DeGoatsnSheep Ranch

Wensleydale sheep   angora goats

Guesthouse accommodations

Our guest house is a Stewart Lodge.  It sleeps 4:

1 bedroom (queen bed), loft with 2 twin beds, full kitchen, bathroom, living

room and screened in porch.  Radio, but no TV.  Cell phones do work here

most of the time, but no long distance land line.

Please:  No Smoking or Pets!!!

It is strongly recommended to bring your own food.  The closest

restaurant is 9 miles at Vallecito.

 

$100.00 per night.

Call or e-mail in advance for reservations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spinning Lessons

$25 per day, per person.  I have 10+ years experience as a spinner and have given lessons at Pagosa Fiber Fest.

A spinning wheel is available for your use, or bring your own. I will supply enough roving to get you started.  You may buy more from my Wensleydale, mohair, or blended roving after that. Instruction

in picking, carding, fiber blending, dying, knitting and felting is also available.  I

am willing to work the timing of lessons around sightseeing, if that is part

of your goal. It usually takes about an hour for a basic lesson and a lot of

practice to learn to spin. We can get together several times in one day or

spread lessons out over a couple of days, depending on how you want to do

things.

 

Knitting Lessons

$25 per day, per person.  Basics, Sock Knitting, Fair Isle, reading and using patterns, cables, short rows, or whatever you need to get the projects you choose going.  I have lots of books for browsing, handspun yarn for sale, and there are very good yarn shops nearby.  You may also want to bring an existing project and just knit, lessons or not!  The choice is up to you.  This is an ideal setting for relaxing and rejuvenating your spirit.

 

 

Tour of the Ranch, by Jim

Learn about passive solar building, solar panel integration, sheep and goat care, creating a greenhouse that really works, and organic gardening practices. 

 

 

Some Local Attractions:

Mesa Verde:  Large anasazi ruins.   60 miles

Vallecito Lake:  fishing, lakeside hikes, Wimenuche Wilderness hikes, phenomenal beauty! 

9 miles

Bayfield:  food store, restaurants, yarn shop. 

10 miles

Durango:  Narrow Guage Train, nice bike/walk paths through town, food stores, restaurants,

movies, tourist shops andart galleries.  18 miles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worshop with dyes at the ranch.