All About The Little Mill

The Little Mill Over the Hill, situated in Hamurana (close to Rotorua) in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand/Aotearoa came about from a passion about wool products and the realisation that so much sheep fleece is discarded and seen to have no value.  Once a midwife, but wanting to move to a lifestyle that included night time sleeping, I knew I couldn't fully retire and do nothing.  I have to keep busy and learn and grow.  I have always loved making things from scratch whether bread, soap, yarn etc. etc.

I was inspired by someone else's story of owning a mill and then one close by came up for sale.  My husband and I went to look and I knew the instant I laid eyes on it I wanted to do this.

It took almost a year to move the equipment (we had to upgrade our shoddy shed) and then another year to learn how to use the equipment and fix/problem solve all sorts of things (I think this is the norm for all mini mill owners!).  There have been times I wondered what the dream was but problems solved it all makes sense again.