DEGOATSNSHEEP RANCH

Bayfield  COLORADO  

Guesthouse accommodations

Our guest housesleeps 4:

1 bedroom (queen bed), loft with 2 twin beds, full kitchen, bathroom, living

room and screened in porch.  Radio, but no TV.  Cell phones do work here

most of the time, but no long distance land line.

Please:  No Smoking or Pets!!!

It is strongly recommended to bring your own food.  The closest

restaurant is 9 miles at Vallecito.

$100.00 per night. Two night stay minimum.

Call or e-mail in advance for reservations.

Spinning Lessons

$25 per person, per day.   I have 10+ years experience as a spinner and have given lessons at Pagosa Fiber Fest.

A Louet spinning wheel is available for your use, or bring your own. I will supply enough roving to get you started.  You may buy more from my Wensleydale, mohair, or blended roving after that. Instruction

in picking, carding, and fiber blending is also available.  I

am willing to work the timing of lessons around sightseeing, if that is part

of your goal.  We can get together several times in one day or

spread lessons out over a couple of days, depending on how you want to do

things. There are shops in the area where you can purchase Louet, Ashford, and Schacht spinning wheels.

Felting Lessons

$25 per person, per day. I have lots of experience with both wet felting and needle felting. I teach classes in wet felting at the Durango Art Center and have had my felting work displayed and for sale at Sidewalk Days as well as juried into the Wyndham Arts and Crafts festival in Pagosa Springs. Along with lessons I sell needle felting supplies in my studio here at the ranch., and  there are many watercolor felts available.

Knitting Lessons

$25  per person.  Basics, Sock Knitting, Fair Isle, reading and using patterns, cables, short rows, or whatever you need to get the projects you choose going.  I have lots of books for browsing, handspun yarn for sale, and there are very good yarn shops nearby.  You may also want to bring an existing project and just knit, lessons or not!  The choice is up to you.  This is an ideal setting for relaxing and rejuvenating your spirit. There are always some skeins of handspun and Swallow needles made from milk protein for sale at the ranch, as well as some knitted items.

Tour of the Ranch, by Jim

Learn about passive solar building, solar panel integration, sheep and goat care, creating a greenhouse that really works, and organic gardening practices. Free for guesthouse guests. Others, $20.00 per tour.

Some Local Attractions:

Mesa Verde:  Large anasazi ruins.   60 miles

Vallecito Lake:  fishing, lakeside hikes, Wimenuche Wilderness hikes, phenomenal beauty! 

9 miles

Bayfield:  food store, restaurants, yarn shop. 

10 miles

Durango:  Narrow Guage Train, nice bike/walk paths through town, food stores, restaurants,

movies, tourist shops andart galleries.  18 miles

Workshop with dyes at the ranch.

The dye garden grows and changes each year.