‘These ladies helped me so much’: Durham fiber arts groups radiates community spirit

‘These ladies helped me so much’: Durham fiber arts groups radiates community spirit

DURHAM — Growing up in Germany, Ursula Luckhurst recalls fond memories of her mother knitting for her and her siblings — and their dolls. The doll clothes were often Christmas gifts. To make sure no one saw what she was knitting, Luckhurst said her mother would knit with a shoebox on her lap with the lid up, hiding what her hands were doing. “She would say, ‘Nobody comes around here. Nobody walks by me,’” Luckhurst said. One day, without thinkin…