LLAMA SHEARING DAYS AND OPEN HOUSE!!

Come watch us get our annual hair cut! Thursday, May 24,
Friday, May 25, and Saturday May 26 from 10:00 - 4:00 each day.  There will be demonstrations on everything fiber related (spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, fiber cleaning).

There will also be fun things for the kids to do, a campfire, see the angora goats, maybe a newborn calf, and of course Samson our dog!  Come and enjoy the day with us.

on Saturday we will also have a brat /hamburger fry.

if you have any questions please email or call--hope to see you !

NEW CLASSES/ KNIT ALONGS!!

THIS is long overdue post!! During the months of November & December we will have a knit along on Fridays. We will be working together on Christmas presents. Come when you can and leave when you must. You have a choice of working on the Marina scarf by Rosetti. This is very easy and fun-it looks like you worked really hard! the cost of the yarn is: $14.00 and the scarf requires only one skein.

The second choice is a mobius. I have a pattern and you have your choice of yarns from the shop. You will learn the mobius CO. We will be using a bulky yarn. price: $8.95-14.95 skein.

The third choice is from Louet using the Eastport Alpaca. This is the Louet Sampler Scarf using a variety of patterns. the finished scarf is 10" x 56" using 2 skeins. The pattern is written out in words or you may use a chart (a good intro to reading charts).

A fourth choice would be to make a Christmas sock ornament. This a great "learning to knit a sock" and only have to knit a single sock! yarn cost: $6.00 plus needles or bring your own

The cost is $10.00 a week and you may stay as long as you want (if you like you may even bring a lunch :) and enjoy sitting by the fireplace knitting.

coffee, tea, or hot chocolate will be provided).

NUNO FELT SCARF

THE Thursday class on Nuno felting is full so Suzanne has offered to do another on Saturday morning at 9:00. Call early to reserve your spot!

Date: Saturday, May 28th at 9:00 - 2:00 cost $55.00 plus $25.00 material feel.

come and have a fantastic day on the farm watching the llamas get their hair cut and enjoy brats and hamburgers and the campfire!

shearing will begin on Thursday morning and continue through Saturday. there will also be alpacas and a cria(baby llama) here.

we will once again have kids work on felted soap, and new this year is a rug stomp. come and enjoy the fun!!

FELTED llama fiber bird pods

Would you like to make the birds in your yard the envy of all the birds in your neighborhood? Well, you can! Take the felted bird pod class being offered at BahrCreek May, 25. Call 920-668-6417 for details or email demaster@bahrcreek.com

there is absolutely no experience necessary!

LLAMA SHEARING DAYS OPEN HOUSE/FELTING CLASSES

An addition has been added to the felting class on Friday, May 27. You may choose to do the felted hat or a felted vessel. They are totally awesome and Suzanne Higgs, from Michigan is a fantastic instructor! There are still a couple of openings in the bird pod class. If enough interest in the nuno class, Suzanne has agreed to stay an extra day to

teach another class. sign up for the classes soon!

We will also have Barbara & Bob Baer from Raspbaerry Hill Alpacas here with a couple of their alpacas--come and say hi to llama cousins :-).

We will also have a brat fry and campfire on Friday and Saturday during the shearing days. proceeds will go toward bringing our daughter and son-in-law home from the Dominican Republic. Come and enjoy a day on the farm and relax by the campfire or bring a project to sit and knit or spin or bring your rigid heddle loom to sit and enjoy the day.

pray for warm DRY weather!

have a great day!

BAHR CREEK LLAMA SHEARING DAYS/CLASSES

LLAMAS OPEN HOUSE SHEARING DAYS

MAY 26, 27, 28 10-4
www.bahrcreek.com

Something new has been added for our open house. Suzanne, from www.HookedOnFelt.com

will be teaching some felting classes!

the class schedule is as follows:

Wed, May 25- 9:30 - 2:30 Felted Bird Pods

cost: $55.00 plus $20.00 material fee

Thurs, May 26 - 9:30 - 2:30 Nuno Felted Summer Scarf

cost: $55.00 plus $25.00 material fee

Friday, May 27, 9:30 - 2:30 Sculpted Wool Felt Hat

cost: $55.00 plus $20.00 material fee

for the complete description of these classes please email me or call me and i will send you the sample pictures. There is no experience required for any of these classes!!! They are all fun and you will go home with a completed project!! Call early to reserve your spot in the class.

Once again, we also welcome Kris from Colorfield Farm. Colorfield farm is located In Fredonia, Wi Come and see the Angora goats and wonderful fiber, yarn and awesome creations by Kris!!

We will also have a brat fry and bake sale! So come and enjoy the day on the farm. you may sit and relax by the fire pit or sign up for a class!

upcoming events!! LLAMA SHEARING DAYS/OPEN HOUSE

I want to post our annual open house/llama shearing days events and you can place it on your calendar for Thursday, May 26, through Saturday, May 28 from 10AM-4PM. I will post more details in the near future.

