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.