Jo miller blankets and throws

FREEPORT – Falmouth resident Jo Miller, who has moved Maine Woolens from Brunswick to 124 Main St. in Freeport, uses only American wool in the production of wool and cotton blankets and throws available at the store.

Maine Woolens employs 20 people between its manufacturing facility in Brunswick and its Freeport store.

Miller, a 1969 graduate of Winslow High School, has four decades of experience in the textile industry, and says she is driven to employ Maine people making Maine products.

Scrambling to manage inventory during the busy holiday shopping season, Miller took some time with the Tri-Town Weekly recently to answer questions about her business, and her background in the textile industry.

Q: How did you get started in the woolen business, when and why?

A: After graduating from the University of Maine in 1973, I moved to Yorba Linda, Calif., where my interest in textiles started.

Returning to Maine in 1976, I became an instructor of geology at Colby College in Waterv