Pendleton Blankets - available at Make on Granville Island. “To a native Oregonian, there are few company names that inspire as much confidence and pride as Pendleton Woolen Mills. For five generations, the Bishop family has owned and operated a company that consistently produces woolens of incredible beauty and quality.”  MAKE is one of Canada’s largest retailers of Pendleton Blankets from the Pendleton Woolen Mills of Oregon.  We carry a good selection of blankets, throws and saddle blankets year round.  These are a beautiful and lasting gift for any special occasion.  A few examples are shown here:

Jerome Blanket Re-created from the Pendleton archives, this late 1920s blanket design is named after the ethereal, once-notorious city of Jerome, the territory was home to the Anasazi, Apache, Hohokam and Sinagua peoples. The pattern incorporates the nine-element diamond design common to Native American weavings of the area. It has been re-colored in vivid jewel tones that reflect the stunning Arizona landscape. Tribute To Jack Briggs Blanket The legendary Lester "Jack" Briggs lived a childhood of institutionalized racism. As an adult his goal was to build bridges between Indians and non- Indians. He was a student who earned multiple degrees and as a teacher he helped create Fond du Lac College, the only college in the nation organized as both a state community college and a tribal college. This striking blanket was created to honor his memory and his dedication to education. Its pattern is based on traditional Ojibwa beadwork. Lakota Way Of Life Blanket The Lakota Way of Life is a visual representation of Pte Oyate – the Buffalo Nation.  The Lakota Way of Life blanket is based on the art of Jim Yellowhawk, a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Tribe. Mr. Yellowhawk lives and works in the beautiful He Sapa Black Hills of South Dakota. Big Thunder Blanket A revival of a circa 1920s diamond-pattern trade blanket from the Pendleton archives.  Chief Big Thunder (sometimes known as Thunder Strikes) was a shaman and village head in the Lapwai Valley. He was a contemporary of Chief Joseph, famed Nez Perce leader. His Indian name's full meaning was "Thunder Traveling to Loftier Mountain Heights." Silver Bark Blanket The original dates from the 1920s and was recently rediscovered in a private collection. As with most Native American inspired designs, it pays tribute to the beauty of nature. The design brings the sky and earth together in a classic Pendleton design. It features stylized arrow, star, diamond and waterbug motifs in colors inspired by the white and grey bark of Aspen trees against a blue sky. Turtle Blanket Inspired by the Oneida, Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga and Tuscoarora Nations, the Turtle design represents the Iroquois legend that the world was created on the shell of the Great Turtle. The Turtle was the only one with enough strength who could support the earth on its back, says the legend. And the earth grew larger until it became the whole world.