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 ...

In 2017 alone, the prayer shawl ministry of four combined Catholic churches in northeastern Connecticut donated 73 shawls and 33 lap robes to anyone who wanted them. The shawls are small things, ...

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 ...

EVERETT — The soldier carried a sand-colored knit square in his pocket around Iraq. His kids in Everett carried ones of their own. They were small and tan, like Dad’s. “If they needed to feel Dad, ...

Oct. 12—WORTHINGTON — Knit three, perle three, knit three, perle three — the Rev. Anne Hokenstad doesn't need to say the words aloud as her fingers work the yarn over wooden knitting needles, but she ...

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Here’s a quick look at the day’s top stories as of 4 p.m. on Friday. Today, state health officials confirmed that 31 more people have died due to the virus. There have been ...