Skeins of yarn and crochet threads are being transformed into much more than garments and accessories, thanks to a group of women from Our Lady Good Counsel — they are becoming warm hugs and symbols ...

The First United Methodist Church’s Threads of Comfort nondenominational prayer shawl ministry recently delivered its 100th shawl. Young mothers, the elderly and grieving and sick residents have ...

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 ...