Summer on an Alpaca Farm
What does summer look like at Chetwyn Farms? Our summer season starts with sheering the alpaca on the first weekend in June. Sheering day is stressful for both the alpaca and those...
What does summer look like at Chetwyn Farms? Our summer season starts with sheering the alpaca on the first weekend in June. Sheering day is stressful for both the alpaca and those...
In partnership with Lilac & Vine - we are delighted to offer private picnic experiences this summer at Chetwyn Farms.Enjoy a beautiful day in the County and get up close...
We know how much visitors to the farm want to touch and learn more about these exquisite animals and because we are a working fibre farm, we have limited opportunity...
Among several new international designers who design with conscious luxury in mind – AND use recycled and/or natural fibres to generate low impact on the environment – This year we...
When the alpaca are shorn in the spring months, the fleece is graded according to quality and stored in bags ready to sort, clean and organise later in the year....
Chetwyn Farms is an active and popular working alpaca farm that welcomes visitors from around the world, hosts VIP events, lectures, tours and presents workshops during the operating season which...
It’s on cold rainy or snowy days, when slogging through fields of puddles and wet snow reminds us why we LOVE our alpaca boot socks – or as we...
When we first started offering felted insoles and slippers, it was through trial & error that we came-up with a thickness of felt that stood the test of time, provided...
The generation I grew up with in Canada was typically separated from things we bought, both luxuries and utilitarian, by several degrees of separation.In Italy, where I spent most...
Since I was a small child I have loved working with fabrics – the touch and feel of them is so inspiring and colour is a passion for me. My mother...
The semantics of the word ‘craft’ carries with it presuppositions and implications concerning references and meanings that change depending on who is speaking or who is involved. I craft. I...
We’ve adjusted our month-long theme to: “Why Creativity Matters – The Act of Creating” for this blog and welcome guest Author Kate Golding to share her insights into the act of...
By permission of the New York Times and Perri Klass, MD VIA facebook sharing... The yarn in my fingers connected me to the past, beyond this strange and terrible year,...
What are you going to knit during the pandemic? We loved asking visitors to the farm this past fall what projects they had on the go or in mind for...
Guest Author: Melanie EganDirector, Craft & Design Harbourfront Centre There are numerous encounters throughout my 30 plus year career that have stayed with me and ultimately informed my thinking...