This may be the best backstory for an American company that we have seen yet: the act of quitting smoking resulted in the creation of Alaska Rug Company. The company is based in Kodiak, AK and owned and run by Robert and Anita Shane.
The Shane’s live on-site year round, they started Alaska Rug Company in the winter 2010 when they both decided to quit smoking. In lieu of strangling one another while quitting they came up with a way to keep their hands busy and started playing with rope, finding designs and knots and began making rugs which led to much more.
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