New York Fans

I can’t believe there’s nothing on Yelp about Austin’s Mohair. This was an amazing angora goat farm in Harmony, MN, that offered a little tour and a fun shop, and frankly it was such an awesome place that I almost didn’t care that I was in the area to stay at the Mayo Clinic.

SO! Running the farm tours was a very unique, spunky lady, Mrs. Austin, who would walk you through the business of goats – how they were raised, what products they yielded – and LET YOU HOLD A BABY GOAT. Pause and consider a cuteness that is so great it almost blinds you with its majesty. That is the cuteness of a baby angora goat.

The attached shop sold all sorts of fascinating things from the area, as well as all the goat-related products you could possibly imagine: mohair socks, scarves and hats, gloves and mittens, yarn, goat milk soap, goat jerky (?!?). I bought socks there 8 years ago. They are the best socks I’ve ever had. I never knew socks could be something I’d think about beyond just “hey, I should wear these inside my shoes,” until I got these socks – these socks make all other socks feel like a wet plastic bag full of poison ivy. They are probably the best socks in the world. Since winter is the worst thing ever and requires sock-planning, I was looking to get more of these magic goat socks (note: goats may or may not be magic) without having to, you know, check in to the Mayo Clinic to justify the trip to MN, when I discovered that Mrs. Austin had, sadly, passed away.

WELL NOW YOU CAN BUY THESE SOCKS ONLINE FROM HER DAUGHTER’S WEBSITE, AUSTINSMOHAIRDOTCOM. And you absolutely should. BEST SOCKS EVER IN THE WORLD EVER EVERRRRRR. Burn all your other socks!

 Gail Q.