Ky.) January & Wood Company (Maysville

January & Wood Company of Maysville, Kentucky, grew out of a cotton mill whose roots go back to 1834. The partnership of Andrew M. January and Benjamin W. Wood was formed in 1851, and the business was later incorporated in 1888 as January & Wood Company, becoming a major local manufacturer known for products such as rug yarns, carpet warp, twine, cord, and rope.

The company also published craft and pattern booklets tied to its yarns. Project Gutenberg lists Kentucky Rug Yarns Vol. 5: Rugs under January & Wood Company (Maysville, Ky.), describing it as an easy-to-follow crochet and handicrafts guide built around colorful home projects and clear diagrams.

Rather than a single writer, this is best understood as a company-author credit: an industrial firm that shared practical instruction with home makers and crafters. That gives its books a distinctive character—straightforward, useful, and closely connected to the materials the company produced.