Saint Patrick's Day

felted sheep picture

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  

Beautiful sunny day today!  Cold but....I have just the thing for that...or should I say few things for that!  Today I am featuring all things "green" or at least with some green.  

I have attached a small sampling of what we have available in our store: we have rovings, made of many fibres, Mohair, Wool or a combination.  

Also I have yarns, 100% Alpaca, 2 ply hand dyed or 70/30 Mohair, Wool 3 ply for sale.  There is still time to get caught up and a few knitted projects before Spring!!  Drop by and see the other fabulous colours we offer!

Yarns, shawls, roving

A lovely selection of scaves and shawls and something I haven't posted in a while a 100% Alpaca felted rug!  Talk about nice and cosy.

100% Alpaca Felted Rug

Hand knit, woven shawls and scarves

Remember in the winter it is best to call us first at 705-778-2070.  Please look at our website,  www.elmleafarm.com and see the Alpacas that we have for sale.  Or why not follow us on FACEBOOK!


Have an enjoyable St. Paddy's day!

Til next time....

Fibre Goats

DID YOU KNOW???

WE HAVE FIBRE GOATS!!!

Yes we have Alpacas which are recognized world wide for the soft fibre, and you know about Patrick 1 of our 4 Olde English Babydoll Southdowns, which provide us wool, but we also have a few different kinds of goats which also bare fibre for us!

We have 100% Angora and 100% Cashmere goats, along with a mix of the two!  Remember an angora sweater means it came from an Angora rabbit, the only animal that keeps the Angora name.  If it an "Angora" sweater from a goat it would be called a Mohair sweater!  Patrick might have given this lesson awhile back!

We have bred 2 of our girls a 100% Angora (Talli) and our Pygmy(Jill) to our 100% Angora male, Omar.  What that would give us is 100% Angora from Talli/Omar and a 50/50 blend with Jill and Omar.  Good Pygora is hard to find so we are taking a chance, but we are hoping it is worth it.  Lucy is a Pygora goat and she had been bred to 100% Angora male producing offspring with beautiful fibre, and they are pretty cute to boot!  If the girls are pregnant we would hope for kids in the early Spring.

 Mohair fibre is very shiny, warm and strong with lots of krimp. Mohair is known as an exotic fibre.

In the next few weeks we will post different pictures of our goats and their description.  Here is Omar, the grey Angora male and Talli the 100% registered Angora female.

If you are interested in buying Mohair yarn or product or even an animal gives us a call or email.  Oh and we hope to have lambs in the spring too....but that is for another day!