made in the methow 2014

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Made for each otherThe Methow Valley is a place of discovery, for all ages and interests.

It’s also a place of remarkable creativity and artistic inspiration. The scenery and experiences are memorable. The creativity and inspiration are portable, in vast variety.

We produce things here — things to eat, drink, wear, use, hang on a wall, soothe body and soul. They are hand-crafted, home-grown, distinctly personal and often one-of-a-kind. And, conveniently for visitors, they are available at many stores, outdoor markets, studios and production facilities throughout the valley. If you are not buying something directly from the person who made it or grew it — as is often the case — you are buying it from a local vendor who believes in promot-ing the best the valley has to offer.

Many of our local producers are affiliated with Methow Made, a mar-keting and branding program developed by TwispWorks — a small busi-ness development campus that is home to many local producers— to promote all things made in the Methow. For the past couple of years, the Methow Valley News has worked in partnership with TwispWorks/Methow Made to help spread the word about all the things you can take home to remind you of the valley.

We’d like to write about all of our local creative types every year, but we only have so much room. So please peruse the advertisements and the advertiser directory on pages 27 – 31 for information about what’s available and how to find it. You won’t be disappointed.

Don Nelson

Made in the Methow

Don Nelson, publisher/editorDarla Hussey, designRobin Doggett, advertisingSheila Ward, advertisingDana Sphar, ad design/productionMarilyn Bardin, office managerContributorsJoanna BastianAshley LodatoMike MaltaisAnn McCrearyDon NelsonMarcy StamperLaurelle Walsh

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On the cover: Thomas McGregor works on a batch of bread at Okanogan Bakery in Twisp. Photo by Don Nelson

C O N T E N T S‘Made’ to last . . . . . . . . 4

Methow products are finding a broader audience

Getting the word out . . . 5Methow Made is making a difference for many local products

Take it outside . . . . . . . 8Methow Valley craftspeople produce an array of outdoor gear

Bottled, bagged, brewed 11The valley offers a range of imbibables

Breaking bread . . . . . . 12Four valley bakeries produce a variety of fresh loaves daily

Salve-ation nation . . . . 16Balms, lotions, potions and creams use lots of local ingredients

Wear it home . . . . . . . 20Creative hands are fashioning original clothing and textiles

Sturdy frames . . . . . . 23

Made in the Methow Directory . . . . . . . . . . 27

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‘Made’ to lastMethow products are finding a broader audience thanks to successful marketing

By Don Nelson

The Methow Made marketing effort launched by TwispWorks last year has greatly expanded the reach of all kinds of locally produced con-sumer goods — but not quite in every way hoped for.

Products made by valley businesses are more visible and available within the Methow and in nearby communi-ties, thanks in part to the branding and marketing strategies developed for the Methow Made program.

However, a planned expansion into the Puget Sound market ran into logis-tical challenges, according to Twisp-Works Executive Director Amy Stork.

The core idea behind Methow Made is to convince visitors to not only take something of the Methow with them when they leave, but to also come back for more or buy their favorite products online.

TwispWorks, the nonprofit small business campus that operates at the former U.S. Forest Service complex, used a $41,000 federal grant to create a collaborative marketing campaign

in 2013, which included development of a logo, advertising in Seattle-area publications as well as local media, marketing training for local produc-ers, placement of product displays in local and regional stores, and web-site/social media marketing.

Requirements for participation are that at least 75 percent of a product’s wholesale value must originate or occur in the Methow Valley; products must be available for purchase; they must be adequately labeled; and the producer must have an online pres-ence to facilitate sales.

Displays a hitThe Methow Made display racks

placed in retail outlets around the valley have been successful, Stork said, so much so that a half-dozen stores have asked to be included. New display racks are being designed and built for those who have requested them, Stork said.

“It exceeded our expectations,” Stork said of the retail marketing effort. “We’ve been getting good results.”

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Money left from the federal grant will be used to build new or larger displays for stores including Pard-ners Mini Market in Winthrop, the Winthrop Store (formerly Winthrop Motors), Aspen Grove in Winthrop and Hank’s Harvest Foods in Twisp.

Methow Made has also built up an impressive social media presence, Stork said, with more than 1,000 Facebook followers.

What has not worked as well, Stork said, was a planned foray into retail outlets in the Seattle area. “We reached out to them and the response was positive — with a twist,” she said.

The twist is that larger retailers, especially grocery stores, want to work through a central supplier or wholesale distributor, as opposed to a bunch of smaller vendors. Methow Made wasn’t designed to act as a mid-dleman in the distribution system, Stork said. Individual producers are expected to do their own distribu-tion, with marketing assistance from Methow Made.

“It revealed the limits of the

program,” Stork said. “Methow Made wasn’t designed to ‘touch’ any products.”

The west side market might be more approachable if Methow Val-ley businesses formed some kind of distribution cooperative, Stork said. But that might be difficult given the variety of products (some perishable, others not) and that most local pro-ducers are so small they don’t have the resources to take part in a larger organization.

Lots of interestThe most important validation

that has come from the first year of Methow Made, Stork said, is “that lo-cal is hot … the interest is there.”

Stork said that, in retrospect, it might have been more effective to have a full year of planning before launching Methow Made, as opposed to the six months that was available under terms of the federal grant.

“This community is so rich in ideas and input,” she said.

Because of the nature of the federal

grant, the marketing campaign’s initial focus was on local agricultural products. This year, Methow Made has expanded its efforts beyond agriculture to include the arts and crafts community, and the response has been impressive.

Methow Made now has more than 40 registered participants (who must meet guidelines to qualify as locally produced), about double the number

of last year’s participants. Most of the increase was from the arts and crafts community, Stork said.

Next year, Stork said, the federal money will be all gone and Methow Made will need to find other fund-ing sources. Some support from the program will come from participants. Membership in Methow Made was free in 2013; this year members paid a basic fee of $75.

Getting the word outMethow Made is making a difference for many local products

By Joanna Bastian

With nearly a year of experience in the Methow Made program, local producers have had a chance to see how it might work for them. We

asked some Methow Made par-ticipants to reflect on the marketing effort’s impact.

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Meg Donohue — Blue Star Coffee Roasters

Mainly, we see the Methow Made program as a heartfelt and nicely executed attempt by TwispWorks to respond to a long-standing desire of the farming community here in the Methow to help create a way to brand and promote their products, both locally and regionally. The evolution of Methow Made will be interesting to watch, as it reaches out to arts and craft artisans throughout the valley in an effort to include them in the program. We joined Methow Made to show our support both for Twisp-Works, and for the Methow Valley as a whole.

