Shave ‘em to Save ‘em

The Rosefield is honored to participate in the Livestock Conservancy’s “Shave ‘em to Save ‘em” project as an official fiber provider.  We offer:

• Leicester Longwool Yarn, Roving and coordinating Curls, and

• Shetland Yarn and Roving (natural colors, limited quantities)

We also have fabulous blends of Angora, Shetland and Merino in Yarn and Roving - the Yarns go from 15% Angora content up to 70% Angora, so you can add a little luxury or a lot to your next project. The Roving is 50% Angora | 50% Merino and available in 5 natural shades, plus more will be arriving shortly from the mill.

Our Story

We purchased our farm in 1983, added Targhee ewes and a Dorset Horn ram after some research, and had our first lambing in 1985. On a visit to Williamsburg in 1990, I fell in love with the Leicester Longwools and began campaigning for our first sheep. Jeanne Asplund finally agreed to sell me two ram lambs - John Tyler and William Harrison came to live on our farm. We added ewes from Gwen Handler, Jeanne Asplund, Joan Henry and Kelly Miller, and the rest, as they say, is history. We were pleased to participate in the Colonial Williamsburg breeding program and are members of the USA Leicester Longwool Association.  Over the years, we’ve taken in other breeds of sheep from folks who can no longer care for their animals – all are welcome at The Rosefield!  Currently, we have a small flock of Shetland sheep as well.

Hopefully, you can check us out at one of our many fiber festivals (see Come Find Us page). If not, or if you need more fiber for an on-going or new project, visit our Store page for our current stock of fiber products. We have natural and dyed roving with coordinating curls, and several color ways of Leicester Longwool yarn in sport, worsted and bulky weights.

Shop our country store

Select from our wide variety of farm-raised fiber products as well as "My Daughter's Recipe" homemade Lotion, Soap and Lip Balm. Visit our Store page to see our full selection of products.