Sheep Shearing

Join the Twisted Strait Fibers Cooperative for our next Online Community Educational event where we will be joined by Roni Smith of The Smithshyre. She will share with us a video of her farms annual sheep shearing and provide Q&A for attendees around the process.

The purpose of any homestead is to work toward self sufficiency and sheep are very much a part of this homestead. The sheep are shorn twice yearly, which is always a very exciting time and something they look forward to sharing with the community. The farm is blessed with 11 beautiful sheep of 4 colors- white, true black, brown & rose grey.

“We really love the sheep, they have such great temperaments and the fiber is so luxurious. I’m hoping we can get the fiber mill project completed so I can actually see what it’s like as yarn or something more usable.” Roni does not toute herself as a fiber person, with the exception of hoarding it. “I became a member of the Twisted Strait Fibers Cooperative in early 2017 and I’m incredibly excited for the potential of a local mill someday soon”.

More about The Smithshyre:

Erin & Roni Smith, own and operate “The Smithshyre”, a 5-acre homestead located in Poulsbo, Washington. They raise a number of animals, including dwarf Nigerian goats, heritage variety laying hens, Narragansett turkeys and Finnish Landrace Sheep. They also have 2 greenhouses, ¼ acre market garden and several orchard and permaculture zones. To learn more about the farm and their practices please visit The Smithsyre website.

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