Lewiston, ME — On March 10 at 6pm, Maine MILL hosted Mike Rancourt of Rancourt & Co to discuss the creation of the footwear worn by Team USA at the Olympics. Rancourt & Co are the crafters of boots for three US Olympic teams, most recently the opening and...
Happy Women’s History Month. Female weavers played a huge part in the successful operation of the Bates Mills, working to create bedspreads, sheets, and other beautiful textile pieces. This month, we are highlighting a photograph circa 1910 of three female employees....
Lewiston, ME — The Industrial Heart: Enterprise, Innovation, and Creativity opens to the public beginning Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Maine MILL. The original exhibition focuses on the textile, shoe, and brick-making industries and features highlights from Maine...
This automatic filling winder made sure that bobbins were fully wound with yarn in preparation for weaving on a jacquard loom. Work on this machine involved placing cones of yarn on reels or spindles of the machine; threading yarn through the various guides;...
The creation of Jacquard cards to control the weave sequence on a textile loom was a multi-step process. A crucial piece of this process involved the use of the Piano Punching Machine, which is our object of the month. It encoded the fabric design into stacks of cards...
