Showing posts with label prayer shawls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer shawls. Show all posts

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Prayer Shawls, American Girl Dolls, Knitting for Hope

Prayer shawls give comfort for cancer patients
Branson Daily News - MO, United States
“We have patterns for knitting or crocheting for anyone looking to get started.” Proceeds from a recent auxiliary book sale bought yarn for knitters to use, ...

Costly American Girl duds inspire homespun alternatives for dolls
Chicago Tribune - United States
They're knitting because it's relaxing." Craft sites such as kathleen-dakotadreams.blogspot.com have helped the hobby spread by offering patterns, ...

Hand-made hope
Brattleboro Reformer - VT, United States
It's basically two "sides" that are knitted in a circular pattern and then stuffed with a soft material like what goes into a teddy bear. ...

Three ways women band together to banish the winter blahs
Appleton Post Crescent - WI, USA
For Angie Dunn, 44, of Neenah, nothing fends off winter's literal and figurative chill like knitting with a group of women. When she gathers with the ...

Technique: Use paper to figure out pattern problems « Sewing
By anneweaver
When the going gets tough, the tough get... out the paper? That's what Jennifer Stern at CraftStylish suggests doing when trying to get the kinks out of a pattern, whether it's a pattern that you're designing or a commercial pattern ...

Nordic knitting patterns are not your basic cable
Seattle Times - United States
Lavold's work is showing in the "Knitting Along the Viking Trail" exhibit at the Nordic Heritage Museum through April 5. The Nordic Heritage Museum offers ...

Pattern review: stay-on baby booties
Examiner.com - USA
This is the pattern I knit whenever I have a baby shower to attend or a new child to welcome. It is a joy to knit for anyone who is comfortable with ...

Knit-in event draws about 100 participants, raises money for Held4Kids
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
Bernie Remillard, a Help4Kids volunteer, also left with six bags of knitted wares such as hats, scarves and blankets for distribution to needy families. ...