This great photo above was on a Perry Null Trading Post newsletter that I received recently. It reminded me of times we have attended native pow wows or corn dances and the locals are wrapped up in Pendleton blankets for warmth, or they use it is a ground covering to sell wares, or folded up as a seating cushion, or countless other uses.
Living in the Southwest, we have grown to love our Pendleton blankets and we own quite a few of them now. We love them and particularly, love taking them along on trips for an extra blanket on the couch, a picnic, or to keep warm on an unexpectedly cold outing.
In the midwest, Faribault from Minnesota is popular among native peoples as was Hudson Bay in the East, and Woolrich in other places. Poyet Motte from France is probably still the softest heavyweight wool blanket you can buy, but Pendleton is the most durable.
