Our Shetlands

Our small flock of Shetlands came to Spruce Haven Farm in 2012, along with their Maremma guardian dog Bonnie. Shetlands are a (quite) small Heritage Breed, initially established in Canada by Colonel G.D. Dailley in 1980. We were fortunate to have a wide range of colours within the flock. The wool fleeces are small, fine to medium fine, and of good hand.

We processed some of the fleeces into rovings for hand spinners, and some into lopi style yarn, or blended with mohair into sock yarn, from which I knit Shetland Sport Socks. The fleeces were processed by Wellington Fibres, a short drive from the farm and home to not only their wool mill, but to the herd of mohair goats whose fibre blended with ours for sock yarn. Please enjoy this sampling of photos of the Shetland Flock, taken at various times of the year. Our dear guardian dog Bonnie crossed the rainbow bridge in November 2024.