EASTON — The Trinity Threaders, a group of knitters from Trinity Cathedral, recently donated pocket prayer shawls to the Talbot Hospice Foundation. These miniature hand-knit blankets, just larger than ...

When Valerie Romanello was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2012, she was determined to beat the disease. And she found an unusual ally in that battle -- a hand-knit shawl. "When I got my first ...

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - When Valerie Romanello was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2012, she was determined to beat the disease. And she found an unusual ally in that battle - a hand-knit shawl.

A few years ago when I reviewed Toby Roxane Barna's first book, "London Underground," I asked her why she chose to publish shawls over any other designs. I challenged her by saying that although I ...

Winter is the season for pulling your chunky knits out, and Buck Mason crafts a cozy, chunky shawl collar cardigan that you're going to want to keep close. The cashmere and merino wool blend is soft ...

In 2017 alone, the prayer shawl ministry of four combined Catholic churches in northeastern Connecticut donated 73 shawls and 33 lap robes to anyone who wanted them. The shawls are small things, ...

Knit three, purl three ... the blessed trinity. Her sisters in stitching, Catherine Kitty Shreiner and Kay Neff, sit with Fry in a semicircle, their knitting needles moving in concert as they turn ...

OH, GRANDPA sweater, you say? We don’t care if that designation sticks, shawl collar cardigans are one of the most dashing winter wardrobe essentials out there. Don’t believe us? Just look to style ...