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 ...

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,” ...

Margie Bell, left, and Georgene Batz, both of Reisterstown, knit with the Prayer Shawl Ministry group at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glyndon on Monday, Feb. 23. The group knits and crochets ...

She got out her own knitting needles and yarn and got to work on another prayer shawl. “Being able to do it for someone else was a wonderful feeling,” she said. “After being a recipient, I knew how ...

"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 ...