Upcoming Events

Western Illinois Fiber Fest

Come out to the Western Illinois Fiber Festival on Sat., March 29th from 10am-4pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center, located at 3022 W Jackson St. in Macomb, IL! Meet local fiber farmers & artisans, learn how to needle felt, and see how fiber is carded and spun into yarn. There will be all kinds of fiber goodness to shop for - raw fiber, washed fiber, roving, batt blends, "make your own" fiber grab bags, felting kits, felted animals & fairies, hand-spun & mill-spun yarns in natural & dyed colors, felted pictures & earrings, handmade knit/crocheted/woven items, and more!
C&N Farms and 1050 Bakehouse will be serving farm to table meals throughout the day, so come hungry! Vegetarian options will be available.

Make a 4x6" needle felted picture on a handmade alpaca felt canvas for just $10 with Kristel's Creative Soul. You can even frame it for an extra $5! There will be several colors of alpaca & wool felting fiber to choose from for your creation, as well as plenty of fun embellishments.
Make a felted animal shape using handmade alpaca/wool felt cut outs and alpaca/wool fiber to needle felt your design with A Tangled Mess Angora & Crafts for just $8! Hang it on your wall, in your locker, car, on your backpack, etc. You can even scent it with essential oils and use it as a fancy freshie!
**Please note: The Felting Workshops will be taking place in the side room. "theknitlady" will also be in the side room with quirky, unconventional patterns that are "not your grandma's knitting patterns", but are fun to knit and not too difficult. You can view some of her patterns ahead of time on LoveCrafts.

Little Creek Alpacas will have a hand crank drum carder at their booth, and will be demonstrating how to make batt blends in-between customers. Hickry Ridge Homestead will have her spinning wheel, and a few others might be spinning as well - feel free to bring your wheel and spin, or knitting needles, crochet hooks, etc.. We'll have 2 different areas with tables to sit at for eating and crafting.
Bert's Baubles & Beads will be set-up in the center isle of the main room by Little Creek Alpacas with a "Make Your Own Pounded Coin Necklace" station. You'll be able to design your very own one-of-a-kind necklace using pounded coins, shells, beads, and pendants. Price will vary on what all you use and construction (wire, string, etc.), roughly $8-$35.

Our awesome vendor list:
Jubilee Farms
Leaf Livestock
Knotty Critters
Walnut Springs Family Farm
Noumea Hand Dyed Yarn & Fiber
Hickry Ridge Homestead
Heirloom Fiber Arts Studio
Kristel's Creative Soul
A Tangled Mess Angoras & Crafts
Little Creek Alpacas
Hickory Grove Farm
Macomb Fiber Arts Guild
Drewberry Soap
Bert's Baubles & Beads
With Love, Leighanne
Green Shingle Graphics
Alpaca Pines LLC Farm & Fiber Mill
theknitlady
C&N Farms
1050 Bakehouse