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Red Barn Farm will be at the following shows.

Sheep Shearing at Wolcott Farm March 20th

St. Clair County Earth Fair at Goodells County Park April 17th

Spring Fiber Day at Mount Bruce Station May 22nd

Michigan Lavender Festival at Wolcott Farm July 16th and 17th

Sheep and Wool Festival at Mount Bruce Station September 25- 26

New This Year

Handspun Yarn all natural color and fiber.

Sheep by Gordon - All proceeds go to Gordon's fund to help people with Parkinson's Disease.

Come get your favorite Herbal Dip Mixes by Castle Creek Farm.

Shetland wool is soft, yet strong and durable, and is a delight to spin. Traditionally, the finest of the Shetland yarns, spun from selected neck wool, were knit into lace shawls so fine they could be drawn through a wedding ring!

Fleeces usually weigh between 2 to 4 pounds, but 5 and 6 pound fleeces are not uncommon. Typically, on the Shetland Islands, the fleece staple length is 2 to 4 1/2 inches. In some flocks, however, longer staple lengths of 6 inches are observed. In some Shetlands, the wool will shed in late spring. For generations the Islanders" "rooed" or pulled the wool off by hand during this period. This tendency toward molting, along with a double coat and a rich variety of natural colors is associated with primitive breeds.

Shetland wool comes in one of the widest ranges of colors of any breed.  Besides the *White, which dyes very well, other colors include *Light Grey, *Grey, *Emsket (dusky bluish-grey), *Shaela (dark steel-grey resembling black frost), *Musket (pale greyish-brown), *Fawn, *Moorit (Dark Reddish-Brown), *Mioget (Light Moorit), *Dark Brown and *Pure Black.  There are these main colors as well as 30 markings, many still bearing their Shetland dialect names. 

Our Shetland Flock consists of fine fibered ewes and rams, with  gorgeous fleeces in a multitude of colors .  Our fields are truly a rainbow of Shetland Colors!