Fiber In The Park

Saturday September 19, 2009
9 AM - 4 PM

Shabbona Park
4165 East 16th Road
Earlville, IL 60518
Admission is free

Join us for a day in the country at the 3rd annual "Fiber In The Park" festival to be held at Shabbona Park in Earlville, IL, featuring wool, mohair, alpaca and other natural fibers for spinners and crafters. There will be yarn, weaving, spinning, knitting, crocheting, and felting supplies for sale and demonstrations.

Food by Sheridan Methodist Women. Live music by Old Time Country & Blues Review and The Wacky Keys.

Vendors

Spring Beauty Farm - Wool, mohair, yarn, looms, patterns and supplies. Spring Beauty Farm	The Illinois Green Pastures Fiber Co-Op - Fiber, yarn, roving, kits and more from local farms. Illinois Green Pastures Fiber Cooperative
Albo Acres - Alpaca fiber, yarn, finished goods (hats, gloves, scarf, mitten, sweater, poncho, socks) Albo Acres	Shepherdwoods Farm - Louet and Schacht products, Brittany needles, patterns, books, Shetland Sheep wool roving, yarn, handmade items. Shetland Sheep Shepherdwoods Farm
Karen Poulakos Fiber Art Studio - Spinning wheels, carding equipment, rigid heddle looms, rovings, handspun yarn Art Of Spinning	Illinois Valley Hand Weaver's Guild
Vickie's Raspberry Hollow - Raw wool and mohair fleece, goatmilk products (soap and hand cream), handspun yarn, cloud squares. Vickie's Raspberry Hollow	Samantha In Stitches - yarn, fiber, accessories, hand creme, hand sewn needle cases & project bags Sisyarn.com
Esther's Place - Fiber, yarn, roving, kits, from local farms. Esther's Place
Resweater - Wool sweaters to be recycled into felt or unraveled for yarn Resweater	Carpool - LIsa Mendez - Hand dyed yarn and fiber, hand spun yarn, finished work, project bags. Carpool
Willow Pond Farm - Romney Rovings	KnitSpin - Rovings, hand dyed yarns, handspun yarn, hand made soap KnitSpin
Loveless Fiber Farm & DK's Wood Shop - wool roving, yarn, spindles, shuttles.	Ewe And Me Fiber Studio - Yarns, fibers, needles, sock yarn, kits. Ewe And Me Fiber Studio

Classes

To sign up for a class, see the instructor at her booth before the class begins.

Spinning With Beads - Karen Poulakos
Time: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Add a unique touch to your handspun yarn with the addition of beads. In this class you will learn two techniques for creating fabulous beaded yarns at your spinning wheel. Students must be able to spin a consistent single at sport weight or finer. Students must bring a spinning wheel, 3 empty bobbins, lazy kate, niddy noddy (optional), and a small hand towel. Teacher will provide beads,
fiber, a crochet hook, and a print handout.

Class size: minimum 5, maximum 12

Class fee: $30, includes materials.

roving

Hand Painting Roving - Cyndi Muller
Time: All day

Learn how to hand paint and use a microwave to dye 2 oz. of your choice of the following roving - Corriedale, Merino, Romney.

Class fee: $5.00 per 2 oz. piece of roving.

Pictures From 2008

Location

Shabbona Park is in La Salle Co. in North central Illinois about 13 miles north of Ottawa, 65 miles south of Rockford, and 78 miles west of Chicago. If you want to camp there for the weekend there's space for tents and RV's but no hook ups. There are three shelters, restrooms with cold water, a playground, and fishing ponds.

The location is shown on the map at the green arrow, north of Route 80 and east of Route 39.
Note: This park is NOT the Shabbona Lake State Park which is in DeKalb County.