Comments on: 100 Shawls for Those in Need

By: Ceceliaknuckles

Ceceliaknuckles — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:25:00 +0000

I am 72 and life has given me so much. Crocheting is just one way to give back. Right now I am making scarves for the Special Olympics, slippers and booties for the Pink Slipper Project and some craft items for a couple of church sales. What a great incentive to wake up and get started each day. Cecelia Knuckles

By: Deanne

Deanne — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:31:00 +0000

My mom and I have crocheted more than 600 prayer/comfort shawls for cancer patients across the country since 2007. All have been made using Lion Brand Homespun and are a triangle shawl pattern with a scalloped shell edging. We also make lapghans, baby items and anything else we can come up with. Our Ministry is called ‘Purls from the Heart’. We started this ministry when I quit work to stay home with my two boys. In addition to giving me something worthwhile to work for, it has helped to teach my boys the importance of helping others when times are tough.

By: Ruth Ann

Ruth Ann — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:55:30 +0000

I try to make at least every other project I knit a charity project. I have knitted quite a few shawls for a local nursing home. I have a pattern that allows me to use up lots of stash. It’s triangular, and you start by casting on three stitches, and just keep increasing each row. The beauty of this pattern is that you can use a variety of yarns by weight and by color. If I’m using sport or baby weight yarn, I hold two strands together. You can even knit a few rows with eyelash yarn and it looks cute. You can use yarn with glitter, ribbon yarn, anything. Several rows of Lion Brand Homespun between several rows of Vanna’s Choice looks great. The shawls are always very cute, colorful and unique.

But more than anything, I knit chemo caps for two local cancer centers. I can usually knit a cap in two evenings. I knit cotton for summer and acrylic for summer. They need to be easy care.

God has blessed me with the gift of knitting, and I like to bless others in return.

By: pat

pat — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:47:56 +0000

With little spare time and two grandchildren to crochet for I do what I can. I am using leftover yarn for baby blankets for the newborns. Someone gave me yarn they had leftover and I am doing squares for Warm Up America. I’llbe retiring in a few years and then I plan to decimate my yarn stash. I’d love to see a prayer shawl ministry in my church and participate in that. It keeps my hands functioning to crochet as I am developing arthritis.