For the fall season we have changed our store hours. We will be open Tuesday to Friday from 1:30- 5:30PM. We are still willing to open by appointment!!! Please email grinsheep@gmail.ca or call 250-954-8152
Closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Whats New???
Good news for all weavers who own an Ashford E Spinner 3
Ashford now has created a new accessory for their E Spinner 3. It is a bobbin winder/ quill spinner.
Whether you’re prepping for weaving or spinning textured yarns off the point, this clever accessory adds versatility to your setup without taking up more space. Simply remove the flyer, pop on the spindle, and you are ready to wind or spin with control and precision.
Wind all Ashford boat shuttle bobbins 10 and 15cm (4 and 6″) and paper bobbins.
Engineered from stainless steel with a tapered shaft to ensure the bobbins are a secure fit.
- Includes: 1 x Nylon 10cm (4″) bobbin and 1 x Paper bobbin.
Suggested retail is $94.50 😎 You can pre order yours now!!
We will be attending the Medieval Faire Sept 13&14th 2025.
Held at the Coombs Fairgrounds.
Hear ye Hear ye!! 
We have been very busy in the dye kitchen and at the mill. The kitchen has produced many colours of the rainbow plus more. We created lovely skeins of yarn on rings just for the little touch of flare to your project. Locks from our sheep for that spark of color. Core wool and spinning batts are also in stock.
Lots of needle felting wool and supplies.
YEAR OF THE SHEEP!
Coombs Fair Aug 9 and 10th we will be at the Coombs Fairgrounds to help celebrate the year of the sheep and bringing baaack the farm. We will have Ashford products and will be doing some demonstrations in drop spindle, weaving and needle felting. EWE will be able to give it a try. The ladies from the Thursday morning Bradley Spinners are next to the Grinsheep booth will be spinning on their wheels.
The Fair has expanded the Fibre Arts Section to encourage all of you creative artists. Crochet, knitting, weaving, spinning, felting….. all things Sheep The Fair books are located at Grinsheep, Feed stores, Tack stores and numerous other outlets around Oceanside. Get your entries in and keep this great little country fair a buzz. Ewe can do it. We just may have all the the supplies you need for your entries.
A bit of inside information to spread the word. There will be sheep dog demonstrations in the main ring. Inland Island Sheep Breeder will be in attendance and Garrett Jolicouer will be shearing sheep next to the sheep barn. Buggy displays, live music, food vendors and the Great Poultry show. A really big show you don’t want to miss.
Well we have had a very busy spring. All the babies have arrived and bouncing about in the field. The sun is coming out and everything is in bloom. We have been very busy at the mill and in the dying kitchen. We have produced some lovely coloured alpaca bundles from local island farms.
Mini skeins have been created so you can add a bit of colour work to your project. They were really fun to make and hope your inspired by the colours.
In the store there is an assortment of spinning batts and some core wool from our very own sheep. A future of summer fun is coming our way.
On May 25, 2025 we were again at the 100 Mile Fleece And Fibre Festival at the Bradley Center. Wow what a great turn out! Thank you to the organizers who put in all the hard work to make this a great event. We love coming to this local festival.
June 21, 2025 we are doing a Cracked mud bowl and new take on the wet felted bowl we have done in the past check out the workshop page for more details
SHHHHHH… guess what!
This is the year of the sheep at the COOMBS FAIR! Of course we will be there in a big way!!! More details to follow🐏🐏🐏🐏
We have managed to make it thru another west coast wet winter oh my!! It was wet indeed. Spring has sprung at the farm. The babies have been arriving and if you stop by the shop you may just see a few new faces 😊 Well I think we are up to about 27. 😮
As the flowers start to pop up, the farms and shop chores continue. We have been busy in the creative dye kitchen and producing some fabulous skeins of sock wool and dyeing fibres to make into batts for our spinners. We are working hard preparing for a few up coming events!!!!
April 26 th, 2025 at 11 am -2pm, We will be holding a needle felting class here at the studio. We are going to be teaching the famous fox. It is so popular and requested often, sooo here we go again!!🦊 Please call and reserve your spot, or grab a friend and call in for a morning out.
