HARTFORD, Conn. -- When Elaine Wiatr's friend lost her husband to suicide, she felt words wouldn't be enough. To show her concern, she gave her a hand-knitted shawl. Wiatr chose a purple shawl that ...
It’s 10:30 Monday morning as the women of St. Mary’s Catholic Parish trickle into a spare church conference room, each with a bag of yarn, primed for higher purpose. The 10 women exchange pleasantries ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arthur was in his 90s and for months had been in and out of Providence Medical Center. When he became critically ill, he received a prayer shawl. “He felt that it was a tangible ...
Knit three, purl three … over and over, totaling more than three million loops on knitting needles, for 22,000 hours. That’s what it takes to create 1,100 prayer shawls. And that’s exactly what a ...
The same agency that procures transplant organs for New Jersey recipients has a monthly knit night. There, knitters and crocheters make comfort shawls for the families of organ donors. They even have ...
At Ephrata Community Hospital, a special ministry is providing comfort to patients through knitted and crocheted shawls. For the past year and a half, a group of women has been gathering the first ...
The same agency that procures transplant organs for New Jersey recipients has a monthly knit night. There, knitters and crocheters make comfort shawls for the families of organ donors. They even have ...