Happy February! Of course, this month all the attention is on love and chocolates and a little self-love and self-care is high on my list. I love the quiet winter days when we recuperate from the hustle and bustle of the holiday season. Of course, there always seems to be something that needs to be… Read More »February Musings 2024

Happy New Year Fiber Friends! Here is wishing you and yours the very best for 2024, may all your wishes come true! One of my wishes for the month of December was to have the time and energy to cook and bake for a few close friends in time to share goodies for the holidays.… Read More »January Musings 2024

It’s time to wish you a very merry Christmas or happy holidays, whichever you prefer, my good thoughts and wishes are the same! I am ready to celebrate the holidays and started by sticking with my tradition of decking the halls right after I enjoyed the Thanksgiving turkey. So true to form, I took down… Read More »December Musings 2023

In October I truly lived the definition of a life ruled by my hooks and love of crochet. Creating, demonstrating, teaching and restoring crochet items and techniques was the focus of the entire month. Many of my fiber friends and even most of my students don’t know the definition of crochet. Internet sources describe the… Read More »November Musings 2023

September was rather quiet compared to my previous crazy birthday month! I kept working on mastering Windows 11 on my new PC before it got the best of me! There are lots of challenges with finding and setting up my files and folders, but I am making progress. The highlight of September was our annual… Read More »October Musings 2023

August was a very exciting month for me due to lots of birthday celebrations, company, demonstrations and I was happy to welcome Amanda to my Heirloom Treasures kingdom; she has taken Kaitlin’s place and she is now putting up the Musings for me. Amanda is a WordPress pro, so my websites are in good hands,… Read More »September Musings 2023

Welcome to my birthday month!  July was quite busy and exciting but essentially a preparation for my annual birthday month, because this Leo is going to celebrate every day! I already spent lots of time with friends and enjoying my Florida neighbors, who were here all of July. We have a wonderful tradition of playing… Read More »August Musings 2023

Summer is here! We still have cool nights, but our days have really warmed up and the air conditioner does kick in every afternoon. It is often hazy and overcast but it does help if one must be outside.  June was super busy with my demonstration weekend at the Folk Art Center and the opener… Read More »July Musings 2023

My entire first week of May was spent at JC Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC (www.folkschool.org) with a group of talented ladies working our Design Secrets agenda. They were all experienced crocheters and knitters and it was very exciting to present our “Show and Tell” table to the entire group of weeklong participants on… Read More »June Musings 2023

Happy spring to all of you!  As you are reading this, I am at JC Campbell Folk School with a happy group of students enjoying our Crochet Design Secrets week. We have a full agenda about label wisdom, adaptation of other patterns to reduce or enlarge with confidence, we will design our own patterns from… Read More »May Musings 2023