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Article: Colorado cool stuff.(Dohm Icebox USA )(FlyLow Gear )
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- ColoradoBiz
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- December 1, 2008
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DOHM HEADWEAR/ICEBOX KNITTING:
"We're carrying on a 40-year knitting tradition," said Dohm-Icebox PR Director Lori Baker. The company grew out of the late Richard Krueger's Alpine Knitting Mill and still uses the same antique machines Alpine used in the 1960s.
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The company has a number of lines, including Dohm Mountain Classics and Dohm Village, winter-oriented hats made from fine Italian Merino wool, and Xob (box spelled backwards), more "boutiquey" hats made from recycled wool sweaters. Baker says the Xob line has been a hit since its 2006 debut, driving 15 percent sales growth in the last year.
The company just ...