by Sharon Mondragon | Mar 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lo, these many years ago, my mother taught me to knit. As a fumble-fingered seven-year-old, I produced a tiny red doll scarf with a fair number of unintended holes. I wouldn’t pick up knitting needles again until I was twelve. A brand-new auntie, I wanted to...
by Sharon Mondragon | Feb 19, 2020 | Prayer Shawl Stories
The creation of a prayer shawl is, at its core, an act of faith. We spend hours knitting or crocheting, often with no idea who will receive it, no idea why it is needed, no idea what God has planned for it. We work the yarn, pray, and leave the rest to God. We may...
by Sharon Mondragon | Jan 29, 2020 | Prayer Shawl Stories
This past March, my friend, Cindy Helton, arrived at Fresh (the local coffee shop where my church’s prayer shawl group meets) with yarn and needles in hand, ready to learn to knit. She caught on quickly and was soon at work on her first prayer shawl. This past...
by Sharon Mondragon | Jan 22, 2020 | Prayer Shawl Stories
I first discovered the joy of knitting with friends when my husband was stationed at Ft. Gordon, Georgia. I joined the prayer shawl ministry of our church, Holy Comforter Episcopal because I love to knit and I hoped to make some friends. The ladies of the Hands of...
by Sharon Mondragon | Jan 15, 2020 | Patterns
This past summer, I bought some yarn in lovely, smokey fall colors, thinking to make another version of the simple asymmetrical shawl I had just finished. Several rows into the project, however, it was clear that this yarn and that pattern were not meant for each...
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