The Prayer Shawl Companion: 38 Knitted Designs for Empowering, Motivating, and Enriching Life Review

These are great shawl patterns but what I love most about this book is that all the yarns used to make the shawls photographed are easy to dye find and are inexpensive. This means you can buy a book and yarn and create projects for a reasonable price without having to search all over the world for yarn. I bought some threads from Michaels, some from Wal-Mart, some from AC Moore and some online from Revain. Needle sizes are also not unknown, so you probably already have them in your knitting…

This book contains 38 wonderful towels for all occasions, from christenings to beautiful wedding towels. In this book, Janet Bristow and Victoria A. Cole-Galo have created an environment that shows how they inspired and celebrated life by knitting and promoting their work through shawls. The book includes easy, intermediate, and advanced patterns for inspirational creations like the Soothing Shawl, Friendship Patchwork Shawl, and more. Bristow and Cole-Galo also offer advice on creating a…

There was a dark blue and green scarf on my mother's bed in the nursing home. I have never seen this particular item. "Oh, Karen Richarda made this for me," Mom said. I took a soft, warm scarf. Just then, a nurse came in and said that a transport had arrived to take my mother to the hospital. From there it goes to the hospice. In the months that followed, every time I visited her, I had to sort my scarf. And finally the day came when we decided on the final outfit. I considered putting the…