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Richard Sontag Some Vermont creations are so iconic that they forever changed how we experience winter: the first photographs of individual snow crystals, by Wilson Snowflake Bentley; the first ski tow in the United States, installed in Woodstock; the modern snowboard, made wildly popular by Jake Burton Carpenter. Add to that list the fleece neck warmer, conceived by Millie Merrill, who knitted the first ones in the basement of the Yellow Turtle, the children s apparel store she owned in Stowe. Merrill s neck gaiter led her to found Turtle Fur, maker of winter headwear and other outdoor accessories, in 1982. Nearly four decades later, the Morrisville-based company sells 1,200 different products nationwide. Turtle Fur now commands more than half of the specialty retail market for neck gaiters and face tubes, and Merrill s original Turtle s Neck remains one of its best sellers.

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