Don McIvor — McIvor Woodworks

I applied to the program because I foresee benefits to being part of a regional marketing/branding ef-fort. The Methow name has cachet and lends appeal to products, and distinguishes our locally produced items from competitors. I am looking forward to being part of this effort and to see what fruits it may bear.

Betsy Cassell-Thomas — Intertwined Designs

As an artisan and being new to the valley, Methow Made has helped me be aware of my fellow artisans and develop local connections. As the artisan program develops and is pro-moted, my hope is that it will bring more business and attention to my clothing line, both from locals and tourists. The value of the program is in its ability to make consumers

aware of the great things that are be-ing produced in the Methow, and the importance of supporting the local economy.

Joanne Marracci — Marracci Design

The value of the program is in getting help marketing my brand. I’d rather spend time in my studio mak-ing jewelry. The more I can get my name out there — and not just in the valley — the more my brand can grow and develop.

Phil Millam — Dog Paw Knives Methow Made has been most help-

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Ann Simmons — Texas Creek Products

Methow Made has helped me as a sauce producer by having end-cap-type displays that feature very dif-ferent Made in the Methow products that probably wouldn’t normally be associated. Normally, hot sauce, wine and biscuit mix are in their respec-tive grocery store sections. Having the Methow Made display allows us to promote all our different products with a common link. There are a lot of consumers who like to support lo-cal businesses and the displays make it easy for them to find a number of very different locally produced prod-ucts that probably would not have otherwise been displayed together. I’ve seen increased sales of items from the Methow Made displays com-pared to regular off-the-shelf sales of bottled sauces. More seem to move off of the Methow Made display.

Dave Sabold — Gardner Gardens

Five stores with the nice new Methow Made displays have featured our beeswax skin cream: Hank’s Harvest Foods, Mazama Store, Glover Street Market, Aspen Grove, Evergreen Store and the Winthrop Store (formerly Winthrop Motors). Three out of our 12 retail locations came about as a result of the Methow Made project: Aspen Grove, Winthrop Store and Hank’s. That’s a 25 percent increase in retail lo-cations. Sales have increased in the last few months, mostly because Hank’s has helped our sales quite a bit.

Lucinda Tear — Lucinda’s Botanical Salves & Potions

I feel that the main value of

Methow Made for me has been to legitimize my products in the eyes of retailers in the valley and to give me a platform for presenting myself to retailers. Promoting myself is not one of my strengths and being part of Methow Made helped me have a little more courage to step forward and in-troduce myself to retailers. I’m still in the process of getting up courage and stepping forward, too! I also appreci-ated the help setting up a Facebook page for my business.

Missy Leduc — Mazama StoreWe have benefited from the pro-

gram from the advertising aspect and also providing an Internet presence for our bread. It’s been a great experi-ence for us.

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Farmers markets offer local produce, art and handicraft items at several locations in and around the Methow Valley. Here’s how to find them:

Methow Valley Farmers Market

Saturday, 9 a.m. – noonMethow Valley Community Center,

Highway 20, TwispApril – October

Winthrop MarketSunday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Mack Lloyd Park, Highway 20, Winthrop

Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend

Brewster Farmers MarketFriday 2 – 5 pm June – October

Fifth North and Third streets

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Saturday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.American Legion Park, Second and

Harley streets, OkanoganMay 1 – Oct. 30

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Take it outsideMethow Valley craftspeople produce an array of outdoor gear

By Mike Maltais

As each season passes it seems that more and more creative folks in the Methow Valley come up with products that result from a favorite hobby, a innovative idea, a need to fill

some idle hours, or a desire to pursue a postponed dream. From dog leashes to door knockers, the list of items grows larger and larger. Following is just a sample of what some of our neighbors are producing for those who enjoy the outdoors.

R.L. Boyce Boots(509) 996-3803

R.L. “Bob” Boyce turned his per-sonal preference for custom-made cowboy boots into a business venture after serving a demanding appren-ticeship with a master bootmaker in Texas.

Boyce said he made up about 15 pairs of boots by following instruc-tions in a “how to” manual he ordered before he decided to learn the craft from a three-week course taught by an experienced craftsman.

A finished pair of Boyce handmade boots requires about 50 hours of work, and the local artisan offers a variety of heels, toes, and tops to accommodate client requests. He also makes headstalls, reins, martingales, and other horse-related items. Learn more by calling Boyce at 996-3803 or visiting him on Facebook.

Lindsey Leather(509) 997-2240

“I’ve dabbled in leather all my life,” said Ted Lindsey of his love affair with the material. What began as small projects made from lace leather has evolved into a business that turns out chaps, chinks, saddlebags, holsters and other custom-made gear.

Lindsey retired from the colli-sion repair business in 2007 and was looking for something to fill the idle winter months when he decided to devote more time to his leather skills. With help from local mentors

Steve and Jess Darwood and Duey Hadfield, he purchased a light-duty leather sewing machine that would handle thicknesses up to 3/8-inch. Then Lindsey invested in “a big cowboy machine” that allows him to

Boots handcrafted by R.L. Boyce. Photo courtesy r.l. boyce boots Facebook Page

Chloe Temple works on one of her distinctive flies. Photo by Mike Maltais

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produce heavy saddlebags, holsters, lined belts, and related items.

“I’ve been working at this level for about four years,” Lindsey said.

Most noted for his chaps, Lindsey said he is taking orders now for work this winter.

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Tom Halpin took his experi-ence as a backcountry trekker and combined it with unconventional designs for lighter, warmer gear to found Nunatak, a company that manufactures ultralight sleeping bags and lightweight down jack-ets for the serious hiker, skier or climber.

The company that began in a West Seattle basement in 1999 and is now a full-time operation near Twisp has produced, among other innovations, the Raku, a down sleeping bag with sleeves and hood that won Backpack-er magazine’s Editor’s Choice award in 2002.

Nunatak’s lightweight qual-ity down vests and jackets range in weight from 5.5-ounce vests to 26-ounce jackets.

Elvig Knives(509) 997-1898

Jim Elvig’s trademark custom-made Damascus steel hunting, skin-ning, chef and utility knives display

a distinctive mosaic finish from the muriatic acid bath that follows over 200 repetitions of heating and folding required to produce quality blades. Each is as individual as a fin-gerprint and each a work of art from a process born in antiquity.

Elvig learned the art of forging as

a member of the Northwest Black-smith Association. He fashions knife handles from desert ironwood, so hard that it requires a metal cutting blade to work it.

Elvig’s knives and wet-formed leather sheaths are available at The Outdoorsman in Winthrop.

Elvig Knives are available at The Outdoorsman in Winthrop. Photo by Mike Maltais

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Wolf Creek Rods(509) 996-3755

“I like to make rods that are going to be used,” said Ollie Flor of his bam-boo creations at Wolf Creek Rods in Winthrop.

