Orchard Acres Textiles

Teeswater sheep and Cashmere goats

Rebecca Diwan

Rochester, MN 55902

Email: orchardacrestextiles@gmail.com

Instagram: @orchardacrestextiles

Website: https://www.orchardacrestextiles.com

Offering: breeding stock, fiber, naturally dyed yarn + linens, kits, handmade items ex: sweaters, shawls, table linens

The wonder of fiber...that first glimpse of what can be created, the feel, the smell, the joy in your art. The memory of what was happening in life as you made it. Fiber has been with me in my greatest successes and joy...and in my greatest sadness. The meditative rhythm of each stitch. Orchard Acres was created to bring back what once was animals, fiber, handiwork.

Knowing that fiber ties me to the past, of all that have been created before me, remembering the woman whose hands have loved me, remembering each stitch, each wrinkle in their hands, each indent from years of making. In looking into the past we can bring back animals that were once many, where now numbers are dwindling. Due to the smallness of our farm we can be gentle in our ways of growing and harvesting fiber, our environmental footprint is small with sustainable agriculture so we can continue to create for future generations. 

Orchard Acres has registered Teeswater sheep that are on the Livestock Conservancy critical list, from South Dakota, Missouri and soon from Oregon. Cashmere goats from Nordic Horn, Saint Croix Falls, WI, with rare apricot coloring, dreamy of dreamiest cashmere. Many heritage breeds of chickens, and ducks, and two very hard working guardian Great Pyrenees dogs, Luna and Samson. The  longing for beauty, creativity, simplicity, and quietness lies just in your hands and we look forward to inspiring you and providing the tools you will need for this longing.