Stuck on what to get a loved one for an upcoming holiday or birthday? We’ve compiled a few heritage breed gift ideas from members of the Livestock Conservancy and items from our store that they’ll be sure to love. Our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide not only makes your shopping easier, but also connects our members and expands markets for heritage breed products.
Shetland Jumper Weight Yarn Collection
Five Sisters Farm, Plainfield, New Hampshire
Treat the favorite knitter in your life to a luxurious collection of jumper weight yarn in a beautiful array of natural Shetland colors. Six skeins of our next-to-skin-soft yarn is perfect for Fair Isle colorwork patterns. The collection comes in a drawstring project bag labeled with our logo.
Five Sisters Farm in Plainfield NH exclusively raises Shetland sheep and focuses on breed improvement and maintaining genetic diversity. Our high-quality yarn ranges in weight from 2-ply jumper (a very fine fingering) to 3-ply Aran weight: something for every project. Our yarn is named for the sheep who grew the wool. They are pasture raised with love. We also sell roving, dryer balls, and other handmade items from our wool. https://www.nh5sistersfarm.com/
Leicester Longwool Dryer Balls
Happy Heritage Farm, Abingdon, Maryland
These handmade dryer balls reduce drying time and allow you to eliminate dryer sheets while reducing static. A great way to support this rare heritage breed sheep, save money and help the environment. Happy Heritage Farm is a small Maryland homestead that strives to provide handmade natural farm products as well as education on heritage breed animals and homesteading. https://www.etsy.com/shop/happyheritagefarm/?etsrc=sdt
Suffolk Punch-harvested Wood Products
Haulin’ Hoof Farm Store, New Marshfield, Ohio
Haulin’ Hoof Farm Store, a small, farm-based business in southeastern Ohio, breeds and works Suffolk Punch draft horses. Utilizing horsepower allows the family business to access trees with little disruption to the forest floor. Prioritizing the removal of trees that are dead or dying allows them to turn nature’s waste materials inot beautiful and sustainable product. The store carries an array of wood items made from the fruits of the labor of their wonderful Suffolks. https://haulinhooffarm.com/
Sheep Ornaments, Locker Hooking Kits and Roving
Dyers Wool, Durango, Colorado
Pam Dyer and Kelsey Reeder are mother and daughter who enjoy running their family fiber shop, Dyers Wool. We are the artisans and farmers behind every product. Pam has over 30 years of experience in the fiber arts and is an expert on a fiber technique called locker hooking. They raise Shetland and Navajo Churro sheep using predator-friendly and sustainable farming practices. https://dyerswool.com/
Hand-knit Santa Cruz hats & toys, Navajo-Churro and Shetland Yarn, Roving and More
Blue Oak Canyon Ranch, San Miguel, California
Stewarding a ranch-raised and humanely-sheared flock, you can find roving and yarn from Santa Cruz, Navajo-Churro, and Shetland sheep. Fiber providers for The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em initiative, Blue Oak Canyon Ranch also has beautiful knitted beanies and adorable knitted owl toys.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueOakCanyonRanch
Shetland Sheep Fingering Yarn
Foggy Hollow Ranch, East Bernard, Texas
Fingering yarn made from the Shetland Sheep living in South Texas, just outside of Houston. Foggy Hollow Ranch has been raising and breeding Shetland Sheep since 2011. The Shetlands live at the ranch with a herd of beef cattle and their human family. Their magnificent fine fleeces are harvested each spring and sold to hand spinners or processed into yarn. https://www.foggyhollowranch.com/fleece-yarn
Hand-sewn Felt, Yule Goats, Naturally Cleaned Goat Skulls and Hides
EB Ranch Farmstead, Ridgeland, Wisconsin
EB Ranch Farmstead has been raising San Clemente Island Goats since 2013. Finding purpose for these goats is an important goal. As well as education and various genetic preservation projects. In late 2024 EB Ranch Farmstead shifted the business to provide people an opportunity to be more involved in becoming farm patrons and help with various projects concerning this critically endangered goat breed. As well as offering niche and unique farmstead goods and crafts. www.ebranchfarmstead.com
Oberhasli Milk Lotion and Soap Bars
Heirloom Farm LLC, Pleasant Hill, Missouri
Heirloom Farm makes rich handmade Oberhasli goat milk soaps and related items in a variety of scents. You’ll also find cheeses, wool products and more. The farm even offers gift certificates!
