Dave and Marnie Naphtali - North Beach Farm

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North Beach Berry News Update

Fresh Blueberries SEASON FINISHED The Blueberry Harvest is now over. Thank you for your orders. We will be back next year and will contact you before next year's harvest if you are on our current list Our blueberry varieties include Duke, Bluecrop, Bergitta, Reka, Olympia, Darrow and Toro. These berries

New Lambs on the Farm

New Lambs on the Farm

This spring Luna and Crystal each gave birth to two healthy lambs. Emily is registered with AGSS and will stay on the farm for future breeding. We have sold one lamb fleece this fall for home spinning and will be sending the other three to the mill over the winter

YARNS at North Beach Farm

YARNS at North Beach Farm

Natural Gotland/BFL Yarns blended with Mohair Our signature North Beach Farm yarns of Gotland/BFL wool blended mohair are available in three natural colours, Charcoal, Gotland Grey and White. These skeins are 3 ply, DK/worsted weight, 208 yards, 95 grams, priced at $28/skein. Come and visit us

Knitting with Specialty Yarns from the North Beach Farm win recognition at the Salt Spring Fall Fair

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 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

Gotland Sheep have Personality

Gotland Sheep have Personality

Crystal has become enamoured of our dog Charlee. They even shared a kiss!