Where has the time gone, now in its third year the Harvest Fiber Festival brings fiber front and center in a fun and engaging way.
Sheep will be grazing on their pastures, llamas will be walking on paths, fiber enthusiasts will be drooling, squeezing and touching all sorts of fiber and fiber arts from 20 vendors from various places around the Midwest and one from Texas!. There also will a food truck, bake shop, and pie for the people to graze, games and crafts for kidsto do and learn about fiber and life on the farm.
All this free, family fun will take place at the Harvest Hill Acres farm (7477 400th Street, Dennison MN, 55018) near Cannon Falls. Dean and Diana Treangen are the owners of this farm.
Event Details:
Dates: September 30 & October 1, 2023 (rain or shine)
Times: Saturday, 9/30: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10/1: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Activities:
• 20 fiber arts and other vendors from Minnesota (many local), Wisconsin, Iowa
and even Texas.
• Free games and crafts for kids
• Live animal viewing
• Fiber Craft Demos
• Walk the Llamas ($5.00 fee)
• Food Truck
• Farmers Market on SUNDAY
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Treangens to pivot. In 2020, they both lost their jobs. At that point, Dean chose to retire and dedicate his time to tending to the farm full-time. Diana redirected her efforts to turn a fiber hobby into a sustainable agriculture business opportunity.
The craft room connected to the barn became a yarn store. The fiber from their sheep and llamas are used in the products produced on the farm. Vendors are friends and local producers in the area. Each year, the festival becomes a community event for two groups. The local communities and their children, fun, and free and learning about agriculture with sheep as their teachers. The fiber community, continues to thrive in Minnesota and many of the volunteers at this event are people, that come to this farm during the year just to knit. The Harvest Fiber
Festival now in its third year.
For more info and daily updates, check out the Harvest Hill Acres Facebook page. Or their website www.harvesthillacres.com
