Named for the stitch, not the mountain.

A merrow is an overlock. It eats the cut edge and lays a ridge that does not unravel after a hundred cabin washes. We named the mill after that machine because the clothes have no other mark.

Winthrop sits in the Methow. People buy us for the hour between the stove and the truck, not for a bib number. If a piece cannot be worn indoors without looking like costume, it does not leave the rail.

No telephone. The loom inbox is enough.