Last year Virginia Couillard of Little Chute met a woman who had benefited from one of her first handmade baby blankets. “I was really surprised how well it held up,” said Couillard, 96, noting the ...

Raw grief surfaces when Stacia Garmon talks about Dax, her baby who died the day after his birth in July 2023. She and husband Ken were given a donated blanket their son had with him at Seattle’s UW ...

Dear Carolyn: Even though I have a great job where I earn more than I need, I still love to give handmade gifts with the considerable skills I have. One gift I particularly enjoy giving is a crocheted ...

Crochet One-Skein Wonders for Babies: 101 Projects for Infants and Toddlers (Storey Publishing, 2016), edited by Judith Durant and Edie Eckman offers 101 unique crochet projects using only one-skein ...

Steve Alderman and his wife were resting in the atrium at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Zion on a cold December day when two nurses asked him if he’d like a blanket. It wasn’t just any ...

Two residents at Villa Bourghese began Loving Hands with a heartfelt goal: to make hats for NICU babies and warm items for ...

Every Tuesday afternoon, there’s a faint and inviting sound of laughter coming from the Joslyn Community Center in Manhattan Beach. In a room at the end of a hallway, a dozen women sit chatting and ...

Treadle Yard Goods on St. Paul's Grand Avenue has collected donations of 200 or more hand-sewn baby blankets for shipment to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. The store scheduled six on-site sewing ...