**Exhibit24.1**

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL 2004

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESEPRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes andappoints Robert B. Goergen, Robert H. Barghaus and Bruce D. Kreiger, and eachof them, until July 31, 2004, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-factand agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for him or her andin his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign theForm 10-K Annual Report of Blyth, Inc. for the fiscal year endedJanuary 31, 2004, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same withall exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with theSecurities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agentsfull power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thingrequisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as heor she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all thatsaid attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtuehereof.

 
| **Signature**           |   | **Title**                               |                                   | **Date** |
|-------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------|
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Robert B. Goergen  |   |                                    | Chairman  and Chief Executive Officer; |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Robert B. Goergen       |   | Director  (Principal Executive Officer) |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Robert H. Barghaus |   |                                    | Vice  President and Chief              |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Robert H. Barghaus      |   | Financial  Officer (Principal           |                                   |     |
|                    |   | Financial  and Accounting Officer)      |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Roger A. Anderson  |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Roger A. Anderson       |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  John W. Burkhart   |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| John W. Burkhart        |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Pamela M. Goergen  |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Pamela M. Goergen       |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Neal I. Goldman    |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Neal I. Goldman         |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Philip Greer       |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Philip Greer            |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Carol J. Hochman   |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Carol J. Hochman        |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Wilma H. Jordan    |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Wilma H. Jordan         |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  John E. Preschlack |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| John E. Preschlack      |   |                                    |                                   |     |
|                    |   |                                    |                                   |     |
| /s/  Howard E. Rose     |   |                                    | Director                               |     | April 15,  2004 |
| Howard E. Rose          |   |                                    |                                   |     |
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