New creations!

ALL CAPLETS have sold! I'm working on a wonderful pink one now, which will be here on the blog when finished.

I have enjoyed knitting a number of these this season, The little caplet. Its just enough to take the chill away. I little something that can be worn under your coat in place of a scarf. Worn while out to dinner to take the chill away. Its the perfect size, not to much, just enough. Knitted with hand dyed yarn and a hand made button these little caplets do the job! I have a wonderful pink on the needles now that I will add a big square button. to when finished. The gorgeous turquoise is in the shot, for sale, the olive green is mine to keep! And the purple is a gift. If you find a yarn here and would like to knit this I can share this pattern with you.
Shop will be open each weekend for a few hours so you can stock up on yarn for your winter knitting projects or stop on by for a special hand made gift for someone. As always I will open most anytime by appointment, just give a ring. 1-203-736-2630.
Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas, don't you think?

Holiday Open House Fun! FUN had by all!

Happy Holidays to everyone! What a way to bring the holidays in. We had a blast at our holiday open house. I lost count of how many people came and joined the holiday fun. Santa has a list a mile long, he visited with so many kids that Mrs Claus had to take him home and put him to bed early! Our tree was decorated with ornaments that folks brought and the friendship paper chain that kids made while visiting. So Mike and I will go and purchase an art craft kit to be donated from our farm and all the visitors who added an ornament and a paper chain link to Toys for Tots. . Thank you to all who made the tree decorating a success. The tree sits on our front porch now and will stay there lit for us to look at and remember all the wonderful folks who visited our farm. Then in a couple of weeks the ornaments that were brought will be placed on a tree put up by our local FD at Stevenson Dam for all to enjoy. The animals enjoyed all the attention and received a lot of treats! Just follow the pictures, they tell the wonderful story of the day we had. People made the trek up the long steep driveway to help make our day a dream come true! Happy holidays to all and to all a good day! From all of us at Dream Come True Farn.

Santa and Mrs Claus have arrived on the East Coast

Santa and the Mrs arrived on Milford beach via the Mistletoe sail boat (AKA The Reiki Wake) this past Saturday. Coming from North Pole was quite the adventure. Santa says navigating the sail boat was a bit different then the sleigh. He says the reindeer's do the navigation for the Christmas eve trip. But they made it! They are here on the East coast. I'm told they have a few stops and some elves to speak and have meetings with about Christmas eve deliveries and then they will make their way to Oxford for one of our Open House Days. They will be here on Sunday the 28th about 12:30 pm. They tell me they have a couple of hours to talk to kids and take pictures so come on by the farm and visit with the Clauses! Dream Come True Farm 82 Freeman Rd Oxford Ct Open House November 27th and 28th 11-4.

Here are the other farms that will bring this holiday in with some good old fashion celebrating!
"Victorian Farm Christmas" will be the theme of Coon Hollow Farm for Holiday Open House. Come and join us as we celebrate the harder but easier times of the Victorian farm people. We will have chestnuts roasting, carols to sing as well as decorations such as strung fruits. Also on hand will be our Alpacas and Sheep, Chickens or just come and talk to Dawn about Beekeeping! Also on hand spinning, make a Holiday Gift Box from old Christmas cards and felting demos. Our shop will be open with many of hoilday gifts, fiber, yarn for knitters, soaps, felting kits, alpaca garments, eggs, etc. We are located at 156 Punkup Rd, Oxford. We will open Sat Nov 27 and Sunday Nov 28 from 10 to 4. Please visit our blog www.CoonHollowFarm.blogspot.com or call 203-881-1986 for more info.


"Alpaca Farm Holidays" will be the theme for Hubbell Farm at French’s Corner in Shelton (White Hills) which is an 1825 farm that retains its original barns and outbuildings, vintage tractors and farm equipment. Visitors can view alpacas, a llama and sheep and purchase herbs, herbal products, sachets, dream pillows, alpaca and sheep raw fiber, yarn, felting kits, soap and more. We will be open Nov 27th and 28th from 9 to 5. Also available is roving in natural colors from the farm’s sheep and alpacas and wool dyed on the farm. Those seeking additional information may call 203-929-2052.

"Christmas on the Farm" at Alpaca Hill Farm, 8 Willow Street in Seymour, CT. Meet our alpacas, Great Pyrenees, Kramer and muscovy ducks. You can shop at our farm store and buy warm alpaca garments, alpaca gifts and ornaments, yarn, roving, felt and other items for the holiday season. Enjoy a warm beverage and take a picture with an alpaca for your Christmas cards. Alpaca hats, socks and gloves are soft, hypoallergenic and toasty warm for the winter. Please celebrate the joy of the season with a visit to our farm. We will be open on Friday and Saturday November 26th and 27th from 10-5. Also Saturdays December 4,11 and 18 from 10-5.

"Log Cabin Prairie Christmas" is the theme for Dream Come True Farm, 82 Freeman Rd Oxford who will celebrate the holiday season November 27th and 28th 11am-4pm. Join in the fun and stop by and help decorate our tree by bringing an ornament and for each ornament we will donate .50 towards a toy for toys for tots. Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus who will arrive 12:30 pm. on Sunday. Educational hands on displays, pictures on the tractor, demos and learn all about our sheep, goats, llamas, ponies and alpacas. Our shop is ready for holiday shopping filled with gift items including alpaca products, glass jewelry, goat soap, wooden treasures and lots of handspun yarns. Truly a knitters dream come true! Visit us at www.pamsfiber.blogspot.com or call for more info 203-736-2630.


