The Goats Cashmere Goats produce a fine fiber that is used to make cashmere sweaters and other fine knitwear. The goats begin growing their Cashmere late spring and start to shed late winter. Many of our goats have long guard hairs to protect the fine cashmere underneath. We brush our goats starting in Late February and all through March. Some farms in other parts of world will shear cashmere goats, but we have found it is best for our herd to brush them out. In the spring we will milk our does for a short season. All the milk goes to the farms goat milk soap production. We produce a large selection of Cashmere goat milk soaps along with cashmere roving and knitwear from the farm. To reserve a cashmere kid for the 2018 season please use the link on the for sale page or for information about the goats please contact us at: eastmeetswestfamilyfarm@gmail.com We have wethers and bucklings available for 2018. |
The Sheep
A fiber farm would not be complete with out a flock of sheep. We have a mix of Romney's, Wensleydale's and a Romney/BL cross. The different fibers lend themselves to a variety of fiber projects. As a knitter, spinner and felter I feel it is important to keep variety in the flock. We are excited to have brought in a Wensleydale ram. We will have lambs for sale mid-summer. We will have Romney/Wensleydale cross lambs, unpapered Wensleydale lambs and a papered Wensleydale ram lamb available from the 2018 season. 
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