Flor’s fishing rods harken back to the days before graphite/boron and fiberglass, when the most prized item in the angler’s arsenal was his bamboo rod.

Flor got into rod-making when, as a young family man with limited re-sources, he was encouraged to make his own replacement for a broken tip on his own bamboo rod. That experi-ence led to a rod restoration business and, after professional tutelage, a

full-blown rod-making enterprise.Since each Wolf Creek rod requires

about 100 hours to make, they don’t ex-actly roll off the assembly line. All told, Flor makes fewer than a dozen a year so if you want one, better give him a holler.

Chloe Temple’s Fishing FliesThe Ninja, the Bronze Flash and

the Orange Crush are three trout fly varieties designed and tied for local fishermen by Chloe Temple, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Liberty Bell Junior High School.

Temple began experimenting with the art of fashioning imitation trout lures a couple years back when her dad, Jason, gave her a fly tying kit.

Temple has found an outlet for her creations at The Outdoorsman, a retail sporting goods shop in down-town Winthrop.

Lance Rider, owner of the Out-doorsman, has lately been placing special orders for fly varieties in demand locally but otherwise hard to come by.

One popular variety is the Ice Cream Cone Midge chironomid pupa imitation, a red wet fly sporting double white beads that imitates a type of worm found hatching in local lakes. Temple is currently working on the Cone Head Leech, another bright red wet fly that Rider wants to stock for his fishing clientele.

Where the art isLocal arts and crafts are on exhibit — and for sale — at several locations in the Methow Valley. A few are listed below. Local products can also be found at retail outlets including the Mazama Store, the Carlton General Store, the Winthrop Store, Hank’s Harvest Foods in Twisp, Evergreen IGA in Win-throp, the Sun Mountain Lodge gift shop, Local 98856 in Twisp and Glover Street Market in Twisp.

Confluence Gallery & Art CenterLocal and regional artists104 Glover St., Twisp(509) 997-2787www.confluencegallery.com

Winthrop Gallery Local artists cooperative237 Riverside Ave., Winthrop(509) 996-3925www.winthropgallery.com

TwispWorksSeveral artists’ studios on the campus502 S. Glover St., Twisp(509) 997-3300www.twispworks.org

Door No. 3Print and book arts studio201 Highway 20 (Methow Valley Community Center), room 3, [email protected]

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Bottled, bagged, brewedAlso, roasted, fermented, aged or squeezed – the valley offers a range of imbibables

The Methow Valley is home to a variety of liquid refreshments that can purchased — and in some cases, consumed — where they are pro-duced, and are also available at many local retail outlets. All of them are made right here and each has their devotees. We recommend that you sample the whole lot of them and decide on your own favorites.

Methow Valley Ciderhouse13 B Walter Rd., Winthrop(509) 341-4354

Old Schoolhouse Brewery155 Riverside Ave., Winthrop(509) 996-3183

Mazama Juice/Sinclair OrchardsP.O. Box 906, Twisp, WA 98856 (509) 997-0202

Methow Valley Brewing/Twisp River Pub201 N. Methow Valley Hwy., Twisp(509) 997-6822

Lariat Coffee Roasters6 Horizon Flats Road, No. 4, Winthrop(509) 996-3371

Blue Star Coffee Roasters3 Twisp Airport Road, Twisp(509) 997-2583

Lost River Winery26 Highway 20, Winthrop(509) 996-2888

Two excellent coffee roasters operate in the Methow Valley. Photo by Don nelson

Lost River Winery has a tasting room in Winthrop. Photo by Don nelson

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Breaking breadFour valley bakeries produce a variety of fresh loaves daily

By Ann McCreary

For such a small community, the Methow Valley is generously endowed with gifted bakers who provide an ample supply of that most fundamentally satisfying food — good bread.

The valley boasts four bakeries, all of them sharing a passion for produc-ing nutritious and delicious breads with an emphasis on freshness, local and sustainable ingredients, and quality over quantity.

Okanogan Bakery“This is slow food,” said Thomas

McGregor of Okanogan Bakery. McGregor and his partner, Joelle Hartke, make bread and pastries for wholesale and catering in a small kitchen at Local 98856 in Twisp.

McGregor, the chief bread baker, takes a traditional French-inspired approach to making bread — using much more water than commercial breads to produce a very hydrated dough, fermenting the dough over a long period of time, using levain (natural leavening with wild yeast), and mixing the dough by hand.

Though more labor intensive than using a mixing machine, the hand mixing adds a subtle quality that be-lies the simplicity of the ingredients, McGregor said.

“I expect I’m one of the few people who makes bread this way,” said Mc-Gregor, sprinkling freshly chopped rosemary into 25 pounds of flour, water, salt and olive oil and mixing the sticky mixture with his hands.

“People like hand-made food. I believe our process and methodology improves the flavor of the bread and hand mixing only compliments that,” McGregor said.

The technique results in a “crusty and open crumb structure. It’s moist — you can tell how hydrated it is.”

The hand-mixing approach, Mc-Gregor acknowledged, evolved after his mixing machine died a couple of

years ago, while he and Hartke had their bakery in Okanogan and “we still had to make bread.”

When they moved to their new facility in Twisp last June, the space wouldn’t accommodate the mixing machine, so McGregor decided to mix the 200-300 pounds of dough he bakes each week by hand.

Okanogan Bakery products are sold wholesale and for catered events. McGregor and Hartke also sell their goods at the Twisp and Chelan farm-ers markets, and at the Winthrop Store (formerly Winthrop Motors).

Cinnamon Twisp BakeryCinnamon Twisp Bakery, the oldest

of the valley’s four bakeries, also uses natural leavening in its sourdough breads, and employs slow fermenta-tion for its artisan loaves, said owner Katie Bristol.

The slow fermentation approach, which requires three days from mixing to baking, produces “more interesting and complex flavors,” said Bristol.

For its whole wheat breads, Cin-namon Twisp Bakery uses organic flour from Bluebird Grain Farms near Winthrop. “We use local, quality in-gredients whenever possible to create a beautiful product,” Bristol said. When Cinnamon Twisp Bakery opened 20 years ago, bread sales were a large part of its business. Since the bakery expanded seven years ago to create a larger dining area, the emphasis on bread has shifted to pas-tries and lunch items, Bristol said.

“Good bread is

the most fundamentally satisfying of all

foods.” –James Beard

Fresh loaves rest on racks at Rocking Horse Bakery. Photo by steve Mitchell


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Photo by Don nelson

Bread is still an essential part of the bakery’s offerings and loaves are available for sale at the bakery. Each day two or three fresh breads are offered, including artisan breads and loaves for sandwiches served at the bakery.

