Wool Blog

126 YEARS IN THE MAKING!

                                                                                               Frankenmuth Woolen Mill Honored as a 2020 Michigan C...

Made in the USA

What does Made in the USA mean to you? It is a term that gets tossed around often and sometimes overlooked. It can mean different things to differ...

Word of Mouth

Word of mouth. Some experts call it the best form of advertising. We thought we would take some of our most often asked product questions and let t...

The Silence of the Lambs

  Hannibal Lecter. Just hearing this movie villain's name is enough to give you nightmares...but then your nightmare turns into a night terror when...

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

According to Webster a sign is: a display (such as a lettered board or a configuration of neon tubing) used to identify or advertise a place of business or a product.  As we designed new signs for our 124 year old Woolen Mill, we felt that Webster’s definition, while accurate,...

Pandemic, Patriotism and Pride

March 23rd was a sad day for our 126 year old business. Forced by the State of Michigan to close due to the Covid-19 virus we said goodbye to our ...

Recording History

We added history notes to the walls of our 126 year old Frankenmuth Woolen Mill today. Just above maintenance entries from May 1916 we recorded so...

YOU DO ALL THAT HERE?

"You do all that here?" is a question we often get.  "I have been coming to Frankenmuth for years and didn't know about this place" is another. Ou...

Looking Back

Thank you for joining us for a quick trip back in time. Each week we will turn back the pages of our Mill's history to reflect on events that have ...

Keeping the Faith

  It is dark and quiet here as it has been for only a handful of days since our Mill's opening in 1894. We don't intend to be quiet or dark for lo...

Doing Our Small Part

Thank you for helping us promote our Operation Make Masks at Home to help protect our community. When making masks please use tightly woven fabric...

Pandemics Past and Present

The staff photo of the 1918 Frankenmuth Woolen Mill staff was taken during the height of the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic. This horrible virus kille...