Every Friday evening, a group of textile lovers and yarn enthusiasts gather to celebrate or commiserate over their latest projects. Fiber Arts and Chat is hosted by the Seeley G. Mudd Library staff members, who have held the event on and off for years, depending on the amount of student interest at the time. In the past, the gathering was done in-person, but, in more recent times, it has been held over Zoom. This past Friday, Jan. 30, the group was a small one, hosted by librarians Gretchen Revie, Jenni Helen, Lina Rosenberg Foley ‘15, Trudi van Beuningen-Hamilton and junior Grace Stahl. They played around with Zoom backgrounds as they joined the call but then got busy creating. Each person was working on a different project, from triangle scarves to hats to socks to all of the knitted and crocheted things in between.
Though turnout was low this week, Helen assured that…