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 ...

“Wrapped in Love,” by Loveland resident Sylvia Scott, gives step-by-step directions on how to make prayer shawls for children. “The shawls are just knit and purl, but the designs are all mine,” she ...

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 ...

In the 80-year history of the women's auxiliary group at B'nai Emunah, a Conservative Jewish congregation, there has never been a program on making and wearing prayer shawls. Until this week. That's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Erica Jacobs keeps a sacred space behind the fireplace of her Mount Washington home, a narrow room just wide enough for a small loom. On the loom, she weaves tallitot, striped Jewish prayer shawls ...

Gerri Corcoran is the kind of woman you want to be friends with. She's got an easy laugh, an open heart and a vibrant personality that warms you to her instantly. Not long ago, Corcoran's life was ...