Rocking Horse BakeryRocking Horse Bakery in Winthrop

produces artisan breads as well as breads created to pair with sandwich-es served daily at the bakery.

“When we bought the bakery in 2010, we refined our overall bread menu,” said Teresa Mitchell, who owns and operates the bakery with her husband, Steve Mitchell.

“The great way to feature the breads we make is to have a sandwich of the day to match with our breads,” she said.

Bread is labor-intensive and time-consuming to make and not as profitable as other foods sold at the bakery, Mitchell said. However, it remains an essential part of Rocking Horse Bakery’s products, she said.

“We bake bread because we’re a bakery and because we want to make delicious sandwiches and want our own bread for our sand-wiches,” she said. “Baking bread legitimizes a bakery.”

Each day, the bak-ery produces a sourdough baguette

and a multigrain sandwich loaf featuring Bluebird Grain Farms organic f lour and a sourdough starter, now 16 years old, that the Mitchells purchased from the bak-

ery’s former owners.

The starter is used as a portion of the leavening in most of the breads made at Rocking Horse, and is such a precious commodity that the Mitchells divided it in order to have two buckets, and then named

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them — Darnell and Danita. Starters must be “fed” regularly

with flour and water to ensure the wild yeast and bacteria are in an optimal state of activity and ready to leaven baked goods.

“When we went on vacation [last year] we took Darnell on a road trip with us because you have to feed it,” Mitchell said. The bucket sat in the backseat with the Mitchell’s two children. A barista from the bakery babysat Danita.

Rocking Horse Bakery sells its breads at the bakery and at the Ever-green IGA in Winthrop. Rocking Horse bread is also the table bread served at Arrowleaf Bistro in Winthrop.

Mazama StoreAt the valley’s northern end, fresh

bread is available daily at the Maza-ma Store. Two styles are baked fresh every day at the store, including the popular sea salt baguette and rustic country style breads, said co-owner Missy LeDuc.

“The rustic breads … don’t use

anything but wild yeast, a more natural process. It takes us three days to make a loaf and it gains a lot of flavor,” LeDuc said.

The bakery offers an array of breads such as rosemary/olive, wal-nut/craisin, oatmeal/buttermilk and a stout bread made with beer.

“We also do a basic country loaf. A fluffy, light airy beautiful bread

that we make our sandwiches on,” LeDuc said. “We want to make sandwiches out of our own bread because we like our bread. Being where we are in the valley, it’s nice to rely on ourselves.”

Bread baked at the Mazama Store is “primarily for our store patrons, but people enjoy having our ba-guettes down valley,” LeDuc said.

To meet that demand, The Mazama Store distributes baguettes at Glover Street Market in Twisp and Crown S Ranch between Winthrop and Twisp.

Mazama residents who want to be sure they have baguettes or other breads on weekends or during the holidays know that it’s wise to call the store and order loaves ahead of time, LeDuc said.

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When we moved from Maine to the Methow Valley, I gloated to my friends stuck back in humid New England that I could line-dry a load of laundry in less than an hour.

But I soon realized that what was drying even faster than my babies’ diapers was my own epidermis. And after a couple of seasons, it felt like my dermis was following suit. I was, in what felt like a time-lapse photog-raphy video, quickly turning into a piece of human leather.

Fortunately, everyone else around me was drying up, too, and a treat-ment had already been found—sev-eral treatments, in fact. We Methow Valley residents may be prone to desiccation, but let no one say that

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Of the handful of Methow Valley

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“My skin began to crinkle and crack,” said former Portland, Oregon, resident Sindi Scheinberg.

“My go-to products were of little or no help. After futile, endless at-tempts to find a solution it became obvious—I was going to have to find a way to fix the problem myself.”

Many rounds of research and experimentation later, the Sustain-able Worth founder landed on her Body Honey and subsequently a whole range of what she refers to as “healthy, organic, yummy skin sur-vival products.”

Molly Maxted of Molly’s Soaps had a similar experience. “I was hoping for a soap that would be milder and less drying than commercial soaps,” she said. Maxted quickly gave up hoping and simply created the type of soap she sought.

Lucinda Tear of Lucinda’s Botani-cals echoes the sentiment. “When I first moved here,” she said, “I discov-ered how drying the Methow air is

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From personal to professionalWhat began for some as a personal

skin hydration scheme soon turned into a business venture, however, as

the producers began to understand the widespread appeal of simple, natural skin care products, particu-larly ones with just a few ingredients.

“It’s almost impossible to find any-thing like that in the store,” said Ni-cole Ringgold, who produces arnica, bee balm and cottonwood salves. “If you do it’s incredibly expensive.”

Simple, natural and effective is the mantra of the local producers. “My products are gentle and organic products without unnecessary irritat-ing chemicals, phthalates, parabens, or fragrance,” Scheinberg said.

Said Maxted, “My soap base is made from simple ingredients: olive, palm and coconut oils. I use herbs that are grown here, and some variet-ies have extra oils added for moistur-izing. Most bars are lightly scented, but two of my best-selling soaps are unscented.”

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Methow Valley producers, too. The ingredients list on Robin Baire’s Horse of a Different Color Comfrey Salve reads like a walk in the forest: comfrey, calendula, mullein, white oak, marshmallow, black walnut, nettles, skullcap, lobella, echinacea, goldenseal and lavender.

All of the producers use at least some ingredients that are grown on

their property or harvested from the nearby North Cascades, and most feel that this local sourcing makes their products exceptional, both because of the ingredients’ specific charac-teristics and because local sourcing reduces reliance on fossil fuels.

“I feel that the plants and local beeswax I use carry the energy of the Methow in them,” said Tear. “Some

of the plants I use are very common plants that are found in many parts of the world, so though they are not particularly ‘Methow’ in their distribution, they are ‘Methow’ in their energy and in their nutritive value since they grow in Methow soil. Other plants, like ponderosa pine, arnica, cottonwood or wild rose, have a distinctly Methow association and even smell.

“For me, making my products using plants that grow in the Methow al-lows people who use them to connect with the invigorating and healing energy of the Methow,” Tear added.

Ringgold said, “We know what went into the soil to grow the plants. For the most part, we know what plants our bees pollinated.”

Custom blendsMany producers supply custom-

ers who have skin allergies or other conditions who find that products with minimal, all-natural ingredi-ents nourish their skin best. Tear and Baire both describe developing custom blends for customers to treat

specific skin issues.Tear acknowledges that “it is so

satisfying when someone says, ‘Wow, I used that spray on my neck and the rash was gone the next day!’” but reminds us that “our health comes from the inside out as well as the outside in.

“Although some skin conditions can be treated by salves or vinegars or tinctures,” she said, “some are the result of a larger underlying condi-tion in the body that must also be addressed.

