Welcome to Blackberry Hills
Our farm is located in Western Wisconsin, about an hour's drive from Minneapolis/St. Paul. Primarily, we raise fiber animals creating quality fleeces for handspinners, felters, doll makers and fiber artists. We also teach weaving and spinning classes/workshops; sell handspun yarns and custom mill-spun yarns, sheep pelts, locker lambs and kids, and spun, woven, knit or felted fiber products.
We invite you to join us at the following events:
Blackberry Hills
Shearing Open House
Sunday March 30th - 8:30am - noon
Sunday we will be shearing sheep. Yes it's starting to feel like spring which means it's muddy here on the farm! We usually get started around 8:30 or 9 am - it goes pretty fast! Each sheep has it's hoofs trimmed, is shorn and then it's fleece wrapped and stored separately. We try to give all the sheep their annual inoculations as they go back to the flock.
Afterwards we all sit down, rest our backs and have a bowl of chili, chips - even a little beer - and of course great conversations.
Spring fever has hit at Blackberry Hills! I don’t know about you but I am sick of winter. Come out to the farm for a sneak peak at the new yarn colors. Plan that spring or summer project. Take a look at the new shawls, capelets and scarves. See the animals the fiber comes from.
Let spring fever infect you for the day!
Yarn Over
April 12, 2008
Minnesota Knitters' Guild annual day-long knitting event!
Hopkins High School
Hopkins, MN
Shepherd’s Harvest
Sheep and Wool Festival
May 10 & 11, 2008
FETE DES FLEURS FESTIVAL at Chateau St. Croix
Saturday June 21, 2008 11 am - 7 pm
Sunday June 22, 2008 11 am - 5 pm
