Shabbona Park 4165 East 16th Road Earlville, IL 60518 Admission is free
Join us for a day in the country at the 5th 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 and live music.
Vendors 2011
Spring Beauty Farm - Wool, mohair, books and supplies.
The Illinois Green Pastures Fiber Co-Op - Fiber, yarn, roving, kits and more from local farms.
Kitty Grrlz Hand Spun Yarn and Knits - Hand spun yarns of all types spun from hand dyed wool, hand spun bamboo yarn, hand knits made with hand spun and commercial
yarn, kits for knitters and spinners. Kitty Grrlz
Ewe-Nique Academy - Yarn, hand knits, hand crocheted items, hand made soap, knitting and crochet stitch markers, hand spun yarn. Ewe-Nique Academy
Esther's Place - A tantalizing selection of locally grown, hand dyed fibers and yarns, needle felting kits, supplies for spinning, felting, dyeing, weaving,
knitting and lots more!
For more information call Alda at 815 496-9583 or send email to alda@fiberinthepark.com. If you need help finding a class, come to the information booth.
Hand Painting Roving - Instructor: Cyndi Muller Time: Throughout the day, when Cyndi is available. No pre-registration is necessary. Location: At Cyndi's booth, Muller's Lane Farm.
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.
A Beginners Tour of Tunisian Crochet - Instructor Diana Johnson Time: 1 pm - 2 pm Location: Booties & Handspun by Babylove Booth
Have you ever seen a crochet hook with an extended end and wondered what in the world it is used for? Is it the Lion tamer crocheter's ultimate weapon? This class with help you 'tame the long tailed beast'. We will explore a few of the basic stitches used in Tunisian crochet and even make a small project to take home with you.
Class fee: $18 Materials(hook and yarn) are included.
Lambs, Alpacas, and Bunnies Oh My! - Instructor Natasha Lehrer Time: 2 pm - 3 pm Location: Esther's Place Booth
Learn to needle felt while having fun! We'll use wool and a special needle to form a 4" animal that will stand - and even shape. Then we'll use beautiful alpaca, Lincoln locks, and angora to breath life into our animals, making them completely realistic. Join us - we welcome anyone to come and learn a new, inspiring talent that is so easy and simple. Supplies include everything you need! Great for kids too.
Class fee: $18 Includes all supplies and tons of fun!
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.
