Under The Son Farm Shetlands

Under The Son Farm Shetlands Breeding very soft, fine fleece Shetland sheep conforming to the 1927 standard. Welcome to Under The Son Farm! Many know their names and come when called.

Natural colored yarns, combed top, britch roving, dryer balls, raw fleeces, breedstock sheep, and crossbred lambs. We are located in west central Indiana, only an hour's drive from Indy. Our flock of NASSA registered sheep (flock #1044) consists of about 50 ewes. We have all of the main colors and patterns in our flock and we are striving hard to conserve these rare colors and patterns in concert

with the 1927 Shetland breed standard. Shetland sheep are a small, hardy, primitive (unimproved) breed that has been around for a thousand years or more. Shetland sheep are world famous for their luxury "extra fine and soft texture" wool. This wool is naturally colored and ranges from pure whites, browns ranging from the palest champagne color to the darkest brown, and blacks ranging from pure jet black to the palest silvery grey, including true blue greys. The traditional Shetland wool, which is around 2-6" long, fine, silky, crimpy and elastic, was mainly used for the knitting industry on the Shetland Islands. It was one of the main pillars of the Shetland economy for centuries. The wool ranges from 20-30 microns and is normally used for garments such as the world famous Fair Isle sweaters. It is also used for ethereal cobweb shawls, everyday shawls, scarves, hats, mittens and gloves, socks, and blankets. Shetland wool is also used in weaving and felting, both wet and dry. Shetland sheep are also known for their excellent gourmet mild meat and their unsurpassed conversion of making crossbred lambs on grass alone. Cross lambs are nearly as big as their mothers by 6-7 months of age. Shetlands are a very intelligent and personable breed and are excellent for pets/spinner's flocks. They are an easy breed for small farms.

Last call on available ram lambs and ewe lambs.
11/12/2025

Last call on available ram lambs and ewe lambs.

10/30/2025

Ram lambs available. All 3 blacks, the spotted, and 3 of the grey kats currently still available.

I am mostly retiring from breeding Shetlands. Pictured are what I have right now that are available for adult ewes, pur...
10/21/2025

I am mostly retiring from breeding Shetlands.

Pictured are what I have right now that are available for adult ewes, pure and crossbred ewe lambs. There 2 white and 6 black cross ewe lambs (Texel/Cheviot/Shetland) and they are calm with great fleeces. All purebreds have great fleeces and structures.
I have several top quality ram lambs and a couple of adults.

Inquire for more info.

Roving!! Picked up roving from Ohio Valley - 58 bags! Thank you OV! This is the first time in many years that I've had...
08/18/2025

Roving!! Picked up roving from Ohio Valley - 58 bags! Thank you OV! This is the first time in many years that I've had roving made from fleeces (the blanket sections). It is soft and cushy, a true carded prep. There are bags of britch roving in here as well and it is soft and cushy too.
Pictured are some samples - lots of different colors avaliable. Will be posting them shortly to the store page, once I get them all photographed and logged in. Give me a holler if your fingers are itching to spin! I had to grab a bag yesterday spin some myself.

Handspun Shetland wool weft, wool warp. Woven on my Zach Mirrix loom.
07/24/2025

Handspun Shetland wool weft, wool warp. Woven on my Zach Mirrix loom.

07/11/2025

Ready to go! Post #2.

07/11/2025

Ready to go! Lambs are old enough to leave now, so those who are looking to add top notch stock, please inquire! I do have a list and will be contacting those who have asked earlier in the year.

I'll post a couple of videos. One here and one in the next post so hopefully all lambs are able to be viewed.

In the pen next to the pures are the crossbreds, if anyone is interested. I'll post them in a separate post.

UTS Sabayon's lambs. Grey katmoget.
05/24/2025

UTS Sabayon's lambs. Grey katmoget.

UTS Cendel lambs. Fawn katmoget with fine silky fleece.
05/24/2025

UTS Cendel lambs. Fawn katmoget with fine silky fleece.

Bold Ruler lambs. Bold Ruler is a black ram carrying brown out of Tacoosh and by Cygnus. Great horns, confirmation, an...
05/24/2025

Bold Ruler lambs. Bold Ruler is a black ram carrying brown out of Tacoosh and by Cygnus. Great horns, confirmation, and fleece.

Barvarian lambs. Barvarian is a spotted grey katmoget (UTS Mergus/UTS Blue Lace). It might take me a few days to get a...
05/16/2025

Barvarian lambs. Barvarian is a spotted grey katmoget (UTS Mergus/UTS Blue Lace).

It might take me a few days to get all the pics uploaded. I have lambs out of Bold Ruler, Cendel, and Sabayon (and the crosses) still to put up amidst finishing shearing (3 more to go), getting ready for tomorrow's farmer's market (just finished weaving 3 wool rugs to add to the inventory), and skirting fleeces! Never ending farm work!

Oh, and there is one more Barvarian ewe lamb, but I'm holding off uploading her.

Lamb pics coming soon!!!
05/13/2025

Lamb pics coming soon!!!

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Greencastle, IN

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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317-442-0474

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