On a blustery, frigid night in January, a group of women gathered around the warm inviting fireplace in the lobby of Valley View Hospital with their knitting. Spilling over their laps from their ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — As cold weather continues to stir, one resident at the Good Samaritan Society is getting people warmed up for the season. After moving here four years ago, independent ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Several congregations in Huntsville and other cities have found tangible ways to wrap people in prayer through making and giving away crocheted shawls and hand-knit blankets. The ...

She got out her own knitting needles and yarn and got to work on another prayer shawl. “Being able to do it for someone else was a wonderful feeling,” she said. “After being a recipient, I knew how ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 12—WORTHINGTON — Knit three, perle three, knit three, perle three — the Rev. Anne Hokenstad doesn't need to say the words ...

It's a small and seemingly insignificant item when compared with all that's occurring in embattled Iraq. But in its own way, it's a symbol of hope, of peace. It's a knitted prayer shawl. It's in the ...

MOLINE -- "Knit, purl and pray," say women at Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline. "Knitting provides an antidote to the current chaos of modern-day life," Sister Charlotte Seubert said. "Its ...

Ten women put down their knitting needles, pushed their yarn bundles aside and stretched arms across a table. They placed their palms onto the bright fibers of a newly knitted prayer shawl. “Everybody ...

NORRISTOWN >> A group of women at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Norristown are using their spirituality, their knitting needles and a rainbow of colors to reach out to Pope Francis during ...

DECATUR - Joan Lester, parish nurse at Grace United Methodist Church, knew that receiving handmade shawls could provide comfort. "I received two prayer shawls myself," Lester said, adding that each ...