THE ALLEN FARM SHEEP AND WOOL COMPANY

Hopefully this is our last snow of the winter! We are ready for spring.  

This week, Clarissa, Susan and I worked with Clare – the master weaver, who has been weaving our Allen Farm blankets for over 20 years – to load the warp for this winter’s round of blankets. It was a refresher course for Clarissa, the original Allen Farm weaver, and she jumped right back in! For […]

This week marked the first snow of the season. Although the leftover wedding greens are still going strong in the garden, this was a gentle reminder of the changes to come. The island has quieted, the setting sun greets us in the late afternoon, and the fires have begun blazing in our wood stove. It […]

Come visit us! We are now open seven days a week, from 11:30 am until 5 pm.  Just in: Beautiful Kinross cashmere sweaters Indigenous Designs summer dresses, throws, and more Our own Allen Farm blankets, each with their own one-of-a-kind weave, done on our AVL loom Hand-knit wool sweaters for children, and adults And as […]

It’s June, and wedding season is in full swing here on the island. At the farm, we are preparing our land for families and friends to gather and celebrate together in the field, with the sea salt air of Lucy Vincent beach surrounding them. We offer a variety of options as a wedding venue, from […]

We now have 41 lambs! A few more to go…

Today at the farm, nine lambs were born. Lambing season has officially begun!