Splashes of color are everywhere Friday afternoon on the first day of the annual two-day Fiber Event (nee Fleece Fair) as dozens of exhibitors fill the Community Building at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Dawn Ripple (left) of Illinois and helps customer Maureen Finneran of Cicero find just the right color, sorting through skeins of yarn at the Briar Rose Fibers booth.
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Meanwhile, another of the hundreds of visitors to the Friday-Saturday event is drawn to the colorful upright display at another booth. The festival for those who knit, crochet, weave, spin or do anything fiber-related routinely attracts fiber aficionados from two dozen states.
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