“Our skin is considered our largest organ and it is always in the process of both protecting us from outside forces and eliminating waste prod-ucts from the inside,” Tear contin-ued. “While it is certainly very satis-fying to me when one of my products ‘works like a charm’ and clears up a problem someone has had, it is also just as interesting when it doesn’t.”

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Beeswax Skincream in 1987 when he needed a use for the beeswax from his beekeeping operation. Now, Sabold produces between 1,500 and 2,000 3.5-ounce tubs of the skin cream each year, which is used by Methow Valley residents and custom-ers all over the country both as a skin moisturizer/restorer and as a mas-sage cream.

Beeswax itself features as central in most local producers’ salves and creams, and with a robust beekeep-ing community in the Methow, good quality beeswax is readily avail-able. Sometimes a proliferation of a particular wild plant will guide recipe development, although producers are careful to limit their harvests to sustainable levels.

“I have respect for the plants I harvest and I never collect more than I need,” said Baire. Tear added, “I feel so lucky when I find a big generous patch of something and it feels OK to harvest some of it.”

Although the majority of local skin care products are used for their intended purpose, occasionally a

surprising use is discovered. Boeing, for example, buys about nine dozen bars of Molly’s Soap each year for use by metal lathe operators. Apparently the soap doesn’t gum up the metal discs the way other industrial lubri-cants do. “I was pleased to hear that some things are still made by human hands at Boeing,” said Maxted.

Ultimately, however, it seems to be the love of helping others that moti-vates these producers. Said Schein-berg, “There is something really cool and special about making something for others that provides relief and then ends in happiness.”

This resonates with Tear, too: “I really love having something to offer a friend that actually helps.”

And Baire, who enjoys studying the art of healing, appreciates the con-cept of plant-based medicine that is available to anyone. “I love this valley and what it has to offer,” she said.

And for those of us with dry skin, the salvation that comes in the tubs, tubes, jars, bars and bottles from these skin care producers’ kitchens offer us a lot to love.

Horse of a Different Color’s Comfrey Salve is full of natural ingredients. Photo by Don nelson


Wear it homeCreative hands are fashioning original clothing and textiles throughout the valley

By Laurelle Walsh

A growing number of artisans, de-signers and entrepreneurs are creat-ing clothing and textiles with unique Methow Valley flair. Ranging from gossamer silk scarves to funky felt cloches to twirly cashmere skirts, all reflect the distinctive styles of their creators, with that special Methow look and feel.

Intertwined DesignsBetsy Cassell-Thomas and Pitkin

Thomas moved from Bellingham to the Methow Valley last November and brought with them their thriving

“Earth friendly handmade clothing” company: Intertwined Designs.

Founded in Bellingham in 2001, Intertwined Designs grew out of Cas-sell-Thomas’s passion for sewing and interest in creating quality apparel in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

While the business has grown since its origins on a single rack at the Bellingham Farmers Market, Cassell-Thomas still makes every article of clothing by hand, and is joined these days by her husband, Pitkin Thomas, who does the shipping, graphic de-sign, marketing newsletter and social media promotion — now from their home base in Mazama.

Intertwined Designs creates active-wear for men, women and kids made from natural fiber blends of hemp, organic cotton, soy and tencel.

Most of Cassell-Thomas’s de-signs — around 80 percent, she esti-mates — are original. The rest are in-spired by patterns she has purchased, and then “altered to make them my own,” she said. Her tops, pants, skirts, yoga wear and “soy luscious” women’s intimates are accented with special touches like variegated top-stitching, “lettuce” edging, appliqué, lace and inset panels in complemen-tary colors.

Cassell-Thomas personally sells her clothing at the Bellingham Farm-ers Market, the University District Street Fair in Seattle, the Oregon Country Fair, the Boise Art Show and Anacortes Arts Festival. Now that the business is up and running in the Methow, Cassell-Thomas plans to have a booth at the Methow Valley Farmers Market in Twisp next year.

Intertwined Designs clothing is sold locally at Nectar Skin Bar in Winthrop, Confluence Gallery and Art Center in Twisp, and Goat’s Beard Mountain Supplies in Mazama. During the upcoming Methow Valley Studio Tour on Sept. 20-21, Cassell-Thomas will sell her garments from Paula Christen’s studio in Winthrop.

Intertwined Designs has an online store at www.intertwineddesigns.com, and on Etsy at www.etsy.com/shop/intertwineddesigns.

This summer, Pitkin Thomas is busy turning a garage on their Maza-ma property into a new Intertwined Designs studio. Cassell-Thomas has moved her sewing machines into the larger work space, and looks forward to eventually employing a seamstress and opening a small retail outlet in the remodeled space, she said.

Once construction is done, the couple plans to add screen-printed T-shirts to Intertwined Designs’ product line, printing Pitkin Thom-as’s original graphic designs onto American-made, sustainably sourced shirts.

The success of Intertwined Designs proves that clothing doesn’t have to come from sweatshops in Asia, an issue of increasing concern for many consumers. In fact, after the deadly collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh last year, Cassell-Thomas says she noticed an immediate uptick in business.

“It opened people’s eyes about where their clothes come from,” she said. “People were already aware of buying sustainably farmed food, but maybe we have to start thinking about what we wear too.”

Neve WearKelle Ronnfeldt is another local de-

signer and seamstress who has given a lot of thought to creating sustain-able clothing.

Her cottage industry, Neve Wear, features repurposed and “up-cycled” garments made from sweaters she purchases at second-hand stores. “I’ve always been a thrift store shop-per,” Ronnfeldt said. “I’m always looking for beautiful fabrics.”

These days her focus is on used cashmere, merino, lambswool and silk sweaters. From the body of a sweater she fashions a skirt; leg warmers or fingerless gloves come

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from a sweater’s sleeves; and scarves and appliqué shapes are cut from leftover scraps.

“It’s breathing new life into something somebody has given up,” Ronnfeldt said.

Ronnfeldt’s first project was a cashmere patchwork throw blanket, which became a wedding present for her sister. When her sister had twins six years ago, she made little skirts for the girls.

Today, her one-of-a-kind skirts with appliqué flowers, leaves and polka dots have become Neve Wear’s trademark; some incorporate the sweater’s underarm gussets to make kick pleats, or feature a button placket from the original sweater. “Each is like a little art project for me,” she said.

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Textiles at TwispWorksAmong the entrepreneurs, artisans

and artists on the TwispWorks campus, a handful of textile artists are making one-of-a-kind wear-ables— one designing gear specifi-cally for our canine companions.

