Welcome to the Bear Creek Ranch!We are a family owned business by Fort Ransom, North Dakota. We raise Registered Romney sheep, white and natural. Contact us for breeding stock we may have available. All of our products are made from wool that was raised here at the Bear Creek Ranch. Beautiful fiber art inspired by nature, by fiber artist Teresa Perleberg. Check out her one of a kind art in the felting gallery, or visit the store to purchase a piece of art to call your own! We also provide supplies, kits and basic felting information. Learn how to needle felt with one of our kits All of our kits come with everything you need to make your own sculpture and detailed instructions, and all the wool provided comes from our own flock! Visit the store to see the kits and supplies available. Want to learn how to Needle felt? Live nearby? Contact Bear Creek Design to set up a class with Teresa! Make sure to stop by the farm news page to keep updated on our new arrivals, and any events we may be attending! And please take a virtual tour of the Bear Creek Ranch and meet the farm residents. | ||
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Zebra #2
I finished a zebra today. This is my second needle felted zebra and at the moment I am thinking my last. I spent several days working on him and in the end the stripes about drove me crazy. I am very happy with the end results though. Now I will enjoy him on the shelf of honor until someone decides they love him as much as I do. 
You can see my last zebra here.
Newest Bear Creek Bunny
Newest Bear Creek Bunny just finished. Available to purchase in my Etsy Shop.
If you thought the mom was cute . . . .
You have to see her baby!
Available to purchase in my Etsy shop
Polar Bear Sculpture
The nasty spring weather has put me in the mood to make a Polar Bear! For Sale in my Etsy Shop.
Kittens!
Baby Kitties were born today. One of the many wonderful perks of growing up on a farm!
Shepherding through a Spring Blizzard
Yesterday we experienced a spring blizzard here in North Dakota. We had about 8 inches of new snow. We were lucky as some just West of received up to 23 inches. It is melting today, but I am told we are to expect more snow on Wednesday. We had one new baby during the blizzard, she has a great mommy and was well cared for. The rest of the sheep have been hanging out in the barn with occasional trips out to the bale to eat.
Spring Babies 2013
A few pictures of my adorable lambs.
Meet “Girbius” and “Griffle”
Another cold day for lambing, but Girbius and Griffle are doing fine. They are taking the cold well.
Meet Girbius and Griffle our newest lambs
Always Winter and Never Christmas
It seems the White Witch of Narnia has cast a spell on North Dakota. Always Winter and Never Christmas! I spent the last few chilly days working on these projects . . .
A Boy Bear Creek Bunny
The Bear Creek Bunnies have always been girls. I started making the girl Bear Creek Bunnies after a particularly long winter. I was looking for a way to be able to felt with some fun spring colors and that is how I came up with bunnies wearing dresses. I have been asked over the years to make boy bunnies but I just never felt quite inspired to do so. A couple weeks ago I had someone describe in detail the boy bunny she was wishing for. She described it so well that I totally pictured his cuteness in my mind and couldn’t wait to make him. He was for sale for a short time in my Etsy shop, until the wonderful lady that dreamed him up found out about him and didn’t waist any time in purchasing him.
Felting Supplies
.5 ounces of beautiful Romney wool from my own flock of Romney sheep. Romney wool felts up fast and firm. It is a favorite among needle felters! $3.50 Colors Natural White Natural black Natural Grey 2 felting needles, size 36 and 38 $3.50
Felting 101
So how do these soft fluffy fibers turn into something as solid and dense as felt fabric? Wool fibers have tiny crimps all along their length. This is what allows them to wrap around each other and hold tight during spinning in order to make yarn. These crimps also allow them to become hopelessly tangled among each other in order to create felt. The tricky part is getting it to turn into the shape you want! There are 2 methods that can be used to create felt. Wet felting, and needle felting. You may already be familiar with wet felting, if you ...
Reviews
Hi, Teresa. I am ecstatic: I can hardly believe it, but my moose has just been delivered, by the Canada Post truck on a Sunday (which they must do only pre-Christmas, I guess) and he is BEYOND wonderful! Now we can both rest easy about the deliver, plus I will be able to include him in my Christmas decor (and all year round, too, of course)! Your photos on Etsy are lovely, but still the moose in real life is even more exquisite. And you did not need to worry at all about antler, ear or leg disarray: I can ...
Felting Gallery
Many of the pieces in this gallery are sold. A few may be found on our felted sculptures store page or my Etsy Shop. [nggallery id=1]
Arts and Craft Shows
I will be demonstrating and selling my art and kits at the following events this year: August 2013 »August 10 and 11, 2013 Fiber Arts Festival, Rheault Farm, Fargo, ND »September 2013 »September 28 and 29, 2013, 10 am to 5 pm, Sheyenne Valley Arts and Crafts Festival, Fort Ransom, ND November 2013 »November 22-24, 2013 - Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase, Fargo Civic Center, Fargo, ND December 2013 »December 6-8, 2013 - Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcase, Bismarck Civic Center, Bismarck, ND For more information about the felting shows listed above, please feel welcome to contact me!
Felting Kits
Romney Wool Felting Kits Learn to felt with Teresa Perleberg, our kits contain all the supplies you will need to create a finished piece of felted art! Pictures, instructions and design by Teresa Perleberg. All kits contain wool from our farm. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited. Interested in becoming a retailer? Contact us Bear Needle Felting Kit(For Beginner Felters) Kit includes: Romney wool 2 felting needles one 5 x 5 inch felting cushion black wool for facial features detailed instructions on how to make a bear (Pictures of each step) Kits make a great gift! $20.00 Copyright © 2009 Teresa Perleberg Already have felting needles and cushion? Choose 2nd option Sheep Felting kit$25.00 ...
Felted Sculptures
You may also find Sculptures by Teresa Perleberg at www.bearcreekdesign.etsy.com [Click photos to zoom in or out] Felted Donkey He has been sculpted out of wool as I look at pictures of live donkeys. He is 8 1/2 inches tall and 7 1/2 inches long. He is solid wool with glass eyes. Donkey Blogpost $300.00 Felted Ruddy duck I love to watch the ducks arrive in the spring and this year we had a new duck arrive. I have been enjoying watching these ducks with their unique tail feathers and courtship display. I took several pictures of them and felted ...
About
We are a small family farm raising Registered Romney sheep. We offer wool for needle felting and hand spinning, needle felting kits and unique needle felted art made from our Romney wool. We also have market lambs and breeding stock available. I was raised on a farm in North Dakota and have been around pets and livestock my entire life which led to my affection for all animals. My love for the fiber arts began when I purchased a few sheep for our family. This project led to spinning, knitting and eventually needle felting. The Romney sheep ...
