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 ...

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 ...

Trinity Lutheran Church is a month into its Prayer Shawl Ministry for comforting hurting people by a spiritual and tactile remedy. Their mission statement: "Creating prayer shawls for people needing ...

SAGINAW, MI — Nine years ago, Sue Luxton joined Daughters of the King, a women's group at St. John's Episcopal Church. The group had formed as a ministry group, making "prayer shawls," colorful ...

Knitted shawls in a rainbow of colors overflowed from a basket in Joyce Meekins' Amesbury living room earlier this month.Hidden somewhere in Meekins' pile lay the 1,000th shawl created by the Holy ...

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Knitted shawls in a rainbow of colors overflowed from a basket in Joyce Meekins’ Amesbury living room earlier this month. Hidden somewhere in Meekins’ pile lay the 1,000th shawl ...

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 ...

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 ...