Wool is the go to choice for warmth. It is a renewable resource. Release your creativity with wool yarn, roving or felting ideas. Our sheep are growing beautiful wool which is sheared regularly to keep them comfortable and to provide a wonderful source for our farm products. Check out our products on this website for all your fiber needs. Email us at heelsidefarms@hotmail.com with questions.
We enjoyed seeing everyone at SAFF this year. Many online shoppers came to the booth and introduced themselves. Great to put a face with those online orders.
Our Spin/Knit/Crochet In at the Red Barn Studio on our farm will be held, as usual, on the third Saturday, November 19th this month, from 10 til 3. Join the fiber fun. Bring your projects to share or shop for a new one at the studio. See you there!
So much of our fiber creating is solitary. It is good to join in the fun with a fiber group and also to knit, spin and crochet in public. Working on fiber projects in public shows the world that creativity is alive and well.
Happy Thanksgiving to all! It is good to take time to count our blessings. Many people fought and died for the freedoms we enjoy today. Give thanks for them as well.
We just baled the last cutting of hay for the season. It is under cover. The equipment is being cleaned and repaired for storage until next summer.
Our young hens were added to the chicken pen where everyone is getting acquainted. We raised our own chickens this year. The farmer hatched our eggs in the incubator. The hens’ nests are all clean and refreshed with new hay.
The beekeeper has worked with our hives to prepare them for winter. The honey he processes from our bees always sells out early. We love the beekeeping and encourage others to take up the hobby.
The sheep were sheared in July so we are ready for the Fall and Winter. Some of the sheep need to be sheared twice a year and some once a year depending on the breed. Our beautiful sheep provide wool for the yarn, roving, socks, hats( newly added to the shop), felting fiber and wool top that our customers love so much. Our wool products are locally grown, dyed on the farm, processed in America (much of it in North Carolina) and ready for our customers to enjoy. We are continually adding new colors to our wide variety of products. We invite you to shop on our website and we will ship directly to your home or visit our Red Barn Studio to shop in person. Call for an appointment to set up a special time for you.
We have a Spin/Knit/Crochet In at the Red Barn Studio on the third Saturday of each month from 10 til 3 for a fiber sharing time. Come and relax with other fiber lovers. Shop our beautiful products and fiber tools. October 15th, November 19th and December 17th are the next scheduled events. Thank you for supporting our local business. It is a joy to share our love of fiber and farming with so many people.
September 17th from 10-3 in the Red Barn Studio we welcome guests for our monthly Knit/Spin/Crochet In. Bring your projects to share with others. Relax and enjoy fiber time with like minded fiberistas. Shop our beautiful home grown yarns, rovings, socks, and fiber tools. Our sheep ….Your wool! Loving the sheep.
Our Red Barn Studio is the venue for a Fiber event on the third Saturday of each month. Fiber enthusiasts are invited to join the fun, share ideas, show off their work, and relax from the work a day world. From 10 til 3 on July 16th ( this Saturday) we will host a Spin/Knit/Crochet In and be open for shopping as well! See you then!
Helping our animals stay comfortable in this weather has been a challenge. Electrolytes in the water help their systems, fans keep the air moving in their pens, plenty of shade is a must and making sure there is plenty of fresh water for everyone is a priority in our farm life right now. Our lambs are growing and their wool is so lovely. We have our Spin/Knit/Crochet In events on the third Saturday of each month. Joining the fiber fun will help you relax and de-stress. We look forward to seeing you at the Red Barn Studio soon. If you would like to shop without other visitors call or email for a time of your own. See you soon.
We will be updating our website shopping with new rovings and yarns very soon. Beautiful colors and soft, squishy yarn will be there for you to order. You can come visit the Red Barn Studio to shop as well. You can call, text or email to set up a shopping time just for you. On the third Saturday of each month we have a Spin/Knit/Crochet In from 10 til 3. In June the Spin In is on the 18th.
Our wool comes from our lovely sheep who are growing the wool for us. We have been raising sheep for about 20 years. We began with a few and now have a large herd. We have several breeds of sheep. Finnsheep make up the majority of our flock with Cormo and Icelandic rounding it out. The journey has been interesting and adventurous taking us down many trails. We have some cattle as well as chickens, guineas and honey bees. There is something happening all of the year. Farms are busy places.
Our lambing is in progress with about half of our ladies having lambed. We are looking for the rest of the lambs to arrive soon.
The Knit/Spin/Crochet In was wonderful this past Saturday. Enjoyed the fiber Fun. Our next one will be on April 16th which is Easter weekend. We will not change the date as that confuses people. We hope you can join us. It will be from 10-3 in the Red Barn Studio on our farm.
Enjoy the Spring weather and don’t forget to stop and enjoy all the blooms out there. It is so lovely right now.
Join the Fiber Fun at Carolina FiberFest March 11 and 12, 2022 at the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C. in the Expo Building. The hours are 9 am until 6 pm each day. Admission is free. There are vendors with a world of fiber products, Speakers, Fiber demos, contests and workshops for four days the 10th through the 13th. Workshops are still taking registrations. Learn something new or brush up on your fiber skills. Check out the website www.carolinafiberfest.org. for all the info.
Our Knit/Spin/Crochet in at the Red Barn Studio on our farm will be March 19th from 10-3. We will share our fiber love and visit with other fiberistas. Might see some lambs……
Mark your calendars for March 11 and 12, 2022. Carolina FiberFest will be at the NC State Fairgrounds in the Expo Building, 9-6 each day for fiber lovers of all ages. Free admission. You can register for workshops now on the website. www.carolinafiberfest.org. There is so much happening……Fiber to fabric competition, demos, speakers, used equipment sale, fleece sale, vendors with fiber to die for and of course..workshops!
We look forward to seeing everyone there, in person. Masks are requested out of respect for others.
Here on the farm, lambing season has just begun. It is a busy time of year.
Our next Spin/Knit/Crochet In will be held in the Red Barn Studio February 19th from 10-3. Fiber lovers can join the fun, sharing ideas and showing off their creations. See you then!
Join the fiber fun at our Spin/Knit/Crochet In on January 15th from 10 til 3 at the Red Barn Studio on our farm. You can relax after the holidays, share fiber talk and your projects. Shopping can also be part of the fun. We look forward to seeing you. Bring fiber items for a new year show and tell. See you then.
