Hello and welcome to the Bijou Basin Ranch website. Established in 2005, Bijou Basin Ranch is a small family owned and run yak ranch located just outside the small town of Elbert on the open plains of the Colorado outback about 65 miles southeast of Denver, Colorado.

Our primary goal is to produce and sell premium yak fiber products such as rovings, yarn, and yarn blends. To do this we raise registered full blooded yaks that have superior glossy coats which are harvested annually. We also supplement the fiber we harvest from our yaks by buying quality yak fiber from other yak ranchers across the country and abroad. Our yak fiber is then processed into yarn at various mills across the country or abroad and sold under the Bijou Spun label.

Be sure to check out our "Designer Patterns" page to see the newest additions to our growing list of very popular patterns. We have added over 20 new patterns for our Fall/Winter line each one designed specifically for our yarns to showcase the yarns properties and beauty.

We have two big announcements to make! First, we are introducing our first ever, Limited Edition yarn and it is called Gobi! Gobi is 70% yak, 30% camel and 100% soft as a desert breeze. Gobi will become available in select yarn shops around the country starting in mid to late August, 2010. Watch this web site as we will be adding a special page listing the names, adresses, web sites, and phone numbers of the shops that will be carrying this incredible yarn. And rememnber, it is a Limited Edition, once it is gone, it is gone so be sure to get yours quick!

The second announcement is our Bijou Spun yarns now come in colors! We have been quietly working with Lorna's Laces to develop 13 new and exciting colors created just for our yarns and they will be ready for sale mid to late September, 2010. The colors are stunning and are Cadet, Steel, Sky, Teal, Regal, Amethyst, Ruby, Blush, Hunter, Sage, Salmonberry, Goldenrod, and Blueberry. Add to them our Natural Brown and Natural Cream and you have 15 incredibly brilliant colors. These colors will be available in our 100% yak Fingering Weight, Lhasa Wilderness, and Bijou Bliss yarns. Our three most popular yarns!

To showcase the colors, we have created a special yarn color page, with pictures, "here".