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 is in! It’s a beautiful grey (we threw four natural color fleeces into 170 pounds of white) which we have been overdying. Truly magnificent!

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.

• Our first lambs of the season arrived on April 15, 2024. So far we have 23 gorgeous lambs. They will be ready to leave the farm after June 15.

• We decided to keep back the 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 ram lambs. 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.

• Bob’s offspring are so magnificent we only allowed one 2024 Starter Flock to leave the farm. It resides in Gregory, MI. The one natural color ram lamb (the remaining are white, and some carry the color gene from their moms) now resides in Indiana. We’ve decided to keep the remaining ewe lambs on the farm as replacement breeders. This means we may allow a Bred Ewe packages to go out this year., maybe not, it all depends on conception rates. So if you’re thinking about a Starter Flock, As of October 1st, there is only one remaining. In the future, to avoid disappointment, please plan ahead, contact us, do a farm tour, and put down a deposit.

  👍 We were in Petoskey at Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair June 1 & 2. This was our big spinners’ roving sale. We had some fun mixes including husky (dog) and merino. Special roving was dyed by Vimbai who came all the way from Zimbabwe to learn to dye! Many thanks to everyone who supported the farm by purchasing items from the sheep!

• 👍Sandhill Crane Vineyard Summer Solstice Art & Music Festival, Jackson, Michigan. We will be there with wearable/usable art from our sheep, such as: forest-floor wool hats, pin cushions in a tea cup, spoiled dog leashes, & horse reins. We will have a little bit of the usual as well.

• 👍 We tried something new by setting up at the Farwell Lumberjack Festival, July 19 & 20. We featured our blister block hiking socks … perfect for you outdoorsy types! It was quite the festival, lots of fun… great sales. We will be there again in 2025.

• We are selling at the Michigan Farm Market Association annual Farm Market on the Capitol Lawn the 4th Tuesdays of July (23), August (27) [canceled due to heat index] and September (24). 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, Jul 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM, EDT, Sandhill Crane Vineyards, 4724 Walz Rd, Jackson, MI 49201, United States

• 👍 We are also sold at at the St. John’s Mint Festival August 9, 10 & 11. 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.

• 👍We just finished up Sundays in September at the Detroit Eastern Market. Thanks everyone for supporting the farm with your purchases.

• My good friend Jeanne Hausler agreed to sell at the Meridian Township (Okemos, Michigan) Winter Farmer’s Market. So check out her booth on Saturdays from 10-2 November through December 21st. But don’t wait until the last minute, our inventory is limited and unique. Once is sold, it’s gone. You will have to wait until next season.

• Detroit Eastern Market on Saturdays October 2024 through February 2025: https://www.easternmarket.org/markets/events/saturday-market And the Sunday Holiday Markets Thanksgiving Weekend through December 22, 2024.

• Farm Open House: November 14, 15 & 16 (as part of the Mason Christmas Craft trail) and Sunday the 17th, 2672 Dobie Rd., Mason, MI 48854. 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 and Sunday. Call if you can’t make it…we are also open by appointment: https://facebook.com/events/s/mason-christmas-craft-show/281973411296749/

• Holt Christmas Tree Lighting. We will offer our hats, mittens and socks for sale on Wednesday, December 4 from 4-8 p.m. 2150 N. Cedar Street, Holt, MI

• 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 2024!

This May and June, Vimbai, a young professional fellow from Zimbabwe joined us on the farm as part of a diplomatic exchange via Michigan State University and the U.S. State Department. She learned what it takes to farm and market our products for four weeks, four days a week, four hours each day. Yippeee! We are having fun. Here’s a short video of our dye day.