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Chatham Manufacturing

Excellence in wool since 1877.

10/16/2026

Spinning yarn at the Chatham mill, Elkin in the 1940s.

10/11/2026

Our 100% wool indigo blue stripe throw. Designed to replicate one of the very first Chatham blankets and made in the US using many of the same processes.

10/09/2026

Washing wool fabric as part of the finishing process. Chatham mill, Elkin. Sometime in the 1940s.

10/08/2026

Alexander Chatham- founder of The Chatham Manufacturing Company. Taken sometime in the 1880s.

10/07/2026

The heavy autumn fog rolls in like a shroud, forcing the townspeople to pull their thick wool coats tightly against a sudden, piercing chill. Yet, as the shears clip away the final fleeces at the old farm, the soft, suffocating warmth of the seasonal knit offers comfort. Taken by oliviaestebanez

10/06/2026

Sorting and weighing wool before carding. Chatham Elkin mill, 1940s.

10/05/2026

Loading wool into a pressurized dye chamber at the Chatham mill in the 1940s.

10/04/2026

Our mohair merino throw. Designed by photographed by

10/03/2026

Washing wool fabric at the Chatham mill, Elkin NC. Sometime in the 1920s. Interesting to note is the belt driven equipment. Before machines had individual electric motors, they were powered by belts from a single shaft.

10/02/2026

Carding at the Chatham mill, 1940s. The carding process takes the piles of wool that come from the sheep and combs them straight into rolls that can be spun into yarn.

Address

Elkin, NC
28621

Website

http://www.chathammfg.com/

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