Another event starting tomorrow, March 1st is the KAL for Skacel. If you are interested, please give me a call for details and supplies. demaster@bahrcreek.com or 920-668-6417

Wedding pictures, time at the beach

The picture on the right side was taken by the beach in Puerta Plata. It took us 2 hours by bus and we laid on the beach for 10 minutes then the sun hid under the clouds--needless to say none of us got a tan and we returned home just as we arrived :-). But we had a great time!

the other pictures are family at the wedding. upper middle names: Josu, Rudy, Maria, Ambiorix, Kari, Nick (our son who lives in Boston), Victoria, and Daniel. We had a great time meeting some of Ambiorix's family-even though language was a barrier.

It was a very beautiful wedding and a great time.

Christmas, Wedding, New Year!!

Where does time go?! Christmas tree and decorations all put away for another year! Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and I wish for you all a Very Happy New Year!!

A highlight of our Christmas was our daughter's wedding in the Dominican Republic, December 18th. We left for Chicago on the 16th at 2AM and arrived in the DR at 8:30 that night. Life doesn't stop in the DR. We went out for supper at 9 PM and celebrated Daniel's birthday at the home of Ambiorix's mom and arrived back at the motel at almost 2 AM! The weather there was PERFECT!! We left Cedar Grove 13 degrees and about 5 inches of snow on the ground, arrived in the DR 75 degrees -everything lush green, flowers everywhere! It was sooooooo beautiful! I would love to show you my pictures -just ask when you come into the shop. It was a shock coming back December 20th to 5 new inches of snow dressed in sandals. :-) We have lots of great memories. The picture above was taken at Ambiorix's uncle's house. This is where the wedding was held and his family did a fantastic job decorating and with the food! It truly was beyond our expectations. Thank you so much Ventura family. The picture was taken in the outside courtyard of the house. And the temperature was about 76 degrees :-)!

Now to get back to work. During the months of January and February, we will again have finish projects month. Come into shop to finish knitting your projects on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Enjoy sitting by the stove/fireplace enjoying great conversations working on your knitting projects. OR start a new project to get a head start on your next Christmas presents.

Wow, I really can't believe it is almost Christmas!! This will be an eventful season for us. Our daughter, Kari, is getting married the 18th in the Dominican Republic and we will be traveling there December 16th and staying until the 20th (not long enough BUT better than not at all). Please pray for good weather both for flying and here on the farm and shop. We are getting excited! This is the first time my husband, Mark and son, Daniel, have traveled out of the country.

Our son, Nick who lives in Boston, will meet us there. I wish Jon & Hannah & kids could also come with us to truly be a family vacation but................not so. It will be an exciting experience!! Also, when it is in the 20's here, it is in the 70's-80's in Santiago :-). One day we will spend at the beach!!!! YAYYYYYYYY!!!! The time there will go way too fast!

The shop will remain open -Rhonda will be here Thurs, Fri, and Sat. and Wendy will be here on Monday. My mom & dad will also be here so come by to say "hi" --my dad is always ready to visit :-)!!!!

I hope this is a very Blessed Christmas Season for you all as we remember the true reason for the season.

OPEN HOUSE!! November 18, 19, & 20th

ONLY ONE WEEK UNTIL the Christmas open house!!! :-) It will be a fun event with demos on needle felting, wet felting flowers, weaving both rigid heddle and floor loom weaving, spinning and of course knitting projects that you still have time to knit for Christmas gift giving.

Enter a drawing to receive a $25.00 gift certificate. There will be 6 certificates given away. Come and enjoy hot apple cider and cookies/bars while you watch demonstrations or come with a project to knit and enjoy the company of fellow knitters.

Kris from Colorfield farm will also be here with her luxurious mohair yarn from her angora goats.

new yarns, open house,what's new!!

Good morning, I hope everyone is staying safe with this storm warning or high winds! It is a good day to stay at home knitting on a Christmas project :-).

I have been busy trying to unpack new fall/winter yarns. Some of the new yarns arriving are:Malibrigo, Misty Alpaca Chunky handpaints, Deb McComber sock yarn(this is the most scrumptious super soft yarn I have ever seen!!!), Knit 1Crochet2, TyDy wool and new colors in the TyDy-Sock collection, Manos Del Uruguay silk/wool, new colors in Kaffe Fasset Colourscape. Come check out the clearance section of the shop! There are a lot of really nice yarns available!

watch for open house updates-keep November 18, 19, & 20th on your calendar. We will be having demonstrations and knit alongs and ideas for gift projects for Christmas. AND of course hot apple cider, and cookies for snacks! :-)

For the winter season of classes i will repeat the summer schedule. If there is a class or something you would like to learn how to do, simply give me a call and we will schedule a class for you. If there are several of your friends who would like to do the same things or just want a day of fun, give me a call or email. 5 or more and you will receive your class fee free.

Well, stay dry and hang onto your hats and umbrellas today and stay safe! I will try to update my blog sooner! A lot of new things happened over summer and very busy times!

Have a great day!

