Meet the Women Behind Nantucket Looms on Nantucket Island

In this segment, we are off the coast of Massachusetts on Nantucket Island to meet the women behind Nantucket Looms.

By Perrine Holmberg|Aug 14 2024| Print icon

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Women are steering the ship in this season 7 segment of Weekends with Yankee (episode 706). We are on Nantucket, Massachusetts, to meet Bess Clarke and Rebecca Peraner, co-owners of Nantucket Looms, a business producing high-quality, hand-made textiles. In this segment, we talk to Bess to learn about the history of the business and watch Rebecca weave beautiful, artisanal textiles on the loom.

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