The Best-Selling Alpaca Sock - The Wellington “Wellie” Boot Sock
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...
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A New Way of Building a Felted Slipper
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...
Why Crafting Matters: Straight from the Heart by Guest Author:Vanda McLelland
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...
Why Crafting Matters: Louise Aspin, Guest Crafter
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...
Why Crafting Matters: Guest Craftsperson - Andrea Piller
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...
Why Crafting Matters: The Act of CREATING
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...
Why Crafting Matters: Knitting for Calm & Connection*
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,...
Why Crafting Matters: Avery Swartz
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...
Why Crafting Matters: Encounters with Craft by Melanie Egan
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...
Why Crafting Matters: The Act of Creating, Calm & Connection
In this month-long series we invite you to dig-deep and ask the question “why crafting matters?” We’ve invited guest bloggers, designers, makers and artists to tell us why crafting matters...
What’s a farm without a farm-dog?
Meet SPIKE a Great Pyrenees/husky mix from TEAM Dog Rescue - which is a grassroots, foster-based, Canadian registered charity run exclusively by volunteers and dedicated to helping all breeds of...
Retail Revelation - What’s in a new Website?
Traditional brick and mortar retailing is undergoing a revelation. A process many years in the making but forced dramatically by the reality of COVID19. Many independent retailers are looking at...
Featured Collection
2021 continues to present us with challenges as we deal with the effects of COVID19. Fortunately the producing of yarn from our fleece was completed in time to create some...
“Feel-Good Farm Visits” in the age of COVID19
What is a safe farm visit? - Getting ready for you this summer! With the recent announcement from the provincial government regarding phase 2 of the provincial plan to re-open the...
Bird Songs - Taking care of our feathered Friends
We love spring on the farm. The short days and long nights are replaced with longer daylight AND the sounds of birds chirping in the pastures. This is the time...
Designers we LOVE! Samantha Holmes
Samantha Holmes is a designer we LOVE! Operating from her home on the west coast of Scotland, Samantha is an Art and Languages graduate from Edinburgh University, We first discovered...
Sneak-peak at our Spring & Summer 2019 Collection
Can spring be in the air? We are working on our spring & summer 2019 collection and can’t wait to show it to you! Our farm is slowly waking from...
The Case For Alpaca: The Ultimate Sustainable Material
Like cashmere, alpaca is a natural fiber, but it is now regarded by many as more luxurious, softer, lighter and warmer than its woollen cousin, thanks to its longer fibers. It...
Holidays at Chetwyn Farms
Winter is upon us early this year at Chetwyn Farms. The alpaca love the early snowfall and colder temperatures after a long, hot and humid summer. We look forward to...
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