"Alpaca Farm Christmas" will take place at Alpacaboose Farm at 12 East St., Oxford. They will be open on Sat Nov 27 from 11 to 4 and Sunday Nov 28 from 11 to 3. The farm features female alpacas and products made from their fiber. Spinning and needle felting demonstrations are planned. Those seeking additional information may call Ron or Rose East, 203-888-4695.


**In the event of bad weather please contact the farms to see if they are open.**

Holiday Open House on the farm! Nov. 27th & 28th

Look at those faces below! Come and join all of us on the farm November 27th and November 28th for an old fashioned log cabin holiday! We will be opening our farm 11-4 both Saturday and Sunday for you to come and visit with the animals, visit with Santa and Mrs Claus (Sunday 1-3pm) shop in our farm shop that is filled to the brim with new items especially alpaca products! Bring your cameras for pictures with Mr. and Mrs Claus, pictures on the tractor and of the animals. Bring an ornament and help us decorate our Christmas tree, Santa tells us that for every ornament he will donate .50 to the local soup kitchen. Come join us and each others for an old fashioned Christmas! Other farms will be open in the area celebrating a theme Christmas as well, brochures with the names of these farms may be picked up here.

AHHHHH, Fall!

I just love the fall! The falling leaves, the crunch when walking through the leaves, the smell of the wood stove burning, the happy attitudes of everyone in the barnyard. And best of all to be able to wear my woolen garments! I have been spinning and offering my handspuns along with the pattern for the neck warmer and really nice wooden buttons that Mike makes out of tree branches. Its a great way to try my handspun yarns and a really quick project that you can complete in an evening. I love the cinnamon color of Monty. And soft? Just a gorgeous feel. If interested in one of these kits let me know I can ship. Visit my Etsy shop and see all the neck warmer kits that I'm offering. www.Pamsfiber.blogspot.com

Weekend update!

Over this past weekend we went to the New England Sheep and Wool festival in Mass. It was wonderful. This was their first year and I hope that all the vendors did well and this will be a yearly event. After being there on Sunday I was inspired to do some work. A sheep and wool festival always does that to me. So I broke out the wild drum carder and went to town on it. I did 14 batts of some wild and crazy fibers. Included in this fiber list is silk, alpaca, sheep, angora goat locks, angora bunny wool, suri alpaca locks, yarn cut into 4 in. pieces, sari silk thread, angeline and embroidery thread! I think I covered it all! I chose the fibers carefully for eash batt, carding it only once through the carder so as to add texture to the yarn when spun. I then sat and spun it all up ending with 7 skeins of WiLd and CrAzY yarn. Works up beautifully with so much character, These are listed in my Etsy shop for sale. The yarn comes with a free pattern that was designed to go along with the wool Check out my etsy shop www.PamsFiber.etsy.com

Another Kit Together And Ready!

This week I soft spun some really extra BIG and chunky alpaca and Babydoll sheep wool. This was spun for the wIld aNd CrAzY neck warmer pattern in previous post. The yarn is really soft because it is spun from Betty my white suri alpaca, Monty My brown Huacaya alpaca and Jelly Bean my darkest gray Babydoll sheep! Spun loose putting little twist to keep it extra soft. The colors mix so well together, as nature intended. The kit comes with the pattern and the beautiful branch button which has the bark and has been treated with an oil to finish it. I love the neck warmer which is also for-sale and will be in the shop. I have a few kits available at this time and one already knitted neck warmer. They will all go into the shop today or as always I can ship them to you. Cost of kit with pattern and handmade button is 24.00' if shipped 4.90 shipping priority.

Yarn for caplet completed! And 4-sale!

I have finally completed the caplet yarn. It was done with a handspun sheep wool, bulky spun, hand dyed deep dark turquoise. I added a turquoise ceramic button as the closure. Washed and set the yarn, finally it dried! But not until I hung over the wood stove! The pattern is added to the yarn purchase.$32.00. This is a cozy caplet
(shown below is a sample also for sale 52.00. that is worn with ease. Another not in your way piece. Comes to the elbow and hugs your shoulders.




Open most weekends on Sunday, call to be sure. Closed for family functions etc. OPEN this SATURDAY 12 noon to 2pm, I'm going to the Fiber festival at the Big E fair grounds on Sunday! Please keep in mind I can ship anything if needed and will open by appointment anytime.

HUG me!

A real favorite! This my Hug Me wrap. Another easy to wear to take the chill away piece. It doesn't get in the way when sitting at your desk or working around the home. When sitting on the couch it just hugs you and keeps you warm. Easy to knit, its knitted in the round with a few decreases, and knit and purl stitches. I knitted this with smaller skeins from all the alpacas, sheep and llamas! I love it because all my animals are hugging me. They can give you a warm hug too! Pattern available with the purchase of yarn to make this wonderful little wrap. All natural, as nature intended it. Love it!

What is better then a nice warm hug on a chilly day?

New BIG handspuns

Today I dyed and extra BIG handspun yarn with the idea to sell it and offer the caplet pattern shown below. This would make a beautiful caplet I'm trying really hard not to ball it up and start if for myself. But if you saw all the hand knit garments that I have knitted in recent years you would say OFFER it in the shop. I also spun up a BIG skein of the 3-way alpaca, babydoll swirl yarn, all natural and extra soft! The colors in it are dark chocolate brown, steel gray and white all swirled together. I'm offering the WiLd and CrAzY neckwarmer pattern with this yarn and a beautiful handmade wooden branch button. I'm going to be spinning this BIG to offer along with the caplet pattern as well. Our shop we be filled to the brim (like its not already) for our holiday Open House November 27Th and 28Th. Hope to see you then or before. Closed this Sunday do to a Sheep and Wool Festival I'm attending. But OPEN SATURDAY for a couple hours, for your knitting needs! 12 noon until 2PM