LLAMA SHEARING DAYS/OPEN HOUSE

Good morning everyone! It is really going to be a gorgeous weekend for shearing days!! Weather will be perfect for a day on the farm. We will also have a campfire-brat fry to benefit Hannah's mission trip to Kenya(this will be only on Friday and Saturday). The fry will be until 6:00 both Friday & Saturday. We hope you can come and enjoy the day with us! Kris will also be here with a couple of her angora goats (a mom & kid) and her awesome yarn and fiber!

have a great day!!

No place like home

I don't exactly know what to title this post-maybe after I finish i will think of an appropriate one.

Yesterday Mark put up a new fence for the llamas that had luscious grass over a foot high. The boys have been lusting over it and trying to get out of their pasture (and sometimes succeeding) to get there. We haltered them all and brought them to their new "home" for a few hours (actually thought maybe a couple of days). Well............didn't take that long-maybe 3-4 hours one of them got their head stuck and pulled out the stakes to get out. We finally decided that it wasn't going to work to leave them there so we opened up their gate (to their home) and let 2 of them run down the driveway without halters on and they ran right into their own "home" pasture we let the remainder run and they followed right into their "home" pasture. :-) It made us smile.



moral of the story: even though we think life is better and more satisfying somewhere else....there is no place like home.

Guess I never would have realized how much we can learn about life from watching and caring for animals.

IT'S HERE! Spring newsletter-enjoy!

http://www.bahrcreek.com/newsletter/BahrCreekSpring_springsummer2010.pdf


thank you much, Maria!!

If you have any questions about the newsletter, please email or call.

Newsletter

I am sooooo trying to upload my newsletter to my blog. The last time I had my computer reformatted the PDF program part of it was deleted so now am having a hard time finding something that works with every ones computer :-( . And OF COURSE, my internet service is the slowest in the world! Hopefully it will work out real soon. If anyone is interested in receiving my newsletter via email, please let me know and I will send in out.

NEWSLETTER, OPEN HOUSE, CLASSES

I promise that I WILL have my newsletter completed and posted by Monday!
Just a reminder that open house/shearing days will be May 27. 28. 29 from 10-5. This year in addition to the open house we will also have a campfire/brat fry to help Hannah (daughter-in-law) raise support for her mission trip to Kenya. If you would like more information as to what Hannah and the team will do while there go to www.wpff.com .

We are praying for perfect weather -well, hopefully dry :-). It is so awesome to see the flowers and green grass. It is fun watching the birds carry off pieces of llama fiber for nest building. I can't wait for the grosbeak to migrate thru the area and the hummingbirds and blue birds!! I love spring!!

I am working on some one day classes for vacationers in the area. So if you are vacationing in Sheboygan Co. and would like a project to do on the loom, needle felt, or knit that would only take a couple of hours to 6 hours to complete, give me a call.

have a great day!

VACATION!!!! YAYYYYYY

I really can't believe we are going on vacation --just the 2 of us! We leave from Milwaukee Monday morning and arrive in Orlando then will be picked up by friends and go to Ocala. It will be so much fun just to hang out and be able to sit in the yard or walk along the ocean/beach-don't know for sure where we will go :-) ----without winter coats!!

Our son, Daniel, is home for spring break and will watch the shop and do chores on the farm. The need for money, being a college student, is always a good thing and he is a very good reliable worker. Thank you so much, Daniel!!! The shop will be open usual hours.

Upcoming events for spring newsletter will be coming shortly. Some dates to place on your calendars are the open house and llama shearing days---May 27,28 and 29th.

well, hope everyone is having a great winter and soon to be spring!

Newsletter, Classes

It has been terrible for me to get my winter newsletter completed!! First of all I want to thank all who have called and scheduled their own classes! I LOVE it!! so much that I have decided to do that until the end of summer. If there is a class you are interested in, needle felting, weaving, knitting, spinning, crocheting-please give me a call and we can set something up for you. If you organize 3 or more friends for one class, you will receive a 10% discount on the class.

Right now I am in the process of writing up a list of all the classes I offer with the cost for my newsletter and will get it up on my website ASAP.

For right now, for those of you who would like to weave but don't want to set up a loom, I have one set up to weave rugs. The cost is $10.00 a foot and all you do is simply weave. The cost includes materials. You could possibly have a rug completed in an afternoon :-).

Some of the other ideas I have for projects are done on a rigid heddle loom: tote or placemats using plastic bags. These can all be afternoon projects or completed in a short few hours.

This is also my 10th anniversary for the studio! wow, where has the time gone?! During the month of January and February anyone that has come into shop has entered their name into a basket for a drawing to take place the end of February. The basket is filled with yarn, patterns, assorted supplies, etc. -the basket was donated by Laurie Nielsen from Saukville. It is very nice!!

Also during the months of February, March and April, we will be having open knitting on Friday afternoons from 12:30 - 3. You may select any project from the magazine Knit Simple (call to have me save you a copy).

Well, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful freshly fallen snow. It really is beautiful-well, maybe not the shoveling. :-)
have a great day!

knitted monkey hat

I just had to share this picture of my grandson with the hat I made for a friend of theirs. Guess I will have to make another for Ryan :-)! Ryan is now 4 weeks old. have a good day.

We are so blessed. It is so hard to even imagine the hardships and horror of the earthquake.

please pray for the people of Haiti!