Felted Fleece Rugs and Covers You may remember a post from last year advertising a fleece for sale which would make a perfect felted rug. Well, we decided to go ahead and felt the rug (shown above) ourselves over the winter. This season we decided to let our sheep's fleeces grow a little longer and
Blueberries Featured Meet our New Blueberry Manager Kristen Vincent has moved onto our farm and will be managing all aspects of our blueberry business this year including order taking, packaging and sales. She has been busy pruning, mowing, weeding and mulching the rows. Above she is viewing first hand this year's pollination process. Below are our shots
Blueberries North Beach Berry News Update Blueberry season is over! Kristen Vincent is our new sales manager and can be reached at kris59021982@gmail.com if you would like to get on our preorder list for 2025. We are sorry that we were not able to fill all orders and the waitlist this year but hope
Sheep Fibre New Lambs on the Farm This spring we had 5 healthy lambs born on the farm. Dorey's Flip is pictured above. His sister Fiona is seen below with Lola's single, Fred. Maeve's twins Fabio and Felesia are shown below. Our lambs wool fleeces are bound to be very interesting come shearing time.
Sheep Fibre YARNS at North Beach Farm Natural Gotland/BFL Yarns blended with Mohair We have only a few skeins left of our signature North Beach Farm yarns of Gotland/BFL wool blended with mohair are available in Gotland Grey and White. These skeins are 3 ply, DK/worsted weight, 208 yards, 95 grams, priced at $28/
Sheep Fibre Knitting with Specialty Yarns from the North Beach Farm win recognition at the Salt Spring Fall Fair Luanne Katz won a first prize for her beautiful sweater knit from the farm's steel blue yarn produced from a natural Gotland grey wool/dyed silk blend. The pattern "Tuileries Pullover" is by Julie Dubreux. Leslie Andrews won a first prize for her natural Gotland grey lamb's wool shawl. The
Sheep Fibre Featured Gotland Sheep North Beach Farm breeds Gotland Sheep registered with the American Gotland Sheep Society. Our recorded ewe Luna and recorded ram Berg have produced three wonderful, registered ewes over the past three years, Crystal, Daisy and most recently, Emily. Berg and our three Gotland/BFL foundation ewes and our two recorded
Sheep Fibre "Sheep to Sweater" - Hand Crafted on Salt Spring Island We came up with the idea of producing hand crafted sweaters direct from our farm. We had our two daughter-in-laws Katie and Celine independently pick out a pattern that they would like. The only stipulation was the patterns contain the natural colours of our sheep. A few years back, Marnie
Sheep Fibre Gotland Sheep have Personality Crystal has become enamoured of our dog Charlee. They even shared a kiss!
