Using crochet hooks and knitting needles inherited from her mother, Reggie Dirnberger patiently and prayerfully creates warm shawls intended to bless others in need of comfort. Known as prayer shawls, ...

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 ...

Nelly Wolf of Black Cat Judaica in Peacham Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur How did a Vermonter who grew up atheist come to weave Jewish prayer shawls sold to customers as far away as San Francisco, ...

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 ...

After her father’s cancer-related death in 2010, Laurie Kennedy took to her rocking chair and burrito-wrapped herself in a prayer shawl. Though ancient Jewish men first wore them to show reverence ...

THEODORE, Alabama — The women of Theodore United Methodist Church Prayer Shawl Ministry don’t know how many people have been touched by the beautiful afghans and shawls they’ve crocheted or knitted ...

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 ...