WHEN HER SISTER was diagnosed with brain cancer, Nazanin “Nazee” S. Fard knew just what to do: Knit. “I started learning how to knit when I was 3½. I remember distinctly my mom being pregnant with my ...

When Karen Doolaard began leading a prayer shawl ministry at Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, she knew she wanted to tailor the devotions specifically to the group of women who gathered to knit and ...

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 ...

Koigu, the Canadian wool company known for its handpainted yarns, has collaborated with Sixth & Spring books to compile a book of shawls, "Wrapped in color." I have always thought that "Koigu" was a ...

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 ...

It's been a while since I reviewed a shawl book, but this one is worth the wait. "Inspired shawls, 15 creatie patterns for year-round knitting" by Laura Zukaite has patterns for many skill levels. The ...

“Ritual is one of the oldest ways to mobilize the power of community for healing. It makes the caring of the community visible, tangible, real.” — Rachel Remen, M.D. The Gold Hill Lutheran church in ...

An interesting, albeit sacred, aspect of Jewish worship is the donning of a prayer shawl when one enters the sanctuary, prepared to worship. In Torah, the Jewish Bible, we are instructed in the Book ...