Sharing a building with the Valley Teen Center, La Fabrica fiber art studio and boutique features the work of designer Jae Cremin. Cremin experiments with several fiber art techniques including felting, botani-cal dyes, Shibori, and felt painting to make “one-of-a-kind, unduplicatable pieces,” she said.

Cremin studied in Belgium and Germany, where she learned Nuno felting and hat making. Her felted merino-wool-and-silk cloches and fingerless gloves for sale at La Fabrica are displayed among her

hand-dyed silk scarves, camisoles and pillowcases.

Across the campus at Culler Stu-dio in the South Warehouse, botani-cal alchemist Sara Ashford uses an-cient techniques to coax natural dyes from flowers, leaves, roots, pigments and minerals. These she applies to linen, gauzy cottons, hemp, silk and wool blends to make one-of-a-kind fabrics.

A dye garden next to the studio provides some of the botanical dye ingredients, which are grown on site or gathered from the wild. Ashford

also teaches classes throughout the year in Japanese Shibori techniques, Victorian flower pounding, eco printing, and Japanese wood block printing.

Ashford’s scarves, shawls and wraps, and hand-painted Icelan-dic wool yarn are for sale at Culler Studio, Sun Mountain Lodge, Nectar Skin Bar, Goat’s Beard Mountain Sup-plies and Confluence Gallery and Art Center.

Next door, Twisted Knitters — a yarn and knitting shop — carries the Methow-made yarns of two spinners named Katie: Katie Haven and Katie Swanson.

Swanson buys sheep and alpaca fleeces and hand spins the wool into three-ply yarn. Some of Swanson’s yarns are the natural color of the fleece, while others she dyes at her home studio.

Swanson also designs patterns for knitters. Kits to make her Mosaic Mojo hats and a knitted shawl called the Fats Domino wrap are also for sale at Twisted Knitters.

Katie Havens raises Romney sheep at her McFarland Creek Lamb Ranch, dyes their fleeces using locally sourced botanical dyes, and sends them out to a custom spinning company to be spun into yarn. Each skein is labeled with the name of the sheep that provided the wool. Some of the white, black, grey and brown fleeces are left undyed for natural color yarn.

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Seven feet, 4 inches tall, and 340 pounds: that was the starting point for the largest bike frame Doug Cur-tiss ever designed and built.

Although the human specs were unusual, matching a bike frame to a customer is typical. Curtiss designs and fabricates custom bicycle frames, many to fit people who are especially tall or short or who can’t find a bike that doesn’t leave them with aches and pains. In fact, that’s how he got into building his own bikes.

About four decades ago, Curtiss and some friends had inadvertently been gathering data about how to improve on standard bike frames. Curtiss (who is tall and lean) and a friend traveled to Seattle after high school and, to get home, bought a pair of bikes and spontaneously

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Curtiss. “I wasn’t physical, but I was into doing things.”

Back in Ohio for college, he and another friend—so big and strong that he was constantly breaking bike frames and parts—decided there must be a way to create frames that would be really comfortable and also sturdy, light and nimble.

Because he had worked for a small aircraft manufacturer in high school, Curtiss had some experience with welding, so he and his friend researched angles and techniques for joining tubes of different diameters and started building bike frames in the basement.

The bikes they made worked right away. “That was the amazing thing—to figure out how to build it. Not just to fabricate it, but—dimensionally—to have it handle well,” said Curtiss. “That was probably what got me hooked—I wasn’t going to walk into a store and find a bike that fit me cor-rectly. It sort of became a hobby.”

They started making bikes for friends, using steel tubes with thinner walls and a larger diameter, which resulted in frames that were strong and lightweight and that handled well. They also joined the pieces by brazing, instead of using lugs, which allowed them to alter the angles of the basic bike-frame triangle to suit each rider’s own geometry.

Thousands of bikesWhat Curtiss does today at Curtlo

Cycles outside Winthrop hasn’t really changed that much from those early years, although he has now crafted thousands of bikes, both for friends and for customers as far away as

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business. For a while, he managed a bike shop in Sun Valley, Idaho, and continued to make frames on the side. And he and his friend—the one who broke every bike until they started making their own—took long, transcontinental bike tours every summer.

One year they rode to Alaska on special bikes they built, with wide, knobby tires for the gravel roads. When Curtiss got back, mountain biking was starting to take off, and he used his bike to explore trails

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shop were excited by the expanded

possibilities for riding, so Curtiss be-gan building mountain bikes and sell-ing them through the store. He also continued to make other types of bi-cycles and sold them independently.

Making bike frames reverted to a hobby after Curtiss moved to Southern California and got a job fabricating parts for the B-1 bomber. “It was a lot like building bikes for the government,” he said. The job provided experience working with exotic materials such as titanium and aluminum but, after five years, he was laid off—and found himself somewhat disillusioned by the work.

Southern California was becom-ing the center of the burgeoning

Doug Curtiss has hand-crafted thousands of bikes, one at a time. Photo by Marcy staMPer

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mountain-biking scene, drawing races, trade shows, and lots of media attention, so Curtiss decided to make a go of it as a frame builder. He started Curtlo Cycles in 1988.

Making bikes for a world-cham-pionship women’s racing team gave him valuable exposure. At first, he sold his frames through bike shops, but he soon decided to sell custom frames directly to consumers.

Still likes steelChanges in technology have en-

abled Curtiss to serve clients around the world from his shop outside Win-throp, where he and his family moved in 1998. While ideally he would meet a customer to take measurements and evaluate the person’s position in the saddle, Curtiss can gather the necessary information by asking the right questions and studying photos of the customer on a bike—the rela-tionship of the cranks and pedals to the seat, or the reach to the handle-bars. “What I’m looking for is a way to map their riding position,” he said.

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Although he’s worked with high-tech materials, Curtiss remains a

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“When you put someone on a bike—especially someone tall or who never had something that fit, and all of a sudden the world opens up for them and they can’t believe how much easier and faster it is to ride—that’s the coolest thing,” said Curtiss.

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Handwoven by Katie Swanson

My handwoven wearables and items for the home can be found at Winthrop Gallery, Confluence Gallery and my home studio.

Mary Kiesau [email protected]

Mountain Kind Photography Methow Valley note cards, postcards and wall calendars. Images for your website or printed materials. Custom printing and framing. Freelance photography.

Images of theMethow Valleyand beyond

(509) 996-3316 www.ouzelglass.com227 Wolf Creek Road, Winthrop, WA 98862

Ouzel GlassworksHand-blown glass by Laura Aspenwall. Located on the Methow Valley Community Trail. Open studio Saturdays noon to 4:00 during the ski season.



