Karen Viloria-Miguel has crocheted ever since she was a little girl. As a six-year-old, it was doll clothes. When she got her first apartment, it was pot holders and doilies. Then, while working as a flight attendant in the 1990s, she'd crochet to pass the time on lengthy flights.

Viloria-Miguel definitely has a lifelong love affair with the craft. But she never thought it would bring her to Hollywood.

Later this month, the Milton woman will be the only Canadian designer featured at the Golden Globes gift lounge.

"It's really like a dream," Viloria-Miguel, 40, says. "I'm not sure I've fully digested all of it."

Viloria-Miguel is making 100 crocheted hats for the two-day event that's happening before the star-studded 72nd Golden Globes award show on Jan. 11.

Celebrities will be escorted through the gift lounge, giving designers like Viloria-Miguel a chance to be photographed with some of Hollywood's biggest names. She's hoping to meet actors like Jennifer Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.

"They have a great sense of style and they're beautiful women," Viloria-Miguel says.

She got the invite to participate in the event after being noticed by GBK Productions for her Etsy store, Canada Bliss, which launched about a year ago. Since then, Viloria-Miguel has sold a couple hundred crocheted hats online and in stores like Toronto's Brimz Hat Boutique.

It's all a side business for Viloria-Miguel, who spends about four to five hours a day crocheting. She works it around her busy schedule as mom to Megan, 9, and Jordan, 6, and her full-time job as a human resources officer at the Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board.

Crocheting has also been a much-needed outlet for Viloria-Miguel amid a stressful medical situation.

"My husband (Michael) had a rare skull-based tumour this past year … to help me keep occupied and calm, I would crochet in doctors' offices," she says.

Michael is doing well now, she adds, after having most of the tumour removed and going through radiation therapy.

In the days ahead, Viloria-Miguel is working on the last few hats for the Golden Globes event — so far, she's done about 90 of the hundred she needs — and keeping up with her regular online orders.

One of her girl friends is tagging along for the trip to Los Angeles, but they won't actually be going to the awards show.

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"We'll probably watch it in the (hotel) room, unless we get invited to a party or something — who knows," Viloria-Miguel says with a laugh.

"Right now, I'm still into the logistics of getting there and making sure everything's right," she adds. "I don't think it's hit me."