Mission

We believe in making beautiful things that nourish the land and its wild inhabitants. Through rotational grazing, native plantings, and removing invasive species, we're healing our 200-year-old Vermont farmstead, creating better habitat for meadowlarks and bobolinks while our Lincoln Longwool sheep grow the lustrous fleeces we transform into yarn, felt pelts, woven goods, and handmade dolls.

Every piece we create is proof that farming can nurture both beauty and biodiversity. We're proud to collaborate with local artisans and be part of Vermont’s community of women-run enterprises, where good work and good land grow together.

Our Story

Zoë has found her calling in the quiet power of hooves, manure, and wool her entire life. Growing up on a sheep farm in Vermont, she'd bottle-feed orphaned baby lambs in her kitchen before school. An animal lover through and through, she understood from an early age that farming is a way of engaging with the world that keeps us asking questions, connecting with the world around us, and always marveling.

Today, as steward of Vesper Hill Farm's 200-year-old Charlotte farmstead, Zoë nurtures her Lincoln Longwool flock alongside her two human children, four indoor fur babies, and more plant children than anyone can count. Whether she's tending sheep, growing dye plants, or rolling out crackers from scratch, everything seems to flourish under her care.

When she's not running around like a maniac on the farm, Zoë enjoys connecting with skilled makers across Vermont to transform her wool into beautiful, useful, durable things. For her, farming isn't just about raising sheep - it's about nurturing the connections between healthy animals, healthy land, and the vibrant community of women-run enterprises that bring Vermont wool to life.

Our Process

Our wool's journey begins in Vermont's rolling pastures and ends in your hands as beautiful, durable goods. The path to get there is filled with care, collaboration, and time-honored traditions.

Growing: Our Lincoln Longwool flock rotates through pastures, improving soil health while growing their lustrous fleeces. Meanwhile, we tend our dye gardens, cultivating plants like madder root, rudbeckia, and hawthorne that will later color our yarns in shades that change with the seasons.

Shearing: Each spring, our sheep are professionally sheared with care to minimize stress. Their fleeces are sorted by quality and color: the rare black lambswool from young sheep like Cardi and Violet, the silvery gray from mature ewes like Phoebe and Queen Anne, and the creamy whites from Helen, Lemony, and Cricket.

Processing: Our fleeces travel to Junction Fiber Mill and Battenkill Fibers, local mills that wash, card, and spin our wool using traditional methods that preserve its strength and natural luster. This partnership keeps our production local and supports Vermont's fiber infrastructure.

Creating: Some yarn stays natural in its beautiful undyed state. Others are hand-dyed here at the farm in small batches using botanicals from our gardens. Each skein reflects the soil chemistry and weather of that particular season. We also felt some fleeces into our signature "vegetarian sheepskin" felt pelts using traditional wet-felting techniques.

Collaborating: Our yarn then travels to skilled artisans like Kirsten Liebl at Wollecru Farm, who weaves it into scarves and table runners, or to our partners at Lilly Marsh Studio and Muriel's of Vermont. Every finished piece carries the story of our land, our sheep, and the hands that transformed raw fleece into something beautiful and lasting.

Distributing: We sell our products online and through trusted Vermont retailers, including Must Love Yarn, Two Sisters Mercantile, and the Old Brick Store. Each sale supports the continuation of this circular process: funding the care of our land and flock while sustaining the network of women-owned businesses that bring our wool to life.