Down Home & Company
10 Toll Bridge Lane
Fryeburg, ME 04037
207-925-1811
By Appointment Only
About the Former Store located on Main Street in Bridgton:
Down Home & Company is mostly a spinning & knitting store, stocking fibers & equipment for spinners; yarns, patterns, books & notions for spinners, knitters & felters. There are classes year round in most of the fiber arts.
In addition, there are locally, hand crafted items mostly made by members of the Down Home Spinners. The name Down Home & Company is derived from the Down Home Spinners, a local spinning guild. The word "Company" is not meant in the corporate sense but is spelled out because it refers to all the talented artists and craftspersons whose work is offered for sale in our store. They continually amaze our customers with their originality.
About the Owner:
Lorinda O'Brien (or "Rindy" as her friends call her) first picked up knitting needles when she was seven and started crocheting about age ten. She hasn't been without a project since that time. In the years to follow Lorinda did needlepoint, crewel, cross stitch and sewing in addition to knitting and crocheting. In 1986 she bought her first spinning wheel and her life took yet another direction. Lorinda has been selling wheels and teaching spinning since 1990 and still delights in a new student's progress. During the past 20 years she has taken courses and master classes in spining and knitting from locally, nationally and internationally known experts to improve her techniques and teaching skills.
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