Alice Elsworth

Luxury yarns from our own Angora Goats and Wensleydale Sheep. Home grown, locally spun, hand dyed. We host Knitting Retreats on our farm.

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

The studio at Whistlebare is open Wednesday and Fridays 10.30-3pm and at other times by arrangement. Come and see our lovely hand dyed yarns from our own flocks and a range of gorgeous knitting gifts. #yarnshop #northumberland #handdyedyarn #visitnorthumberland #localyarnshop

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

This week’s flowers from @gingerhousegard are my most favourite ever! The colours! 😍
#whistlebare #whistlebareyarn #singlefarmyarn #handdyedyarn #britishyarn #britishwool #mohair #wensleydalewool #familyfarm… https://t.co/06QeCzDEVH

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Rain was coming so it was all hands (and hooves) on deck to get the hay in! Very hard working ponies tonight!
#whistlebare #workinghorses #workingponies #drafthorse #draftponies #draughthorse #farmerinafrock… https://t.co/sF8FUw7QKR

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

The girls love a bit of pampering before being harnessed 😍
#whistlebare #workinghorses #workingponies #readytogo #realhorsepower #familyfarm #cobs #blagdoncobs #regenerativefarming #treadlightly #loveyoursoil https://t.co/Vy1XERQ98F

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

We’re doing it! Farming by horse power! Aren’t the girls the best ever? Here they are tedding hay ☺️
#whistlebare #workinghorses #workingponies #drafthorses #draftponies #treadlightly #ecofarming… https://t.co/qv8REXvqmx

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Studio @ Whistlebare is OPEN!
Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am - 3pm for the Summer - are we going to see you? 😀
#whistlebare #whistlebareyarn #singlefarmyarn #familyfarm #farmyarnshop #farmshop #visitus #knitting… https://t.co/MYbgsxoUTa

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Today’s mail order parcels have gone to the post office by pony power! Youngest Junior Goat Slave was bribed to be groom with the promise of a delicious bun from @LavenderTearoom Unfortunately we seem to have lost… https://t.co/TnBH5OWsMH

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Thank goodness some farm jobs are still done mechanically round here - I wouldn’t fancy turning over 100 tonnes of muck by hand! Soon we will be able to spread our compost by horse power though 👏.
#whistlebare… https://t.co/TbPM1nrDzV

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Goodbye to lovely sunny Devon you’ve been fabulous! Looking forward to starting our adventures in very much less sunny but no less glorious Northumberland. So many thanks to Mike and Ellie hitchinfarm for helping… https://t.co/RXW3kjfLVf

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

And there we have it! 5 days in Devon with Mike and Ellie hitchinfarm and both my sweet girls are in shafts! Poor ponies have no idea of all the farm jobs that are lining up for them now! So exciting!
#whistlebare… https://t.co/Yf825c8A2t

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Rain, Opal and Blue chain harrowing - so easy with Mike on the lines. When I was driving we nearly destroyed the fence! 🤦‍♀️ We are all having a fabulous time down hitchinfarm with Mike and Ellie teaching us new… https://t.co/viqPu6VmRy

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Three days ago neither Rain nor Blue had ever been hitched with a pole or pulled a wheeled vehicle but here they are, relaxed and happy pulling this big carriage down Devon lanes! So grateful to Mike and Ellie… https://t.co/2I0ZqJZ1e9

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Day 2 and here’s Rain trotting down the road pulling the carriage with four passengers. She’s being kept firmly in line by very experienced and stern Opal all under the watchful eyes of Mike and Ellie from… https://t.co/yv0KLgGmEK

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Little Miss Blue being put through her sledge pulling paces hitchinfarm It’s the carriage next! So proud of my girls, they’ve been superstars 🤞😍
#whistlebare #workinghorses #farmerinafrock #workingcobs #farmhorses… https://t.co/ZrO7G6HDsZ

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

I am on a very exciting adventure! I will be telling you all about it this week but as a clue this was my view at 5am this morning. The second picture was preparing to leave home yesterday! 😂
#whistlebare… https://t.co/mQYmk1QNPU

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Here’s lovely Mischa showing that it is not only the humans that love flowers at Whistlebare! All our pastures are sown with a large mixture of grasses, herbs and legumes so our girls have a real salad bar of choice… https://t.co/Hd4GX8YmWW

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Oh I want one of these! #missionaccomplishedsweater knitted and modelled by the amazing @gretatvetven 😍
#whistlebare #yeaveringbellyarn #freepattern #espacetricot #lovewool #nevernotknitting #madebyme #lovetocreate… https://t.co/SAxmjR5Kle

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

This is Blossom, she is the elderly, retired matriarch of our Angora Goat Herd. Yesterday, a month after kidding finished Blossom very proudly presented us with twins! Just goes to show that you can’t keep an old… https://t.co/OGCp0T588W

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

A little draught pony update.
1) Rain and Blue are preparing to pull a vehicle with shafts. Shafts are scary for them as it can feel like they are being chased in a trap! As ever they are both far too cool to be… https://t.co/qu6SjSxZod

[Alice Elsworth @Whistlebare]

Audrey would like to hang out in our Studio so she would like you to tell the farmer that she is a cute little lap dog not a clumsy great oaf to be banished to the stables!
#whistlebare #audreythegreatdane… https://t.co/OEzJKHhzHX