Compass Rose Wool Mill

03/04/2026

Join us for our sheep shearing workshop this March 9th!

Each Spring, our flock is shorn releasing the sheep from their winter coats. After each fleece is shorn, it is placed on a table to be sorted. The dirty bits are removed, it gets rolled up and put in a cloth bag to go to the mill to be washed, picked and carded into roving for hand spinners to make into yarn.

This is a fun gathering to celebrate our years wool harvest, give the community the opportunity to help catch sheep, sort wool, and get an up close look at the whole process!

If you would like to join us March 9th at 9am please contact us, we would love to share this unique experience with you.

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02/24/2026

Welcome to the fiber studio and farm store, where we teach our winter spinning classes and sell a variety of products made on the farm, during the warmer months, you can also come tour the space during the Jefferson County Farm Tour held each summer.

02/23/2026

Join us for sheep shearing this March!

Each Spring, our flock is shorn releasing the sheep from their winter coats. After each fleece is shorn, it is placed on a table to be sorted. The dirty bits are removed, it gets rolled up and put in a cloth bag to go to the mill to be washed, picked and carded into roving for hand spinners to make into yarn.

This is a fun gathering to celebrate our years wool harvest.

If you would like to join us March 9th at 9am or just get some fiber, please contact us, we would love to share this unique experience with you.

02/23/2026

Meet the flock!

The Compass Rose flock has been stewarding this land since 2007, cultivating the fields and forests they live on.

Icelandic sheep are a hardy breed brought to Iceland from Norway in the 9th century. They belong to the northern European short tail breed and are considered one of the oldest breeds in the world. They have a great deal of genetic diversity; both ewes and rams can have horns, and have many patterns and colors.

Icelandic sheep are a duel coated breed, meaning that they have two fibers growing together, one long and strong called tog and the other short and fine called thell. The fineness of the thell is as soft as merino and the tog is strong enough to warp a loom. These animals supported our northern ancestors giving them meat, milk, leather and warm clothing. The woven cloth from Iceland was so valuable that it became a form of currency, three yards was equal to an ounce of silver.

02/23/2026

Welcome to the wool mill at Compass Rose Farms.

Connecting people, land and fiber. Supporting the fiber community through sustainable land practices, cottage industry, and education.

Check out our Compass Rose Wool Mill website for more information or to get your fiber processed!

02/23/2026

We are open for business, and looking forward to serving the peninsula fiber community!

Whether you need to clear out older fiber or send in this year’s harvest, now’s the time to reserve your space.

We love to work with local farms big and small.

12/29/2024

We are excited to announce our upcoming Fiber Arts events and classes at the farm! Head to our website to learn more and to get tickets.

https://compassrosefarms.org/fiber-arts/

02/06/2024

Customer shout out to Poppy Millikins and the lovely sweater she made with our Icelandic/Alpaca yarn

Thanks for sharing Poppy

01/14/2024