Prayer Shawl Companion: 30 Knitted Designs to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life by Janet Bristow, Victoria Cole-Galo, Tom Hopkins (Photographer)
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- Pub. Date: September 2008
- 176pp
- Sales Rank: 25,683
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2008
- Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 176pp
- Sales Rank: 25,683
- ISBN-13: 9781600850035
- ISBN: 1600850030
Synopsis
For years, people have been crafting prayer shawls knitted wraps to comfort those in times of need and to help others celebrate special occasions. Written by the two women at the heart of this groundswell of charity knitting, The Prayer Shawl Companion presents 38 wondrous wraps for all occasions, from baptism to remembrance. The book includes easy, intermediate, and challenging patterns. Bristow and Cole-Galo also offer advice on creating a peaceful creative environment and include heartwarming stories to and from shawl recipients. Professional knitwear designers like Kaffe Fassett and Nicky Epstein have donated more than 10 patterns.
Nanette Donohue - Library Journal
Prayer shawls are a popular charity project, and this book is the first collection of patterns for these symbols of comfort. Bristow and Cole-Galo, the founders of shawlministry.com, present 38 patterns for prayer shawls, the majority of which are simple enough for knitters of any skill level to make and easily customizable. Stories from prayer-shawl knitters and recipients help demonstrate how meaningful these simple gifts can be to those in need. The focus of the nondenominational book is on knitting with intention, and the introduction explains what prayer shawls are and how they are imbued with the love and prayers of their creator. Recommended for public libraries.
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Janet Bristow and Victoria Cole-Galo are co-founders of the Prayer Shawl Ministry and the accompanying Web site, shawlministry.com. Both women are graduates of the Hartford Seminary's Women's Leadership Institute.
Tom Hopkins, bestselling author of "How to Master the Art of Selling", is a world-renowned sales trainer. Over 100,000 people attend his seminars every year, and 1 million more use his training videos.
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great shawl ideas from individual knittersby sandyraeFL
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August 24, 2009: love that the shawls are designs from different knitters from all around the country with a story and a photo from each person.
each shawl is rated for level of difficulty.There is, however, a printing error in my book which I intend to report to the publisher; they have used the same photo and description for more than one shawl so the information at that point in the book is not reliable.still, for me, the book is a keeper. hint: just copy the directions and carry that piece of paper with you as your guide and leave the book on the shelf for next time.Watch for errors!by GottaRead31
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August 15, 2009: I bought this book for my sister and she loved it -- until she started to make one of the shawls. Frustrsted, she called a friend, who told her that the instructions for her shawl were wrong. This led to a call to the publisher who acknowledged the error and sent her new instructions. I don't know if ther are other errors, and hopefully this one (and others?) will be corrected in a future edition. So...before you start one of these projects, call the publisher and see it there are any corrections for that pattern. If not for this error, this would get a higher rating. It's a beautifully done book.
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