Holmberg, Epona Farm, Bethel

Indian Rock Nature Preserve, Bristol

Lisa Kowalyshyn, Kindred Crossings LLC, North Franklin

Alan Lovejoy & Jennifer Law, Wetawanchu Brook Farm, Falls Village

Regina Malsbary, Turtle Creek Farm, Coventry

Vivienne McGarry, Cold Goats Farm, Haddam Neck

Montessori School of Greater Hartford, Millstream Farm, New Hartford

Sylvia Murray & David Pringle, Alder Brook Farm, Norwich

Nick Pouder, Mayapple Hill Farm, New Milford

Charles Raymond, Broad Brook Farm, Preston

Maria Rodrigues, Rodrigues Farm, Redding

Evy Schultz, Maple Hill Farm, Moodus

Peter & Carol Sepe, Sepe Farm LLC, Sandy Hook

Linda Shafer, Country Club Farm, Stonington

Marie Stocker, Quaker Farms P&F, Oxford

University of Connecticut, Storrs

Harry Werner VMD, Werner Equine, North Granby

John & Bev Willnauer, The Farm, Coventry



more blanket information



BLANKET CARE

To clean your blanket DO NOT put it in your washing machine. Agitation, soap & water temperature changes make felt. You can take it to the dry cleaners or you can dry clean it at home in your dryer using dry cleaning sheets from brands such as Dryell, Woolite and others. Some people put a sheet over it to help keep it clean and then on a nice sunny day hang it outdoors on a clothesline, over a railing, several lawn chairs, etc.


THE FOLLOWING FARMS HAVE BLANKETS FOR SALE

* has Facebook page


FAIRFIELD COUNTY


SEPE FARM, LLC *

Sandy Hook

www.sepefarm.com

pasepe@juno.com


HARTFORD COUNTY


HILDRED'S FARM

South Windsor

hildreds.farm@gmail.com


MELHURST FARM

Broad Brook

albert_grant@sbcglobal.net


LITCHFIELD COUNTY


SHARON VALLEY SHEPHERDS

ghachmeisterphd@gmail.com

860-866-6978


WETAWANCHU BROOK FARM

Falls Village

lawlovejoy@comcast.net

860-824-0620


MIDDLESEX COUNTY


COLD GOATS FARM *

Haddam Neck

vivmcgarry@gmail.com


NEW LONDON COUNTY


ALDER BROOK FARM *

Norwich

www.alderbrookromneys.com

smurray@alderbrookromneys.com


COUTRY CLUB FARM *

Stonington

horsesnhockey@sbcglobal.net


KINDRED CROSSINGS LLC *

North Franklin

www.kindredcrossingsfarm.com

kindredcrossings@msn.com


TOLLAND COUNTY


KEB FARM *

Columbia

kebfarm@yahoo.com


TURTLE CREEK FARM

Coventry

rmalsbary@comcast.net


WINDHAM COUNTY


PLUMGULLY FARM*

Windham

plumgully@yahoo.com










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