It was a gorgeous day for a fiber festival!
On Saturday, March 21, scores of shoppers stopped by the McDonough County 4-H Center for the spring Western Illinois Fiber Festival.
2026 Fiber Festival vendors included A Tangled Mess Fiber Arts, Noumea Hand Dyed Fiber & Yarn, Leaf Livestock Wool Co., Walnut Springs Family Farm, Hickory Ridge Homestead, SageRidge Mill & Critters, Kate's Kritters, AriBo Arts, Jubilee Farms, PW Sheep & Hickory Grove Farm, The Bird's Nest Knit & More LLC. Little Creek Alpacas, Kameleon Hand Dyed Yarn, Green Shingle Graphics, Dewberry Soap, I'd Print That, Ceilidh's Cannabis Conjurations, That Sassy Rabbit and more.
Photos by Darcie Shinberger













