Category: NeedleNerds

Georgia Magazine: Stitch in time

The April 2025 edition of Georgia Magazine has a great article in it about lacemaking and highlights the Atlanta Chapter of the International Organization of Lace. Two NeedleNerd members are mentioned in the article:

Sandra Eichelberger had been a regular participant at our meetings when she lived in Douglasville, but she moved to Decatur several years ago and so we don’t see her very often these days. I hope that she’ll find some time in her schedule to come out to one of our meetings this summer.

Yvonne Taylor has recently joined our group and I hope to see some of her lace-art pieces in our upcoming meetings.

I’ve uploaded a copy of the PDF formatted article to my Dropbox account and if you’d like to read it, you can download it by clicking this link: Georgia Magazine: “Stitch in time”

NeedleNerds meet on Monday, May 5th, from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, at Panera Bread

Our NeedleNerds May meeting is Monday, May 5th, at the Panera Bread restaurant on 2868 Chapel Hill Road, Douglasville, GA.

I hope to see you there. Be sure and bring pictures or items you’ve been working on!

Please Note: I’ve stopped using MailChimp to manage and send NeedleNerds email messages. This and future emails will be sent directly from me from one of my personal email accounts (I’m still figuring out how to work this out)

Knit in Public Day 2025 is June 14th

At our last NeedleNerds meeting we talked about the annual Knit in Public Day that occurs every June. I think it would be fun to coordinate a time and place for us to gather together to knit or crochet or tat or embroider in public on June 14th. I am aware of 3 or 4 different groups that meet around the county at various days and times during the month and think it would be fun to include these groups into this coordinated event.

Several NeedleNerds thought we could meet up at O’Neal Plaza in downtown Douglasville for this event, but we’ll need to check with the Convention Center first to learn if anything has already been planned at the Plaza on that day. Even so, we could probably still meet up there unless something private is going on there – if a festival is taking place there on that day, we could bring our yarn & needles and enjoy the show, but I don’t think we’d want to crash a potential wedding if that has been scheduled there on that day.

What do you think?

NeedleNerds meet on Monday, April 7, from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, at Panera Bread

Greetings and Happy Spring!

Our monthly NeedleNerds meeting is this Monday, April 7th, at the Panera Bread restaurant on 2868 Chapel Hill Road, Douglasville, GA.

I look forward to seeing you there. Be sure and bring pictures or items you’ve been working on!

Please Note: I’ve stopped using MailChimp to manage and send NeedleNerds email messages. This and future emails will be sent directly from me from one of my personal email accounts (I’m still figuring out how to work this out)

Rest in Peace

I’m sad to post that Thelma Turley died on June 12th. Click here to read her obituary.

Back when I held the very first NeedleNerds meeting 18 years ago (?!), the first and only person who showed up that night was Thelma. She and I sat and talked late into the night and when I left the restaurant I knew that I had made a dear friend.

Throughout the years, Thelma attended most of our meetings and was always so willing and generous to share her knowledge about all things related to fiber with me and so many others, and she was always so quick to help out the newbies with any knitting or crocheting questions they had.

In our early days, Thelma held a knitting workshop for anyone who wanted to learn how to knit and Thelma can be credited and praised for getting some of us started on our very first knitting projects through that workshop.

I can’t begin to put into words how much I will miss her.

What do you think about scheduling a monthly meeting during the daytime hours?

I’ve talked to a few people about resuming a monthly daytime meeting. I probably wouldn’t be able to attend a daytime meeting, but if enough people want to get something scheduled, I’ll send out an email about it.

If you’d like to attend daytime meetings, please leave a comment below.  In your comment let me know what your preferences are in response to these questions:

  1. Do you prefer to meet during a week day (Monday – Friday), or during the weekend (Saturday, Sunday)?
  2. Would a morning or afternoon meeting time work for you?
  3. Where would you like to meet?

Bits & Snips for the week

Michael’s now owns the online business of the now defunct Hancock Fabrics:

“We are excited to share with you that the legacy of Hancock Fabrics will continue, as the Bankruptcy Court has approved the sale of the on-line business of Hancock Fabrics, Inc. and its affiliated entities to Michaels Stores. Today, Michaels operates more than 1,200 stores across the United States and Canada. Michaels also maintains a strong on-line presence and warmly welcomes the customers of HancockFabrics.com to its growing family. With Hancock Fabrics, Michaels now looks to build upon Hancock’s great reputation for providing quality fabric and notions to customers across the country.”

Source: Michaels website

Don’t forget about Knit in Public day

It’s coming up on June 9th.  Where would you like to meet?