https://the-heirloom-farm-llc.localline.ca/shop
Woven Wool Throws
Stratton Hall 1794 LLC, Woolwich, Township, New Jersey
Stratton Hall 1794 LLC is a small farm located in southern New Jersey. It is home to Dorset Horn, Jacob and Leicester Longwool sheep, Dominique chickens and Indian Runner ducks. For 2023, the farm is offering a Dorset Horn woven wool throw, a Jacob woven wool horn as well as sheepskins and more. www.strattonhall1794.com
Lincoln Wool Felted Christmas Stockings and More
Curly Goose Farm, Bath, Pennsylvania
Perfect for filling with gifts (or coal if necessary), these felted stockings are ready to be hung by the chimney with care. They are made with 100% Lincoln wool, including both the felt and the needle-felted locks. Curly Goose Farm also offers Lincoln, Karakul and Leicester Longwool roving and as part of The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program. https://www.etsy.com/shop/CurlyGooseCottage
Fleece, Roving, and Gifts
Hopping Acres, Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
From participant and provider for The Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program, Hopping Acres offers rare breed roving, wool locks and one of a kind Christmas gifts including needle felted wool Christmas donkeys and Santas.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/HoppingAcres
Belted Galloway Beef Sampler Box, Burger Box & More
Crown H Cattle Co., Etna, California
Crown H Cattle Company’s Belted Galloway cattle are raised naturally and finished on their California ranch. Shop tasty offerings or pick up a great Belted Galloway T-shirt as a gift or for yourself! https://www.crownhcattlecompany.com/
Gift Memberships and Donations
The Livestock Conservancy
Give a gift that makes a difference: a gift membership or donation to The Livestock Conservancy. Memberships start at just $4 per month and aid the Conservancy in efforts to save endangered agricultural livestock and poultry. Gift memberships include a range of benefits including our popular 20+ page quarterly Newsletter!
https://app.etapestry.com/cart/livestockconservancy/default/category.php?ref=4237.0.27928889
Heritage Breed Books and Resources
The Livestock Conservancy
Show gift recipients your support for the efforts of The Livestock Conservancy in promoting and preserving heritage breeds while helping them learn more about these great animals. The Conservancy has a wide range of books on raising heritage breeds, conservation breeding, building animal housing and more!
https://app.etapestry.com/cart/livestockconservancy/default/index.php
Online Courses through Teachable
The Livestock Conservancy
The perfect gift for learners on your list. Chose from online learning modules on Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em wool and fiber challenges to marketing lessons and even courses on Equine science and our popular “Cultivating Leadership” training series for members of breed associations. https://livestockconservancy.teachable.com/courses
Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Passport
The Livestock Conservancy
A Shave ‘EM to Save ‘Em Passport is the a perfect way to introduce fiber artists to new wools for their projects – some with unique characteristics – and helps to save endangered breeds of sheep at the same time. For each project, artists earn a “stamp” for their passport and the more “stamps” they collect the more prizes they earn.
https://livestockconservancy.org/get-involved/shave-em-to-save-em/
Branded Clothing and Gifts
The Livestock Conservancy
Showcase support for Heritage Breeds with clothing and other items featuring The Livestock Conservancy’s logo or some of their favorite species. Our online store features a wide range of clothing in both adult and children’s sizes, as well as tote bags, hats and more. https://www.cafepress.com/albcstore
Fiber Gifts
Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Program
Support fiber providers in our Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program who raise endangered heritage sheep breeds. (Scarf shown from Baize Shetlands.) Search SE2SE on Etsy for other sellers or look on our Breeders & Product Directory.
https://livestockconservancy.org/heritage-breeds/breeders-directory/
