Linda Hanson’s prayer shawls are unique. She has a calling card, she says. It’s a note, attached to every shawl she makes, that reads: “Each time the yarn is joined, a prayer has been said ...

Completed prayer shawls made by the Hospice of South Texas Prayer Shawl ministry are ready to be delivered to hospice patients. The ministry has delivered at least 3,600 shawls to date.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Several congregations in Huntsville and other cities have found tangible ways to wrap people in prayer through making and giving away crocheted shawls and hand-knit blankets.

Each shawl comes with a card from the knitter who made it. “This is your prayer shawl — your wings to take you above your troubles,” it reads. Some shawls take eight balls of yarn to knit.

Prayers shawls are spoken of in the Old Testament of the Bible. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, prayer shawls were worn as part of Jewish religious customs.

Stories of the solace and comfort of the shawls are collected in the group’s scrapbook. And everyone in the group has a story to tell about how a shawl touched her life, and inspired her to reach out ...

For the past two-and-a-half years, the seniors in this group have met two times a month to knit or crochet rectangular prayer shawls for those in need.

Mildred Stauffer, 95, though legally blind, is the senior member of the Prayer Shawl Ministry of Trinity Lutheran Church and helps knit and crochet prayer shawls. Stephanie Kalina-Metzger, For The ...

The Theodore United Methodist Church Prayer Shawl Ministry meets each Monday at noon at Theodore UMC, 6255 Swedetown Road. A covered-dish lunch is served at 1 p.m. The purpose of the group is to ...