Jan
27th
Thu
27th
I cannot wait for the Hallmark Original, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree: From Craft Store to Capitol Hill
In 1981, she started North Island Yarn, a cottage industry of local knitters, with a retail store on the island. The business expanded quickly, becoming North Island Designs, and employed as many as ten local workers in peak seasons. The business sold knitting kits and pattern books nationwide through 500 retail stores and 100,000 mail order catalogues. She sold the business in 1993.
Knitting = change we deserve