May 10th, 2025 We are off to Arrowvale Farms in Port Alberni for their Sheep to Shawl day 10 am-3 pm. You will be able to see how the fleece is processed from the sheep to the wearable shawl. We will have some of our favorite products there for purchase and the Local guild will have some treasures too. Looking forward to getting back to this farm again and meet up with old friends and met new ones!!!
May 25th, 2025 we are off to the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival. This is always and good show. All the locals bring their specialties all to0 one place at the Bradley center.
I have a had a very busy 6 months and now getting things back on line. January has arrived and I hope you all had a very nice Christmas and New Years. This is the chilly time of the year and we all turn to doing things inside. We have dyed some lovely sock yarn for you knitters out there. We have created some new Needle felting kits. In February we will be setting up our popular felting classes. So mark up your calendars :
February 8, 2025 We will be doing a wet felted scarf with our famous black magic merino silk fibre. This is a great into to wet felting and you can make something special for your valentine or just treat yourself😎❣️ Cost $85.00.
February 22,2025 we will creating felted picture frame. Pick your special picture and join us to build a unique picture frame to show case your memory
Cost $75.00
Please contact the studio to reserve your spot.
Just a quick update we are working hard getting our Newsletter up and running The company did an update which made for some complications but we are getting there.
It was nice to see everyone at the Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival. It was certainly a rainy day. Marion and I enjoyed supper at the Dog House Restaurant before driving home Yummy!!
We do have some natural dye fibres in the shop and are working on our Christmas inventory. Watch for the photos on Facebook, Instagram and on the website.
Well the fall season had definitely arrived. A few rainy days has us turning to inside woolly projects. Have you got a favorite “winter” activity ?
We have had new customers popping in and they are staring a new projects or needing more supplies!! We welcome everyone to pop in and visit us in the shop. We also will be at the Cowichan Fleece and Fibre Festival at Cowichan Station October 19,2024 from 10am-4pm
We have been very busy dying our fabulous sock yarn. It has been so fun making the fall colours. We will be bringing sock yarn, black magic merino/ silk for spinning. I think you may have guessed a Fall and Halloween theme here. We will of course have some felting kits, bats, pumpkins, ghosts and trees hehehe.
Ashford has their new diz sticks for taking the roving off your carding drum.
The time is just flying by. We have been enjoying the nice summer weather. Some days hotter than others😎. The store has had many customers from out of town. Welcome and thanks for stopping by! We love meeting other fibre folks. 💗💗
If you are from out of town and are doing the tourist adventures in the Oceanside area include an afternoon stop into the shop and explore.
On JULY 27, 2024, 10 AM-2PM
We are having a Flash Sale at the shop whoot whoot!! Have to make room for the new stock coming in the fall. Here is a sneak peek of some of the items on sale 😉😏
Many assorted books will be $5.00 each.
Flat Iron Spinning Wheel by Schacht 25% off!
Small looms also 25% off.
Placemat Loom 50%!!
Fibre 10% off!
and many other special items!
See you then 😃😁
Well I am a bit late.🤨 I hope you enjoyed your long weekend. We are in the shop busy busy!
I was very disappoint to hear that at the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival that We had gone out of business. 🫨😱😲
This obviously not true. We are still located on our farm with lots of sheep and wide variety of equipment for your woolly creations. We are getting ready for a few shows coming later in the summer and fall. Our creative minds are just a bubbling with all the possibilities with wool. We have recently dyed some fancy roving for spinning.
I have completed the boucle shawl I had on the 28″Ashford knitters loom. It
came out just lovely.
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Please check back with this website for the recent and upcoming classes. We are making a few changes to our media platform for our newsletter. Updates may also be found on Facebook and Instagram.
We had a wonderful time at the 100 Mile Fleece and Fibre Festival on May 26,2024. The annual event was busy busy and so many people. Carlotta came with us and showed off her mini skeins. We had core wool, spinning batts, and fancy roving for your fibre fun.
We have added 2 workshops on June 15, 2024. Please join us for a new felted bowl class with crackle effect in the morning. In the afternoon we will be doing a summer lily on cheesecloth, similar to the art deco roses scarf.
Grinsheep will be producing batts from our own sheep for spinning and felting.
