The group of women sat around a table at Broadway Court Estates Friday, crochet hooks in hand, as activities assistant Sarah Ivie dumped bags of new skeins of yarn on the table. “Oh, I like that one,” ...

"Knit three … purl three … knit three … purl three … and please, God, bless the person who will wrap this prayer shawl around them." So goes the solitary ...

Elizabeth Fales has embraced more than a thousand people around the world with the hug of her soft, warm shawls. The 79-year-old Middlefield woman spends a good portion of her days settled in a cozy ...

“By knitting in a very contemplative way, we’re praying for the person who’s going to get the shawl,” said Teresa Knipper, of Princeton, founder of the Prayer Shawl Ministry at St. Paul Roman Catholic ...