Winner of the 2024 Best in Asheville Award for Best Boutique Shop, the Local Cloth Retail Shop features work from over 70 Local Cloth vendors, representing multiple types of fiber materials and arts, including weaving, knitting, felting, crochet, eco-printing, paper, books, sewing, marbling, batik, quilting, garden products, roving and spun yarn. We carry hand-sewn and hand-dyed garments, totes and accessories, home decor, art, books, fiber supplies and yarn, and unique gifts for every occasion. The Limited Edition Blue Ridge Blankets are also available for purchase in the Retail Shop.
On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene flooded the Local Cloth Studio, located in Asheville's River Arts District. The entire Retail Shop was wiped out and inventory from over 70 fiber artists and farmers was destroyed. With the doors of our brick and mortar shop temporarily closed, Local Cloth has opened an Online Retail Shop, featuring selected items from our vendors.
Winner of the 2024 Best in Asheville Award for Best Boutique Shop, the Local Cloth Retail Shop represents many types of fiber materials and arts, including weaving, knitting, felting, dyeing, crochet, eco-printing, paper arts, sewing, marbling, quilting, spun yarn + more. All purchases from our Online Retail Shop support the fiber artists and farmers (who handcrafted the item or raised the animals that produced the fiber sold) and the work of Local Cloth, enabling us to continue providing programming and events that strengthen our local fiber economy.
We are excited to offer a limited run of the top designs of our Blue Ridge Blankets. In 2023, we launched the Asheville (multi-colored stripes), Barnardsville (white twill), Black Mountain (multi-colored plaid), French Broad River (indigo blue and white stripes), and Pisgah (brown and white twill). In 2024, we launched Weaverville (classic red and walnut plaid) and Leicester (warm walnut stripe). Our shop now features restored Blue Ridge Blankets and pre-orders for 2025. All blankets feature a trio of hand selected fibers in what we call our Blue Ridge Blend: 75% Fine Wool, 15% Mohair and 10% Alpaca. All fiber comes from farms in the Blue Ridge Mountains Fibershed (farms located within a 100-mile radius of Asheville). Each blanket is handwoven by a local weaver in western North Carolina.
Each blanket is one of a kind, and an heirloom, to be treasured for years to come. By purchasing a Limited Edition Blue Ridge Blanket, you are investing in our region's fiber economy and helping us to restore it's vibrancy. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.