Climate-conscious wool, grown in Michigan.

Michigan Merinos proudly carries fiber products created at Happy Goat Lucky Ewe Fiber Farm.

We established in 1987, as Happy Goat Lucky Ewe Fiber Farm (a hobby farm) and in 2017 as Michigan Merinos (a working farm). We grow the wool (and mohair in our handspun yarn, from our Angora goats) in the products that we sell, and carry other U.S. made products such as Serendipity knitting needles. As a MAEAP-certified farm, we utilize state-certified, ecologically-friendly farming practices to provide you with biodegradable/low carbon impact fiber products, which are grown locally in Michigan and enjoyed globally.

👍The 2024 batch was beautiful! It’s a natural, multi-toned grey (we threw four natural color fleeces into 170 pounds of white) which we have been overdying. Truly magnificent and we had enough processed to carry us into 2025!

Learn more about our farm.

By the way, thank you for supporting the farm last year year. It was our best year ever and your purchases helped us improve the farm infrastructure, making our practices more eco-friendly and sustainable. The sheep bought a spinning chute (pictured below) this year. It will be used for hoof trimming and vaccinating. Designed for easy handling and less stress on the shepherdess. Additionally, this past summer (2024) we added a wool shed/design studio to the farm.

• We sheared March 19, 2024, and 250 pounds of merino wool will be skirted over the next few weeks (for our processing, for Helene and for Why Knot Fibers). Soon it will be off to the mill and they will have their yarn in April, next year.

• in 2024 we had 23 gorgeous purebred merino lambs. We sold two starter flocks, sent an awesome black ram (the only black) to Indiana and held back 11 ram lambs out of Bob for flock improvement. Think about adding one of these magnificent beauties to your flock. Two are polled, the remaining rams will have thick, strong and useful curled horns. We decided to keep back these ram lambs because their genetics are straight from Australia and should help improve the merino stock in the entire mid-west.

• If you want to improve the fiber in your commercial flock (and get a higher price per pound), think about buying one of our yearling rams. Please plan ahead and contact me to put a deposit down.

• On May 15 the Angora goat does entered labor and delivery and graced us with three doelings and two bucklings. The boys were banded and sold as pet wethers. They are a wonderful addition to Liz’s farm - perfect as petting animals AND they provide a lovely crop of six inch locks twice a year.

  For 2025:

• 👍 Look for us in Petoskey at Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair in June.

• 👍Sandhill Crane Vineyard Summer Solstice Art & Music Festival, Jackson, Michigan was a blast, we will be there again (if invited).

• 👍The Farwell Lumberjack Festival, in July features our blister block hiking socks … perfect for you outdoorsy types!

• We are selling at the Michigan Farm Market Association annual Farm Market on the Capitol Lawn the 4th Tuesdays of July, August and September. This is an awesome market, come get your winter wear early. Check out the vendors, such as Along the Fence Day Lilies and Sweetie Licious .

• 👍 Sandhill Crane Wine & Wool Festival, July. Sandhill Crane Vineyards, 4724 Walz Rd, Jackson, MI 49201, United States

• 👍 We are also selling at the St. John’s Mint Festival in early August. Who knew so many people would buy (or order custom dyed) wool hats in August? Thanks again to all who supported the farm. Summer sales help us buy 900 bales of hay.

• 👍The East Lansing Fiber to Fashion Festival: 325 Grove Street, East Lansing, was Saturday, September 21 from 10:00 to 6:00. https://fb.watch/no2a976Jx2/?mibextid=v7YzmG It was awesome! a great kick-off for the fall season. Stay tuned for the 2025 festival.

• 👍We just finished up Sundays at the Detroit Eastern Market. Thanks everyone for supporting the farm with your purchases. We doubled our sales in December!

• we are at the Detroit Eastern Market on Saturdays (unless we are vacationing) through March.

• The annual Farm Open House in 2025 will be: November 13, 14 & 15 (as part of the Mason Christmas Craft trail). Come see the sheep & have a visit in our new wool shed/studio. We’re open from 9-6 on Thursday and Friday, 9-4 on Saturday. Call if you can’t make it…we are also open by appointment: https://facebook.com/events/s/mason-christmas-craft-show/281973411296749/

• Detroit Eastern Market: Saturdays from November in Shed 4, through February: Shed 5. https://www.easternmarket.org/markets/events/saturday-market

• Wool shop open by appointment throughout the year, call: (five 17) nine-two-7-93six8.

Cheers and here's to a healthy and happy 2025!