Warp & Weft Blog

The narrow streets and lanes that radiate out from Nantucket's town center are lined with shingle-clad antique homes, many of which have offered shelter to families, sailors, and summer visitors for more than two hundred years. North Water Street appears on maps as early as 1799, but all of the original homes on the south end, before Sea Street, were destroyed by the Great Fire...

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  Form Meets Function, Reimagined From the decks of 1930s naval ships to the windswept shores of Nantucket, the CPO Jacket's evolution reflects a legacy of form meeting function. Originally crafted for Chief Petty Officers who demanded warmth, durability, and all-weather resilience, the CPO Jacket's heavyweight wool and generous cut allowed for layering over thick knits, keeping sailors warm even in damp and unforgiving conditions....

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  Most kitchen linens are afterthoughts - functional necessities grabbed in bulk, forgotten until they're stained or tattered beyond saving. But here, 30 miles out to sea at our Main Street studio, Master Weaver Becky Peraner has been perfecting the craft surrounding this stalwart kitchen accessory for decades. With the rhythmic "clack-clack-clack" heartbeat of a working loom, Becky transforms a simple kitchen cloth into a...

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