Metal studio and gallery featuring contemporary wedding rings and jewelry built by artist Hana Hull using rejuvenated or ethically collected gem stones.

www. [email protected] N. Glover StreetTwisp, WA 98856

Peligro

Photo by Don nelson

Photo by steve Mitchell

johnstonarchitects.com


www.confluencegallery.com

www.doorno3.com



www.gingerreddington.com


www.twispofate.com


www.mountainkindphotography.com


www.ouzelglass.com

peligrostudio.com



Eateries

Made in the Methow Business Directory

Brewers & Cider Makers

Bodywork

Coffee RoastersArtists & Artisans, cont.


Lucinda Tear Reflexology

Awaken your senses and integrate your body.

(509) 996-3566www.reflexologyandsalves.comlucinda@lucindatear.comWinthrop, WA 98862

509-996-3183www.oldschoolhousebrewery.cominfo@oldschoolhousebrewery.com155 Riverside Ave.Winthrop, WA 98862

Old Schoolhouse BreweryWe’re all about the beer!Live music every weekendOpen daily at noon for lunch & dinner

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(888) [email protected] N. Methow Valley HwyTwisp, WA 98856

Methow Valley Brewing/Twisp River Pub Small batch, hand-

crafted beers made in Twisp at the Twisp River Pub. Kegs, growlers and bottles available at Twisp River Pub or by the bottle throughout the Methow Valley & beyond.


3 Twisp Airport RoadTwisp, WA 98856(509) 997-2583www.bluestarcoffeeroasters.com

Blue Star Coffee Roasters

Wholesale providers of world class,hand-crafted coffee.Visit our roasting plant & coffee bar in Twisp. Open Monday - Saturday, 7:30am - 4:30pm.

(509)[email protected] Horizon Flats Rd, Winthrop, WA 98862

Lariat Coffee RoastersStop by our shop for locally roasted coffee, brewing equipment and more. Also available for sale throughout the Methow or visit our online store.



(509) 997-5030www.cinnamontwisp.com116 North Glover StreetTwisp, WA 98856

Cinnamon Twisp BakeryHandcrafted breads, bagels & pastries baked daily with local, organic ingredients. Breakfast, lunch, cookies, bars & dessert items galore! Espresso, smoothies & shakes. Delightful service in town.


(509) 996-3996www.east20pizza.com [email protected] Hwy 20/PO Box 417, Winthrop, WA 98662

East 20 PizzaServing delicious, handcrafted pizza, calzone & more using local ingredients and produce. Happy hour from 3-5 pm with $2.50 pints and $3.50 breadsticks.

Rick Swanson(509) [email protected] Box 1196, 20 Pleasant View Dr., Winthrop. WA 98862

Swanson Woodcraft

40+ years experience in custom furniture and cabinetry for new construction or interior remodels. Licensed & bonded – local references available.



(509) [email protected], WA 98862

Sweet Tree Designs

Thome’s obsession with natural elements extends beyond the purely functional to the sculptural in the form of hanging collages and “stabiles”, as well as architectural elements such as French doors, built-ins, and friezes.


(509) [email protected], WA 98862

The Slag Works LLC

Custom iron work featuring functionally decorative and architectural applications.

Photo by Don nelson

Nicole Ringgold Jewelry Designs

A local silversmith incorporating natural river rocks.

(509) 997-0379www.nicoleringgold.comwww.liveinart.orgTwisp, WA

www.reflexologyandsalves.com


www.oldschoolhousebrewery.com


www.twispriverpub.com


www.bluestarcoffeeroasters.com

www.lariatcoffee.com


www.cinnamontwisp.com

www.east20pizza.com



www.sweettreedesigns.com


www.theslagworks.com


www.nicoleringgold.com

www.liveinart.org


Fruit & Produce Growers



(509) 996-4241www.rockinghorsebakery.combaker@rockinghorsebakery.com265 Riverside Ave. Downtown Winthrop, 98862

Rocking Horse Bakery Delectable

breads, pastries, espresso, soups and sandwiches featuring local ingredients handcrafted in Winthrop’s favorite gathering spot.


1-800-572-0493www.sunmountainlodge.comsunmtn@sunmountainlodge.com604 Patterson Lake Rd.Winthrop, WA 98862

Sun Mountain Lodge

Sun Mountain Lodge features 112 guest rooms, two restaurants, private lake, two pools, spa services, gear rentals, shopping and 60 kilometers of trails. Call 800.572.0493 for reservations. www.sunmountainlodge.com


(509) [email protected] Pateros Mall / PO Box 207Pateros, WA 98846

Sweet River BakeryHandmade artisan breads, pastries, sandwiches and brick oven fired pizza. Live music Thurs. - Sat., May - September


509-422-16208thstreetgreens.facebook.comeighthstreetgreens@yahoo.com742 8th Ave. SouthOkanogan, WA 98840

8th Street Greens Join our

CSA mid-season or contact us for special orders.


boothcanyonorchard.com [email protected] 391 Twisp-Carlton Rd.Carlton, WA 98814

Booth Canyon OrchardCertified organic apples and pears available locally at Glover Street Market & Crown S Ranch. In the Seattle area Sept - Feb at the U District and Ballard Farmers Markets.

(509) 422-2444 www.smallwoodfarms.net23090 Hwy. 20Okanogan, WA 98840

Smallwood FarmsWe strive to grow the highest quality fruit and produce with the best and sweetest flavor you can find. Fruit stand open mid-June to late-October.


Local Goods

(509) 996-3526www.bluebirdgrainfarms.comPO Box 1082 Winthrop, WA 98862

Bluebird Grain Farms


Your source for the finest 100% organic grains, fresh-milled flour and whole-grain blends, including mixes for great-tasting and nutritious cereals, pancakes, pilafs and more.


(509) [email protected] Twin Lakes Road, Winthrop, WA 98862

Crown S RanchSustainably farmed meats. Seattle area delivery. Farm store Fri., Sat., Sun.9am to 6pmFarm ToursSat. 9am (free)


[email protected] Gallery, Carlton Store, TwispWorks South Warehouse Studio

d.o.g. dudz

Performance gear for your dog’s active lifestyle.

(603) [email protected] Glover Street, Twisp WA 98856

eqpdMerging great design with local manufacturing in a variety of bags, totes, packs and protective gear for use in active, everyday lives.


Winthrop MarketLocal produce, art, crafts and vintage collectibles. In the shady Winthrop Town Park. Every Sunday 10am - 2pm, Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.

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[email protected] N. Hwy 20, Winthrop, WA 98862

Eateries, cont.

Photo by laurelle Walsh

www.rockinghorsebakery.com


www.sunmountainlodge.com





www.sweetriverbakery.com


8thstreetgreens.facebook.com


boothcanyonorchard.com


www.smallwoodfarms.net

www.bluebirdgrainfarms.com

www.crown

-s-ranch.com




www.winthropmarket.com




Open Mon - Sat 9 am - 6 pm(509) 997-1320www.gloverstreetmarket.com124 N. Glover Street, Downtown Twisp

Glover Street Market

Your source for locally made products of the Methow Valley.


