The Happily Hooked on Crocheting Club

Promoting & Preserving the Art of Crochet in the Danbury, Connecticut , area since 2001

HHCC Membership

The yearly membership dues for the HHCC is $18, covering the months from January to December.  Dues are collected every January.  If you decide to join the HHCC after the month of January, your dues are prorated at $1.50 per month, based upon the month you officially join.

Once an official HHCC member, you will receive access to the private online HHCC group, and receive discounts on various workshops and such planned for the year.

If you are a member of the Crochet Guild of America, then your local dues are only $9 instead of $18, also prorated depending upon the month you join.  If you join the CGOA after joining the HHCC, with proof of CGOA membership, you will receive a rebate.

Read this Testimony of what it's like to be an HHCC member:  Our Crochet Club, by Dotty Buick

If you are not ready to join the HHCC, you may visit us for one meeting, free of charge.  Attending meetings afterwards (without joining) is $5 per meeting.

The HHCC sponsors two online groups:

and the "Coffee, Crochet & Chat" sessions, held at Borders Bookstore located on Federal Road in Brookfield, CT.  There are two sessions:

  • 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the Month from
    10AM - Noon.
  • 1st Wednesday of the Month, 6PM-8PM

These groups are open to the public intersted in Crochet.


Children:
Children under the age of 18 are welcomed to be HHCC members also.  Children are not charged membership dues, but are required to be the child/grandchild of an HHCC member in good standing.  The child must be well mannered and interested in learning about crochet.  Child members MUST BE accompanied by their HHCC Guardian AT ALL TIMES.  Due to workshop space being limited, approval for children attending/participating must be preapproved with HHCC board members.

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The Ruth Arbitelle Memorial Membership


Ruth Arbitelle was one of the HHCC founders, loved by all who knew her.  She was an adventurous crocheter, always wanting to learn more, and always willing to share.  She was proud of our CGOA Chapter she helped found, and in 2004 wrote the following to LionBrand:

"I belong to the Ct chapter of the Crochet Guild of America and for the last 3 years we have crocheted for several charities using all kinds of yarn. We have made premi blankets and hats for our local hospital, and hat scarf and mitten sets for the Salvation army. We have also made items for our local womens center and a group who help families with children with cancer.

While we have been busy doing this we have also been busy promoting the art of crochet thru demonstrations at our local yarn stores and a big country fair in our area.It would be impossible to mention all the kinds of yarn we used but I know we just finished two large afghans for the staff at the yarn store where we did have our meetings and they were made from Homespun."

Sadly in 2007 Ruth passed away.  In 2008 the HHCC donated one of Ruth's favorite books, Creative Crocheted Dolls: 50 Whimsical Designs, by Noreen Crone-Findlay, to the New Fairfield Library during National Crochet Month in her memory.  In 2009, the HHCC began the Ruth Arbitelle Memorial Membership.

The Ruth Arbitelle Memorial Membership is open to all HHCC members with their membership dues paid in full by the end of the March meeting.  In April, the month Ruth was born in, a drawing is held with only one name drawn.  The winner of that drawing receives reimbursement for that year's HHCC dues, and only applies for that year.


RF: Ruth enjoying a "Coffee, Crochet & Chat" session at Borders bookstore, 2006.

Recipients of the Ruth Arbitelle Memorial Membership:
2009 :  Linda Maroney
2010:  It Could Be You!

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2009 HHCC Calendar

Meetings normally take place every 2nd Sunday of the month.  Due to Easter, Mother's Day, and the CGOA Conference, the meeting dates in April, May and August have changed to the 3rd Sunday.  Activities taking place outside of the monthly meetings are highlighted in gold.

January 11:  meeting canceled due to weather.
February 8: bring chemo caps, and make some during the meeting for the "Hats from the Heart" campaign benefiting the Danbury Hospital.
March 8: bring scraps of yarn to the meeting and crochet leaves for the Tree Project.
March 1-31: Crochet Display at the Bethel Library
March 21: Free beginner crochet lesson, and Tunisian workshop at Bethel Library.
April 19: closed meeting for members only: special sock workshop with Kim Kotary
    April 25:  100th Connecticut Sheep & Wool Festival.  HHCC in White Barn offering Fee beginner crochet lessons, demo on Tunisian crochet, and crocheting with unspun roving.
    May 3: To be rescheduled.    Field Trip to NYC to visit Lion Brand Store.
May 17: bring a project to work on while listening to Guest Speaker, Willena Nanton, of the NYCCG.
   June 11: Salvation Army Thank You Luncheon.
June 14:  Special Visitor:  Jack Blumenthal of Lion Brand; Members will work on creating butterflies for the Butterfly Project.
July 12: This will be an **AWAY** meeting, hosted by HHCC member, Chava.  Those interested in attending, please contact the HHCC for directions.  Members are asked to bring yarn to swap, and to crochet chemo caps.
    August 1:  Last day to send in entry forms for The Big E Crochet Competion.

    August 6-9:  Members attending the 15th Annual CGOA Conference in Buffalo, NY.
August 16:  NOTE MEETING DATE CHANGE!  Special Guests: Linda & Tom Diak of Grafton Fibers!  ***Items to be entered into The Big E Crochet Competion must be brought to this meeting to comply with hand-delivery.
    September 12: Items for The Big E to be hand-delivered; stopover at WEBs.
September 13: This will be an AWAY meeting -- for information please contact HHCC.
    September 23: HHCC Crochet Demo in the New England State Building at The Big E! 
October 11: TBA
November 8:  closed meeting for members only: special workshop "Crocheted Tips, Tricks and Hints" with Lily Chin in honor of HHCC's 8th Anniversary.  Details to be announced.
    December 3: Tentative date for Salvation Army donation.
December 13:  Holiday Celebration.  Details to be announced.

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