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& Horned Dorset
Sheep

 

a family farm nestled in the Catskills of New York State

 


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Welcome to our Farm

Located in the small hamlet of Medusa in the Catskill mountains of New York State, our farm has been in the family since the early 1930's.  Currently we are restoring our large dairy barn with the support of a grant from the NYS Barns Restoration and Preservation Program.  Although we've found a marked beam citing the barn's erection date as 1875, the barn is believed to be from before the Civil War, with the likelihood that a portion was moved from another site.  Watch this site for more as our restoration progresses!

We currently house most of our sheep in a newly constructed barn on the other side of the road.  Here our flock is guarded by our donkey, Jenny.  Donkeys make wonderful guard animals, as they live peacefully with the smaller farm animals in their care, but are always alert to predators, and are able to use their sharp hooves and quick wits to keep coyotes and others at bay.  Our Jenny has already proven herself invaluable by sending up a loud braying alarm one afternoon to alert us that the sheep had managed to slip through an unlatched door and into the road! 

In addition to Jenny and the sheep, we have chickens, who produce eggs which we sell locally, and honey bees, from which we harvest honey and beeswax products.    To learn more about our farm, check out the rest of our site! 

 

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From Ewe
to You

Our wool comes from our small flock of sheep. Each spring we shear, and the raw wool is shipped off to a mill in Maine to be cleaned, carded, spun, and dyed into skeins of our 100% wool yarn,  Our yarn is ideal for all your knitting, crocheting, and fiber craft needs.  In 4 ounce skeins (measuring approximately 210 yards), our 2 ply yarn comes in the colors below and many more.  Visit our wool page to see them all. 


Don't forget to check out our patterns - we're one of the only sources online for Yankee Knitter Designs, a series of classic knitting patterns that knit perfectly with our own wool yarn. Choose from a selection of sweaters, vests, hats, mittens, socks, and more in both adult and child sizes! 

For spinning and other fiber crafts, we have wool roving in both natural and dark colors.  We've also made some of our wool into cloth-covered batting which is perfect for creating comforters or quilts.

In addition, we produce honey and beeswax products from our own beehives.

If you are interested in raising sheep, we sell lambs every spring, including registered Horned Dorset, Romney and colored wool sheep.

Favorite Links

Peace Fleece

Peace Fleece is not your typical yarn company.  The Peace Fleece office is a barn on a sheep farm in Maine. Peter Hagerty and his wife Marty Tracy started buying wool from the Soviet Union back in 1985 in hopes that through trade they could help diffuse the threat of nuclear war. Since then they have worked with shepherds in Russia, Kyrgyzia, Israel and the West Bank, as well as in Montana, Ohio, Texas and Maine.

By working with people who tend livestock every day, they hope to find a common ground that slowly leads to mutual understanding and economic interdependence.  Peace Fleece sells knitting yarns as well as knitting and felting accessories.

Contact Us

Questions? Comments?  Send us an email via our contact form
We're happy to answer any questions about our farm, our products, or sheep and bee raising in general.

 

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