Winding Down From Summer
With summer winding down, kids getting ready to go back to school and the County beginning to harvest the bounty of the season, September is fast approaching. As a sustainable...
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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...
You bring the wine - “Al-paca lunch!” Alpaca Picnics NEW* at Chetwyn Farms by Lilac & Vine
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...
Alpaca Encounters - Part of the “Wellness Program” at Chetwyn Farms
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...
2022 Collection - Conscious Luxury & Sustainable Living
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...
Fibre to Yarn - 2022
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....
Alpaca Farm-Stay Experiences - Rent our 1800’s farmhouse in 2024!
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...
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...
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...