From a beginner’s punch needle workshop I did last week, at Loretta Park’s Slip and Slide exhibit
The Familiars
March 15 - April 23, 2023
FAMILIAR (noun)
noun: familiar; plural noun: familiars; noun: familiar spirit; plural noun: familiar spirits
1. a demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal."her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts"
2. a close friend or associate.
Middle English (in the sense ‘intimate’, ‘on a family footing’)