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 ...

When he was just 2 months old, Ryan DeBaggis of Norwell developed a tumor on his neck and spent months at Children’s Hospital in Boston. When he needed critical surgery, his mother, Jean, asked ...

STOCKTON, Alabama — A group of women in Stockton are kindling a ministry born out of a collection of yarn, an interest in crafting and a desire to use their craft as a way to reach out to others. The ...

"Holy One, whose loom is threaded and waiting," said Linda Kuhn. "Guide us to pick up the thread and walk the spiral through dark and difficult passages." So begins the prayer that Kuhn and others ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Arthur was in his 90s and for months had been in and out of Providence Medical Center. When he became critically ill, he received a prayer shawl. “He felt that it was a tangible ...

Two Worcester County sisters are amazed that the little bit of red, white and blue yarn that they twist and knot into a prayer shawl makes such a difference to the ailing veterans at UMass Memorial ...

When they started gathering to knit shawls this fall, some of the women had just learned the craft. Others hadn't picked up needles for a quarter-century. "The first one had me just about on my knees, ...