Last chance!! If you haven’t yet sent in your knit or crochet prayer shawl for our Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive, today, December 5th is the last day to ship a package to be entered in our grand prize giveaway! Our original plan was to announce a winner today, but the shawls just keep coming in […]
Reminder: Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive 2016
Here’s your friendly reminder! If you haven’t yet sent in your knit or crochet prayer shawl for our Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive, you have two weeks left to get it to us! The closing date of this charity drive is December 5, 2016. Below you can see just a few of the gorgeous […]
Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive 2016
For the second year in a row, AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting are proud to announce we are partnering with Rush University Medical Center’s Prayer Shawls at Rush initiative for a charity drive November 7 to December 5, 2016. By knitting or crocheting a shawl for someone in need, you will be helping provide a bit of comfort to those who […]
10 Crochet Prayer Shawls
Do you know someone who is ill and may need their spirits lifted? Prayer shawls are becoming a very wonderful way to show your love and support to a friend or relative who you think could benefit from your gesture of care. Crocheted prayer shawls have become increasingly popular as gifts to the ones we […]
Prayer Shawls for Rush: Final Count & Giveaway Winner!
As you may remember, last month, from September 5th-October 5th, Stitch and Unwind partnered with Rush University Medical Center to collect handmade prayer shawls for sick patients in need. Readers and yarnies from around the globe took the time to knit or crochet a prayer shawl (or several!) during that time and mailed them in […]
Reminder: Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive
If you haven’t yet sent in your knit or crochet prayer shawl for our Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive, you have two weeks left to get it to us! The closing date of this charity drive is October 5. Below you can see just a few of the gorgeous shawls we’ve already received! Thanks […]
Prayer Shawls for Rush Charity Drive
AllFreeCrochet and AllFreeKnitting is proud to announce that we are partnering with Rush Medical Center’s Prayer Shawls at Rush initiative for a charity drive September 7 to October 5, 2015. By knitting or crocheting a shawl for someone in need, you will be helping to provide a bit of comfort to those who need it […]
Printable Pattern: Free Crochet Prayer Shawl
There are times in life when someone dear to you needs a little bit of extra comfort. Whether that is need is due to sickness, a loss or any other situation that causes stress, sometimes our first reaction is to ask how to help. Usually the response is “oh nothing, dear, I’ll be fine” but […]
Printable Pattern: Free Knit Prayer Shawl Pattern
Have you ever had a time when you wanted to help a friend or family member in a crisis and you didn’t know how? One great way to do that is sit down, spend time thinking of this person and saying prayers that might help them. Do this while you are working on a knit […]
Charity From the Heart: Knit Prayer Shawls
Our friends at Rush Medical Center here in Chicago have recently reached out to us to let us know about their need for Knit Prayer Shawls. The Palliative Care section of the hospital would like to help add a sense of comfort to the sickest of Rush’s patients. In this case, these patients are bound […]
