Maine’s textile tradition stretches back to the 1800s, when almost every family spun fine yarn from local flax and wool, as well as from imported cotton. To fulfill rapidly growing demand, mills sprang up along major rivers. Maine textiles became world-renowned. Generations thrived.

Building upon the strength of this tradition, Claudia Brahms and Noel Mount founded Brahms Mount more than twenty-five years ago in Hallowell, Maine. They purchased and renovated buildings constructed in 1866 and built a mill overlooking the Kennebec River, just upstream from where merchant ships once docked to trade Maine textiles around the [...]