[email protected] Hwy 20, Twisp WA 98856

Hank’s Harvest Foods

Family owned and operated since 1975. Open Mon - Sat, 7am - 9pm & Sunday, 8am - 8pm


(509)997-4766(888)295-4765www.hotspotfirepits.com

Hotspot Fire PitsMade in the Methow Valley by craftspeople and skilled metalworkers who are dedicated to quality and longevity. Multiple sizes and a variety of accessories available.



(509) 996-3566Winthrop, WA 98862www.reflexologyandsalves.com/herbalsalves.html

Lucinda’s Botanical Salves and Potions Hand-made salves

of native and garden-grown plants, olive oil, and local beeswax. The smell and energy of the Methow.

(509) 996-2855www.themazamastore.com50 Lost River RdMazama, WA 98833

Mazama Store

A little bit of everything good...


McFarland Creek Lamb RanchMcFarland Creek Lamb Ranch is a small sheep farm near the town of Methow. Our products include yarn (hand dyed/natural), roving, fleece and meat.


(509) 923-1916www.thelambranch.com


Methow Cycle & Sport

A full service bicycle and Nordic ski shop serving the Methow Valley since 2005.


265 Riverside AveDowntown Winthrop Next to Rocking Horse Bakery

Methow MasalaLocally handcrafted culinary creations, including gourmet foods and functional art that celebrate the beauty, ingenuity and adventurous spirit of the Methow Valley.



(509) [email protected] Hwy. 20Winthrop, WA 98862

Methow Valley Woolens Natural grass-fed

lamb & wool blan-kets from the wool of our sheep. We raise our animals humanely and deliver a natural, wholesome product while sustaining and improving the land.



Molly’s SoapHandmade in the Methow Valley. Available online or at Glover St. Market, Mazama Store, Winthrop Evergreen IGA, Sun Mt. Lodge, Robins Egg Bleu and The Winthrop Store.

(509) 996-8297501 HWY 20Winthrop, WA 98862

Robins Egg Bleu

Antiques, collectibles, vintage home and garden. Repurposed, recycled and locally crafted décor and furniture. Whimsical and needful things. Patina and rust!!


Local Goods, cont.

[email protected] Glover Street, Twisp, WA 98856

La FabricaArtist Jae Cremin creates natural fiber felted and dyed accessories to wear and for the home. Workshops also available.



Texas Creek Products

Fresh salsa and specialty sauces made with locally grown chiles and other unique ingredients. Available at local stores and online.

1-800-231-2607 or (509) 997-5420www.texascreekproducts.com PO Box 116 / 33 Old Carlton RdCarlton, WA 98814


(509) 997-7664Located next to NCNB, across from Twisp ChevronHwy. 20, Twisp

Fine Handcrafted Silver Jewelry by Jenni Tissell.

Trick Pony

www.gloverstreetmarket.com

www.hanksharvestfoods.com


www.hotspotfirepits.com

www.reflexologyandsalves.com/herbalsalves.html

www.themazamastore.com

www.thelambranch.com

methowcyclesport.com



www.mollyssoap.com



www.texascreekproducts.com


Performances & Events

Radio

Made in the Methow Business DirectoryLocal Goods, cont.

Local Organizations


(509) [email protected] Twisp River Road, Twisp, WA 98856

Organic goat dairy featuring chevre, feta & yogurt.

Sunny Pine Farm


(509) 997-9353www.thomsonscustommeats.comthomsonscustommeats@gmail.com922 Twisp Carlton Rd.Twisp, WA 98856

Thomson’s Custom Meats USDA certified

meat shop selling all varieties of natural meats. Specializing in handcrafted sausage and smoked meats.

Thomson’sCUSTOM

MEATS

mvtwistedknitters.com Located at TwispWorks502 S. Glover St,Twisp, WA 98856

Twisted KnittersOffering locally handspun yarns, needles, notions, pure Romney wool yarns from the Methow Valley, hand-dyed in beautiful colors

LOGO



(509) [email protected] Riverside Avenue/PO Box 71Winthrop, WA 98862

Methow ConservancyThe Methow Conservancy is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring people to care for and conserve the land of the Methow Valley.

(509) 997-0520www.methowrecycles.org12 Airport Road, Twisp

Methow RecyclesInspiring and facilitating resource conservation through recycling, waste prevention and materials reuse in the Methow Valley.Open Tues. & Thurs. 10am-4pm, Sat. 9am-4pm


(509)689-2517www.ThreeRiversHospital.net507 Hospital WayBrewster, WA 98812

Three Rivers Hospital

24 Hour Emergency Services and Trauma Care; Baby Friendly Labor & Delivery; General, Same Day & Orthopedic Surgery


(509) 997-2020P.O. Box 686Twisp, WA [email protected]

Twisp Washington

In the heart of the Methow Valley, Twisp is a unique year-round vacation destination.

Winthrop Music Assoc.P.O. Box 1092Twisp, WA 98856www.winthropbluesfestival.com

Winthrop Rythm & Blues FestJuly 18, 19 & 20 - 2014National and regional entertainment for all ages. On site camping, vendors, portable showers, and a beer garden.



(509) 997-3300Email: [email protected] 502 S. Glover Street / PO Box 517Twisp, WA, 98856

TwispWorksA center for arts & culture, local agriculture, innovation, education & economic vitality in the Methow Valley.


(509) 997-4004www.methowarts.orgPO Box 723/109 2nd Ave.Twisp, WA 98856

Methow Arts Alliance

Providing a diverse and compelling array of arts performances, events & public art. Connecting audiences with local artists' work through regional education and promotion of the arts.


KTRT 97.5 FM

(509) 996-8200PO Box 3008, Winthrop, WA98862-3008

The Methow Valley’s own independent radio station featuring an eclectic mix of music and programming.

(509) 341-4819809 T/W Eastside RoadPO Box 788Winthrop, WA 98862www.wildheartsnursery.com

Wild Hearts NurseryOpen Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10-5, April-October. We grow and offer for sale a variety of trees, shrubs, perennials, vines and evergreens all raised right here in the Methow Valley.


www.sunnypinefarm.com


www.thomsonscustommeats.com


mvtwistedknitters.com

www.methowconservancy.org


www.methowrecycles.org

www.ThreeRiversHospital.net

www.twispinfo.com


www.winthropbluesfestival.com


www.twispworks.org

www.methowarts.org

www.wildheartsnursery.com


124 N Glover Street in

downtown Twisp

509.997.1320

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